Dan Eidson

Santa Anita Park has announced highly respected Canadian racing official Steve Lym will become the track’s Vice President and Racing Secretary as the track readies for its 82nd Winter Meet opening day this Wednesday, Dec. 26. Steeped in the Thoroughbred business from childhood, Lym served as Woodbine Racecourse’s Racing Secretary from 2003 through 2013 and as […]

With opening day three weeks away on Wednesday, Dec. 26, Santa Anita’s Winter Meet Condition Book One is now available online and in the Santa Anita Racing Office.  The book will encompass 13 racing days and offer horsemen a total of 16 stakes, with 13 of them graded events and three Grade I’s—the opening day […]

With its traditional Winter Meet opener fast approaching on Wednesday, Dec. 26, Santa Anita Park has announced substantial purse increases for all of its overnight races, with some categories getting as much as an 11 percent boost when compared to purse levels at the track’s recently concluded Autumn Meet. Santa Anita’s Winter Meet Condition Book […]

Dan Eidson, who has served as the racing secretary at Aqueduct Racetrack as well as the assistant racing secretary at Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course since last January, has been named the New York Racing Association’s interim racing secretary for the fall championship meet at Belmont Park, which begins on September 5. Eidson, 63, […]

Dan Eidson, who has previously worked at Golden Gate Fields, Delaware Park, and most recently at Hollywood Park, will now serve as The New York Racing Association, Inc.’s (NYRA) racing secretary at Aqueduct Racetrack. He will serve as assistant racing secretary at Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course. Eidson, 63, was Hollywood Park’s racing secretary […]

Dan Eidson, who has been involved in thoroughbred racing in various capacities for over 40 years, has been named racing secretary for the upcoming Autumn meet at Betfair Hollywood Park. The 27-day season – the final meet in the historic track’s history -begins Thursday, Nov. 7 and continues through Sunday, Dec. 22. Most recently the […]