OBITUARIES / PASSINGS / Richard Matlow
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Richard Matlow, 66, a longtime thoroughbred trainer who won his only graded stakes race in November at Hollywood Park, died Tuesday at his home in Monrovia, his family said.
He had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the progressive neurodegenerative disease commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Matlow retired in January, only weeks after Jack O’Lantern, a 19-1 shot, won the $103,700 Hollywood Prevue race at Hollywood Park on Nov. 23.
He had been training horses since 1968, mostly lower-level allowance horses and claiming stock.
Born May 28, 1942, in Los Angeles, Matlow ran horses at Santa Anita Park and Del Mar, in addition to Hollywood Park.
He also worked as a bloodstock agent, evaluating young horses headed for the auction block.
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