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has represented every racetrack he’s worked for with the utmost class. And everyone who gets to know him feels like they’ve known him their whole life.”
“Scott meets people with a hand out and a smile on his face and you immediately feel at ease,” adds Jerry. “I admire that kind of individual.”
“Running a racetrack is a three-legged stool,” Scott explains, “—the racetrack owners, the horses’ connections, and the regulators. Successful management has to have an understanding of all those people, and I think my varied background has enabled me to have the perspective to see all three sides on the issues that come up. If you can do that and be solution oriented, you can make progress.
And Scott has made progress. Lots of it. Being involved with the reinvigoration of Remington Park during its rebirth, through his position as president and GM, has brought Scott fulfillment and satisfaction.
“I want to emphasize that in all of this,
it is not a one-man job,” he adds. “It’s so totally a team effort and to be truthful, the ownership of Global Gaming Solutions—and with it their willingness to clean up and invest in Remington Park—is really the key to the park’s resurgence.”
ENTERING HIS SUNSET
As he prepares for his “golden years,” Scott admits it’ll be the first time since he was a kid that he hasn’t been working, so it’s
going to be an adjustment. But, he says, he really enjoys nature—particularly hunting and fishing—and golf, which he and Mellyn will do a lot of, along with their 5-year-old grandson, Turner.
“One of our major forms of entertainment now is watching him progress as I decline,” Scott jokes. “We’re also both voracious readers and we like to see good horse races.”
He also enjoys looking at and helping people acquire good horses and has already helped some friends pick out good prospects.
“I’ll enjoy that, but I’m really looking forward to retirement,” he says. “I’ve been
a workaholic but I’m going to try not to be. Learning to relax a little more is one thing I can change in my future.”
“Being part of that thrill when people come into the winner’s circle is something I learned about when I was just a kid, and in the past 31 years, I’ve been able to see lots of other people experience that thrill.”
Scott with Sara Leann Morgan, Jill Mixer DVM and Robert Mixer when Coronas First Diva won the Oklahoma Futurity-G3
Scott with Nancy and Ted Abrams after winning the Remington Park Invitational Championship-G1 with Jessies First Down.
tScott with the trophy for the Speedhorse Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity.
uScott and Nancy Powell after winning the Remington Park Futurity-RG2 with Regard With Respect.
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