LA QUINTA, Calif., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Lloyd Arnold, harness racing pioneer and former co-owner of California's Los Alamitos Race Course, died in California of cancer. He was 83.
Arnold, who was born Jan. 5, 1929, in Douds, Iowa, moved to California in 1975 and promoted harness racing to the point where he became president and general manager of the Southern California Racing Association, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday.
"He made harness racing on the West Coast," said Kirk Breed, executive director of the California Horse Racing Board. "There's never been anybody like him and probably never will be."
Arnold paid $72 million to become co-owner of Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress in 1989 and promoted harness racing through his organization, the Los Alamitos Racing Association, until he retired in 1992.
Arnold, whose first wife, Nancy, died in 1996, is survived by his wife, Sylvia; his daughter, Cindy; his son, Doug; three stepchildren, 14 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother.
