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Harvey Pack, who became an unlikely broadcasting pioneer by delivering a blend of insightful, irreverent and heartfelt commentary on horse racing as host of the country s first nightly racing replay show, died Tuesday in New York City. He was 94.
For more than three decades starting in the mid-1970s, Pack was one of the best-known personalities in New York racing
, celebrated as the voice of the common fan, the $2 bettor. At NYRA, Pack created and hosted racing replay shows like “Thoroughbred Action” and “Inside Racing,” sprinkling the replays of races with his analysis, predictions and lively tales about the Runyonesque characters who frequented Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack and Saratoga Race Course.
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).