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Ed Burgart
@qheddie
Los Alamitos morning-line odds maker; retired Los Alamitos race announcer
Laughlin NV
Joined May 2012
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Aug 12, 2018
    I announced on TVG tonight that I signed an agreement with Los Al owner Ed Allred to remain at Los Alamitos throughout 2019. I originally was going to retire this December. He made me a nice offer and agreed to extend my vacation dates. So you have me for next year.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Dec 16, 2019
    I want to thank everyone for the warm responses I received on my last day as Los Al announcer. I feel fortunate to have worked in a profession that was my hobby since I was a kid. I have enjoyed communicating with the racing fan and now look forward to many new race track visits
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Feb 14, 2021
    Trainer Joe Herrick and his thoroughbred mare Lovely Finish scored an emotional win in Los Alamitos’ first race Saturday. In the fire that swept through San Luis Rey Downs in 2017, Herrick was burned on 23 percent of his body when saving Lovely Finish from the fire.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Mar 4, 2019
    I’m feeling blessed and lucky this month as I celebrate 42 years of employment at Los Al and 39 years as annnouncer. It was March of 1977 when I began working at Los Alamitos Race Course in publicity before I began calling races in 1981.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    May 11, 2022
    I love the quote from Kentucky Derby winning trainer Eric Reed who said “I think for two minutes and two seconds, the world forgot about politics and war and Covid.”
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Mar 7, 2024
    I want to give credit where credit is due. And I give Matt Dinerman an A rating for the job he is doing as racecaller at Oaklawn Park. He has a smooth delivery and covers the large fields with precision. At 31 years old, he has a terrific future.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Nov 25, 2018
    It is gut wrenching when a talented well-liked person loses his job. But it is even more gut wrenching when that person is a friend. And I am proud to say Michael Wrona is a good friend.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Jun 11, 2024
    I find it so sad to see what has happened to horse racing in a state as large as California. I grew up when horse racing was on front pages of the sports sections and on local TV on the weekends. Stretch race calls were on KNX 1070 in So Cal. I was lucky to grow up when I did.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Aug 11, 2017
    I accepted Los Al owner Ed Allred's generous offer today and will delay my retirement from June until December 31, 2018.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Dec 8, 2017
    In all of my decades in horse racing, I have never felt the type of empty feeling I have today with the devastating damage from the fire at San Luis Rey Downs. My prayers to all involved.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Mar 10, 2019
    If Los Al owner Ed Allred hadn’t stepped up to the plate and expanded Los Al to a one-mile oval for TB training when Hollywood Park closed in 2013, where would the likes of McKinzie, Game Winner, Improbable etc. been working today with Santa Anita closed?
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Dec 4, 2019
    Michael Wrona, considered one of America’s top race announcers, will be at the mic for the seven day Los Al winter TB meet that starts Friday. I will call the night QH racibg until my finale as Los Al announcer Dec.15. Wrona takes over full time day/night at Los Al Dec.27.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Jul 16, 2020
    Glad to report my two-year-old grandson tested negative for covid-19 today after testing positive last Friday. His entire family was tested last week and all were negative except him. I told my daughter to have him retested. He came back negative. Makes one wonder about tests.
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    Ed Burgart
    @qheddie
    Jan 17, 2025
    With Michael Wrona on vacation for the next two weekends, I will be returning to my old home in the Los Al announcers booth. At 72, I’m coming off a one year layoff with no works on my past performances. Hopefully, I won’t be a stewards scratch for lack of required works.
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