Reply #44: Hall of Fame Trainer Scotty Schulhofer Dead at 80 [View All]

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From The Bloodhorse:
Retired Hall of Fame trainer Flint "Scotty" Schulhofer died Dec. 14 at Aventura Hospital in South Florida. He was 80.

According to his son and retired second-generation trainer, Randy Schulhofer, his father had been in the South Florida hospital since Dec. 5.

"He went peacefully," Schulhofer said. "He had a lot of friends and followers. He was just a great man, and he will be missed."

Scotty Schulhofer, who was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1992, saddled five Eclipse Award winners: Mac Diarmida, 1978 turf male; Smile, 1986 sprinter; Fly So Free, 1990 2-year-old male; Rubiano, 1992 sprinter; and Lemon Drop Kid, 2000 older male.

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