Does anyone remember Harvey Pack?

#1 03-08-2007, 03:30 PM

I was a Harvey Pack fan. He was a racing analyst for NYRA in the 80's. He might have been with them before and after. I am not sure. I heard him on an internet stream a few days ago; it was for a classic race. I am not sure which it was ; I was watching several in that time period. I still remember his review of 1984; I kept that tape(because of Swale and Slew O' Gold). Unlike the ESPN crew, this guy really knew his stuff.

Payson Dave · #2 03-08-2007, 03:41 PM

Harvey was/is a character....He was an entertainer first and formost
May the Horse Be With You

blackthroatedwind · #3 03-08-2007, 03:49 PM

I spoke to him on the phone about two hours ago.

#4 03-09-2007, 12:48 PM

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I spoke to him on the phone about two hours ago.

That is a wonderful coincidence. Please inform him that he has a big fan in Sussex County, NJ named Jan. Thanks.

Sightseek · #5 03-08-2007, 04:09 PM

He does the Siro's handicapping seminars with some other guy whose name I can't remember.

SCUDSBROTHER · #6 03-08-2007, 04:12 PM

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He does the Siro's handicapping seminars with some other guy whose name I can't remember.

Whoever that guy is,he sure "uses" a lot of horses.

stonegossard · #7 03-09-2007, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sightseek

He does the Siro's handicapping seminars with some other guy whose name I can't remember.

The guy with the goatee who always picks chalk. Yeah....can't remember his name.

blackthroatedwind · #8 03-08-2007, 04:14 PM

I forgot to mention.....Harvey's biography will be coming out from DRF before August. Seriously.

Sightseek · #9 03-08-2007, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I forgot to mention.....Harvey's biography will be coming out from DRF before August. Seriously.

That is pretty awesome

SCUDSBROTHER · #10 03-08-2007, 04:19 PM

Actually,I use to make sure to listen to that show in the a.m. I didn't do it this last year.I don't know why.Probably because I deemed the track to be impossible.

Pedigree Ann · #11 03-08-2007, 04:28 PM

Back in the 1980s, the only racing I could get on my cable system in Columbus Ohio was the nightly New York replays, so I got to know Harvey quite well. Gosh, wouldn't it be great to have a real old-style racetrack character like Harvey on HRTV or TVG? Some of the HRTV guys are so bland as to be invisible. Or interchangeable.

SCUDSBROTHER · #12 03-08-2007, 04:35 PM

When you are his age,success is urinating straight.

theiman · #13 03-08-2007, 05:04 PM

If you want to see Harvey at Belmont go to the Clubhouse, go up one level and there is section on the backside of the clubhouse with seats and tv monitors on each desk. Harvey used to sit in one of the first few rows of that area.

Pack at the Track recreations of race calls from the 70's. Used to hear them on WNBC radio 660 and someone in each OTB back then always had a radio playing to hear the call.

Solari · #14 03-08-2007, 07:43 PM

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I forgot to mention.....Harvey's biography will be coming out from DRF before August. Seriously.

That's great news! Harvey is going to get tired signing all of the books at Siros everyday!

blackthroatedwind · #15 03-08-2007, 08:13 PM

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That's great news! Harvey is going to get tired signing all of the books at Siros everyday!

I told him the other day we would have to have daily autograph sessions.

Zaf · #16 03-09-2007, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I forgot to mention.....Harvey's biography will be coming out from DRF before August. Seriously.

That is awesome !!! See you at Siros !!!!!!!!!

blackthroatedwind · #17 03-09-2007, 01:09 AM

Roddy Valente owned him.

KirisClown · #18 03-09-2007, 02:06 AM

Harvey will always be the best..

I'll never forgive NYRA for getting rid of him... he should have had a spot there for as long as he wanted.