Executive Wells Retiring From Lone Star, Remington Park
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Scott Wells speaks at the 2018 Global Symposium on Racing and Gaming in Tucson, Ariz.
Remington Park and Lone Star Park president and general manager Scott Wells will retire from his position this fall. Global Gaming Solutions, owner of Remington Park and Lone Star Park, announced Wells' decision today.
Wells was on staff at Remington Park for three years beginning in 1990 soon after the OKC track first opened for live racing in 1988. Wells returned to Remington to his present position in 2005 and has directed operations at the track since then. He assumed the role of president and general manager at Lone Star Park in 2013.
"Scott Wells is an icon in the horse racing industry and a mainstay at Remington Park across parts of four decades. His steady guidance and his deep expertise of track operations have been integral to the success of both Remington Park here and Lone Star Park in Texas. He helped create Remington Park as a destination in the racing industry and he leaves a legacy of superlative service both to horsemen and racing fans in Oklahoma, across the country and around the world," said Skip Seeley, Global Gaming Solutions CEO.
A native Oklahoman, Wells trained quarter horses and thoroughbreds for 17 years, including training the winner of the state's first official thoroughbred race, Ye Song, at Blue Ribbon Downs in 1984. Wells finishes his career with 31 years of racetrack management, managing five racetracks in three countries.
In 1990, Scott became a columnist for the Daily Racing Form. He rose through the ranks as a Remington Park employee through 1992. He then served as assistant general manager at Hollywood Park in California, then general manager of Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico. In 1999, Wells was hired by Lone Star Park to reopen the national racetracks of Mexico and Uruguay, as well as for consulting jobs in other Latin American countries.