Former Star-Telegram horse racing writer who covered Lone Star Park dies at 53

Mary Rampellini, a North Texas horse racing reporter who covered the sport for the Star-Telegram at the dawn of Lone Star Park, died Saturday at age 53.

The Daily Racing Form said she died of complications from sepsis at a hospital in Grapevine. She had been a full-time reporter and handicapper for the Racing Form for 24 years, the publication said.

Ralph E. Rampellini, her younger brother, offered a remembrance of Mary in the Racing Form…

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