A Lifetime at the Track: Respected Racing Official Tommy Trotter Dies at 93
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Tommy Trotter, whose 56-year career encompassed decades at the forefront of the turf as one of its greatest racing secretaries, and who made a vital contribution to the immortal careers of geldings Kelso, Forego, and other champions by assigning them forbidding amounts of handicap weight that served to certify their greatness, died Feb. 23 at age 93 in Aventura, Fla., after a short illness.