Bill Lynn, Breeder of Wicked Strong, Dies
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Wicked Strong winning the 2014 Jim Dandy Stakes
William F. "Bill" Lynn, a well-known civil attorney and Thoroughbred breeder, died Nov. 11 after being hit by a tractor-trailer in Skaneateles, N.Y., according to Skaneateles police chief Scott Heggelke.
Lynn, 86, was a longtime lawyer in the Syracuse, N.Y., area. He has law offices in downtown Syracuse and in the village of Skaneateles. Lynn currently practiced predominantly personal injury law.
According to Syracuse.com, on Nov. 9, just after 9 a.m., Lynn was walking from morning mass to get coffee before heading into his law office, according to his daughter, Patricia Lynn-Ford. The tractor-trailer hit Lynn as he crossed East Genesee Street at its intersection with State Street in Skaneateles.
A preliminary investigation found that the tractor-trailer had a green light, Heggelke said. No tickets have been issued in the crash, he said.
Lynn, who entered the Thoroughbred game in 1996, is the breeder of Wicked Strong , a 2011 son of Hard Spun —Moyne Abbey, by Charismatic, winner of the 2014 TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial Stakes (G1) for Centennial Farms. The colt finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) and later won the grade Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) and placed in the Travers Stakes (G1).