An Afternoon with Harvey Pack

blackthroatedwind · #1 08-01-2013, 06:58 PM

We taped an interview with Harvey shortly before heading to Saratoga...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUbOdQlFJGQ

mark2061mn · #2 08-01-2013, 07:13 PM

Great interview, thanks. Saratoga not the same without Harvey.

XIIPointStables · #3 08-01-2013, 07:29 PM

I just watched this. Awesome stuff.

Can remember streaming just the audio from DRF.com?? in the early-mid 2000's Siros Days. Then seeing my first one live in 04. Those were great shows.

Thanks for taping and posting online.

Duvalier · #4 08-01-2013, 07:35 PM

That was fantastic Andy. Thanks for posting it

DaTruth · #5 08-01-2013, 10:13 PM

That was wonderful.

Sightseek · #6 08-01-2013, 10:16 PM

Love Harvey's humor, even if it's paid for!

Didn't you hand out a trophy to Pletcher this meet? (Obviously after this was taped.)

PatCummings · #7 08-01-2013, 10:40 PM

You really don't find videos like this with legendary storytelling. I've been around racing for 15 years, and you almost always have to experience these types of memory lane trips first hand through personal interactions. While that is always an experience unto itself, to have some classic Harvey Pack stories shared in this way is great. It made you feel like you were part of a three-way conversation where you sat back and listened to Andy tee-up Harvey and let him go...just brilliant. Thanks!

blackthroatedwind · #8 08-02-2013, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

Didn't you hand out a trophy to Pletcher this meet? (Obviously after this was taped.)

That race was named for a friend of mine's horse ( and he wasn't there ).

Alabama Stakes · #9 07-06-2021, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

We taped an interview with Harvey shortly before heading to Saratoga...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUbOdQlFJGQ

The best 30 minutes you can spend today. Good stuff.

ScottJ · #10 07-07-2021, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

We taped an interview with Harvey shortly before heading to Saratoga...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUbOdQlFJGQ

Loved this video years back, loved it yesterday (twice), and loved it today. Amazing that I have watched it three times in the last 24 hours and I keep laughing at the same places.

"They pay you to go to Saratoga?"

"That's what we have up here, little guys with clipboards."

When I hear about the office life at NYRA back in the day, I cannot imagine the comradery that must have existed. You were lucky, Andy, to be able to call him a friend. We all were lucky just to hear the stories.