Why CNN reporter Katie Bo Lillis knew she had to write ‘Death of a Racehorse’

From the Triple Crown races of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, to the Breeders’ Cup and beyond, it’s impossible to think about horse racing without also conjuring the shadow of all the beautiful Thoroughbreds who’ve died on the track.
CNN reporter Katie Bo Lillis usually covers the intelligence community and national security issues, but when she noticed news reports about an alarming flurry of racehorse deaths on tracks across the country in 2023, she knew sh