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[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/hpack_large.jpg'']Harvey Pack[/image] If there were a picture next to the word “horseplayer” in the dictionary, odds are it would be the familiar visage of Harvey Pack, the legendary and curmudgeonly face and voice of racing to generations of New York racetrack denizens. One of ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/gavioli_large.jpg'']Greg Avioli[/image] A native of St. Louis, Greg Avioli, 42, is president and chief executive officer of Breeders’ Cup Limited. Under Avioli’s direction, Breeders’ Cup Ltd. has undergone some of the most significant and innovative changes in its 24 year ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/tthornton_large.jpg'']T.D. Thornton[/image] T.D. Thornton is the author of the newly published and highly acclaimed “Not by a Long Shot: A Season at a Hard-Luck Horse Track”. A personal, literary portrait of a year at Suffolk Downs, the book focuses on the behind-the-scenes daily ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/jvelazquez_large.jpg'']John Velazquez[/image] A little over a week after he guided Rags to Riches to an historic victory in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), jockey John Velazquez will take questions from racing fans when he is the guest on a special edition of bloodhorse.com’s Talkin’ ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/lraffetto_large.jpg'']Lou Raffetto[/image] Lou Raffetto is in his seventh year managing all aspects of the day-to-day operations as the MJC’s Chief Operating Officer, taking over on January 1, 2001. In February 2006 he was promoted the President. Raffetto earned rave reviews as the ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/mgriffin_large.jpg'']Merv Griffin[/image] Entertainer/entrepreneur Merv Griffin has been a lifelong fan of Thoroughbred racing. As a child he saw Seabiscuit run twice, and over the past decades he has served on the Boards of Hollywood Park and Thoroughbred Owners of California. Working with ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/fabbott_large.jpg'']Franny Abbott[/image] Franny Abbott is the President of the National Steeplechase Association, a post he accepted in 2007. He is the 14th president of NSA, dating to 1895 and follows Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard. Abbott is the former director of the Radnor Races ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dmanley_large.jpg'']Dwight Manley[/image] Sports agent, real estate developer, rare coin expert and skilled negotiator, Dwight Manley was named in July 2006 the National Manager of the Jockeys' Guild, a union representing more than 1,100 of the nation's horse racing jockeys. On only his third ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/jsantos_large.jpg'']Jose Santos[/image] Jockey Jose Santos, currently recovering from injiuries suffered in an early February spill at Aqueduct, is this week's guest on Talkin' Horses. A native of Chile and the son of a jockey, Santos was among South America's top jockeys when he made the ...