Trainer dies in crash

A memorial service for veteran trainer Tom Knight will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Top of the Stretch Room at Golden Gate Fields.

Knight died in a traffic accident on Thursday. He was 76.

Knight, a native of New Mexico, had trained in northern California since 1975. His top Thoroughbred was the multiple stakes winner Today a Star. Knight also trained top Appaloosas Drum and Fife, winner of the 1978 Pomona Futurity, and Quadraporte, winner of the 1987 California Appaloosa Derby.

Memorial donations can be made to The Winners' Foundation, which can be contacted at 626-574-6498.