May The Horse Be With You: Pack at the Track
Harvey Pack's Laws of the Track is a horseracing memoir  celebrating the legendary life of Harvey Pack and his innovative insight  and career in Thoroughbred racing. The book is structured chronologically  with the start of each chapter being one of Pack's racetrack axioms. Any  horse racing or sports fan alive is sure to appreciate the entertaining  story of a "regular" guy from New York city whose dream was to never hold a  real job. Ironically, it was his same ostracized aspiration that later  turned into a fruitful career for Pack in the sport and game he grew to  love and flourish in. The memoir includes Pack's earliest experiences at the track. It begins  with the story of his childhood when his father used to pay him to take the  first train out to Belmont from New York City to hold seats for him and a  friend, to his experiences in the army when a certain Colonel made him his  personal handicapper at Atlantic City racecourse after discovering Harvey's  interest in horses. Pack goes on to describe his experiences as a racing  fan in the 1950s and 60s, and the genesis of his radio show, Pack at the  Track, which raised his profile among fans and horsemen and eventually led  to his getting a job at the New York Racing Association. At NYRA, Harvey's  accomplishments included starting the Paddock Club, starting and hosting  the popular the racing recap show, and renting the parking lot to the  Jehovah's Witnesses and other groups- an eclectic group of credits to say  the least.  In the 1980s, Pack gained national and then international fame as the host  of various broadcasts of the Breeders' Cup, while he continued working at  NYRA and hosting the recap show. Seven years ago, Pack became the host of  the Daily Racing Form seminars at Siro's, where he presides over a panel of  rotating handicappers, still offering his wit and wisdom to admiring fans  that show up in droves to see him. Pack's life has already been the subject of an Eclipse Award nominated  piece for Horseplayer magazine and his trademark humor is legendary.