Trainer Howard Belvoir, for six decades a fixture in horse racing in the Pacific Northwest, died Oct. 23 from heart failure at the age of 82, according to a post on the Emerald Downs website.Based mainly in Washington, but having also done stints in California, Oregon and British Columbia, Belvoir won 2,192 races in a career dating back to 1963, per Equibase stats, and included his induction into the Washington Racing Hall of Fame.Born in Iola, Kansas, and raised in Payette, Idaho, Belvoir honed his skills under the tutelage of trainers Roy and Troy Taylor before taking out his license.“Racing is in my blood,” Belvoir said in 2018. “Once you get in you, you can never get it out of you.”Belvoir ranks third in the history of Emerald Downs by wins (830), second in earnings ($9,514,704) and sixth in stakes wins (49).Belvoir bred and trained Washington Horse of the Year Wasserman to victory in the GIII Longacres Mile Handicap in 2008 and won the marquee race on the calendar on two other occasions with Assessment (2009) and fan-favorite Barkley (2018).The Emerald Downs race office honored Belvoir with its 2010 Martin Durkan Award for sportsmanship and excellence on and off the track, and in 2013 Belvoir was recognized with the state's top racing honor by being voted into the Washington Racing Hall of Fame. In his acceptance speech, Belvoir recognized owners, assistant trainers, exercise riders, grooms and hotwalkers for making it all possible.“I've been fortunate and lucky to have a lot of good horses, but you're only as good as your help,” he said. “That's the truth.”Belvoir is survived by longtime partner Vicki Potter and sons Heath, Clay and Vann, the latter a former Emerald Downs riding champion and currently a trainer in California.Per Belvoir's request, no services are planned. The family plans to honor him with a race at Emerald Downs in the 2027 season.The post Legendary Washington Trainer Howard Belvoir Passes Away appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.