Meadowlands Media Relations
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Dave Brower,
the longtime lead TV host, morning-line oddsmaker and program analyst at The
Meadowlands, passed away unexpectedly Thursday night while away on assignment
at The Red Mile. He was 53.
Brower, who recently completed a
week-long stint doing TV at the Delaware (OH) Fairgrounds for the Little Brown
Jug, was preparing for a huge weekend of racing at Lexington but was found
unresponsive in his hotel room after no one had heard from him Friday morning.
“Dave Brower’s level of expertise and
professionalism was unmatched in the sport of harness racing, and all of us at
The Meadowlands were in complete shock when we heard of his passing,” said
track Chief Operating Officer and General Manager Jason Settlemoir. “While we
grieve his passing, we also want to send our condolences to his family and
many, many industry friends.”
In addition to multiple TV
credentials, Brower was a published author, penning “Harnessing Winners” in
2009. A native of Passaic, NJ, Brower also did many national TV broadcasts,
which included this year’s Hambletonian, seen on the CBS Sports Network.
“Sitting next to Dave Brower for the
last five years has been the greatest pleasure of my entire career,” said Dave
Little, Brower’s TV partner since 2017. “He and I got to be friends in the
mid-1990s when I was in my first go-round in the Big M’s TV department. We have
spent so much time together over the years and know just about everything there
is to know about the other. I cannot imagine going on camera in a few weeks and
not having him beside me.”
