Iconic New York Racing Broadcaster Harvey Pack Dies at 94 Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at 8:29 pm | Back to: Top News
Updated: July 6, 2021 at 9:35 pm
T. D. Thornton
Harvey Pack, the engagingly witty curmudgeon who entertained and informed decades of racetrack fans in New York and beyond as a popular radio, television and handicapping seminar host, has died at 94.
Pack s death was confirmed by the New York Racing Association (NYRA), which employed him from 1974 to 1998.
Daily Racing Form reported the cause was complications from cancer.
Pack made a lasting impression as a self-deprecating “wiseguy s wiseguy” who passionately advocated for the underdog while never running out of strange-but-true racetrack tales and anecdotes, many of which involved the seemingly universal racetrack desire to gain an edge and cash big (although Pack himself rarely bet more than $100 a race, and often far less than that).