By Mark Ratzky, publicity, Cal Expo Harness
Fans will be getting some extra insight into the popular
Pick 4 here at Cal Expo as noted handicap and author Dave Brower will be
lending his expertise beginning Friday night as he puts up sample tickets and
interacts with track announcer Gary Seibel on the simulcast.
“I’ve been an avid harness racing
fan since age 10 and I suppose I’ve worked in just about every aspect of the
sport in the 34 years since,” Bower related. A 1991 journalism graduate of St.
John's University, Brower has groomed and trained horses, operated the race
teletimer, been a public relations intern, morning line oddsmaker and track
handicapper for the Meadowlands Racetrack for 16 years from 1996 to 2011.
In the realm of television and radio work in racing, Brower served
as a featured host and co-host of the nightly "Racing from the
Meadowlands" television program on SNY, Fox Sports New York, and MSG
Networks, including in-house duties of analysis and handicapping.
He also provided on-site analysis and interviews during TVG's
Drive Time with Gary Seibel on race nights for three years. He’s joined Dave
Johnson and Bill Finley on their eclipse award-winning program “Down The
Stretch” on Sirius/XM satellite radio.
“I’ve really enjoyed co-hosting the Hambletonian live broadcast on
CBS Sports Network the last two years, where I had the chance to re-unite with
Gary Siebel,” Brower noted. Since leaving the Meadowlands in 2001, he has
become a social media consultant.
In addition to the above work in the sport of horse racing, Brower
also wrote “Harnessing Winners: The Complete Guide to Handicapping Harness
Races,” which was published by Daily Racing Form’s press division in 2009.
In the book, he featured an in-depth interview
with the sport’s top driver, Brian Sears.
He also guided the reader through the excitement at some of harness
racing’s major events, like the Hambletonian and Little Brown Jug, while
providing useful handicapping hints and angles to help the everyday
horseplayer.
