I cannot tell you how pissed off I was when NYRA pushed him aside. He was a horseplayer through and through, one of us, and he didn't treat us like depraved addicts.
I was only a kid when I first starting watching the recap show, but I will tell you I never missed an episode if I could help it. He had insights to share, and he was always entertaining. I liked Frank Wright and Charlsie Cantey on the old OTB show, but they were horse folks first. Harvey was a different breed.
RIP Harvey, they just don't make them like you any more.
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