Eidson out as Santa Anita racing director

ARCADIA, Calif. – Dan Eidson, a veteran racing official who has worked throughout the United States, was dismissed as Santa Anita’s racing director on Thursday.

Eidson declined to comment on the situation when reached by phone Friday. He is the second leading racing executive to depart Santa Anita in the last six months. Last December, Rick Hammerle was released as racing secretary, and was replaced in January by Steve Lym, a former racing executive at Woodbine.

Lym said Friday that there are no immediate plans to replace Eidson, who had written the track’s condition books in recent months.

Eidson joined Santa Anita’s racing department in December 2017.