Frank Calvarese

horses break from the starting gate at Saratoga Race Course
Former NYRA Starter Frank Calvarese Passes Away at 96

Frank Calvarese, who held the position of head starter at the NYRA tracks from 1984 through 1993, passed away Thursday at his home in West Palm Beach, Florida. He was 96. He died of heart failure. "He was a great horseman and a great man," said his wife, Lisa. "He was ill for about a month, but during the last year he had been on the decline. But he looked so young. He looked great. He still had his black hair and he grew a goatee. He even looked great...

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