Noted: July 17
– “Hollywood and Pimlico’s problems are among the first signs that there is going to be a great divide in this sport between the haves (slot tracks) and the have- nots (non-slots tracks).” Call it the one-armed bandit phenomenon (ESPN).
– Frank Stronach could have bought Hollywood Park for $110 million, Bay Meadows for $50 million. “Woulda, coulda, shoulda — the racetracker’s lament” (LA Times).
– “Derby Doc” Alex Harthill dies at 80. “For sure, he was controversial. Yet for all that people suspected about him, the proof never emerged. His legend became larger than life. He remained a mystery, a guy who was smarter than all the rest of us, but one who was a friend to all” (Lexington Herald-Leader).
