An Afternoon with Harvey Pack
 

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


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

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

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.

That was fantastic Andy. Thanks for posting it

That was wonderful.

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.)

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!

Andy and Harvey - Thank you for being you !

I thoroughly enjoyed the repartee and trip down memory lane. :tro:

Nice interview. Thankfully, it's not easy to get action on photo finishes anymore.

Utterly wonderful.

That was cool.

Thanks. I'm glad everyone enjoyed it. Harvey is incredible. 86 and doesn't miss a beat.

That was priceless, Harvey is quite a character. God bless him at 86 and sharp as a tack. Greatly appreciated Andy. :)

His book is excellent. This game had such character & characters.

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

Enjoyed the book. Took it out to Siros for Harvey to sign. Great interview.

Andy, that was excellent. I enjoyed it greatly and sat there with a smile the entire time.
I'm sorry that it was only 30 minutes, I could have watched that for hours.

Thanks for posting

It took about 3 seconds to start smiling at that. It feels good that Harvey Pack is still so lucid and hilarious. It must be cool playing hosses at age 86. They should give him a key to the city or something like that. Imagine if he came out of retirement for one more show.

Very cool. Not to be greedy, but more of this, please. :)

This was delightful!

Will watch when home tonight but the early morning Siros handicapping shows you two put on were comedy gold. Living in the South I had never heard of Harvey till then.

Spyder from SC

Fun interview! The way Harvey told the story of "Doc" responding to "Is there a doctor in the house?" and making the fast epilepsy diagnosis while still copying down exacta prices from the toteboard was hilarious.

--Dunbar

Fantastic!!

finally had a chance to watch it - it was just wonderful.


I remember Beyer giving out a lock on Harvey's Show - it was a shipper from Penn National. Of course the horse lost and I remember seeing people yelling at Beyer saying XXXXXX Who? (can't recall the horse - but I have to admit -I bet it!)

Great stuff.

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

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.

This. :tro: