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PowerUpPaynter
06-09-2017, 07:20 AM
This guy is great, time to time when I see Canterbury, I always say to myself that track announcer is good...
https://twitter.com/zweber/status/872998126008795136
wisconsin
06-09-2017, 08:18 AM
Paul Allen also does Vikings football on the radio...
Track Phantom
06-09-2017, 10:22 AM
Great voice.
It depends on your style. If you like the announcer to be the whole show, he's your guy. If you're old school and want the horses to be the show, he's not.
ronsmac
06-09-2017, 10:44 AM
This guy is great, time to time when I see Canterbury, I always say to myself that track announcer is good...
https://twitter.com/zweber/status/872998126008795136 Great may be an understatement.
PaceAdvantage
06-09-2017, 10:52 AM
Am I weird that I've been going around the last few days muttering "Ready...for a start..." the way the announcer from LaD does it? I'm obsessed with that phrase and the way he says it for some reason lately...:lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk5-eF41GoE
Track Phantom
06-09-2017, 07:12 PM
Am I weird that I've been going around the last few days muttering "Ready...for a start..." the way the announcer from LaD does it? I'm obsessed with that phrase and the way he says it for some reason lately...:lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk5-eF41GoE
Yes
SuperPickle
06-09-2017, 08:25 PM
Great voice.
It depends on your style. If you like the announcer to be the whole show, he's your guy. If you're old school and want the horses to be the show, he's not.
So the answer is he's clearly the guy for Canterbury. If you've never been there look at the attendance and handle. They'll get close to 10,000 people on a Thursday night. Plus 15,000 on some weekends. And these crowds won't bet $250k. They literally have a building full of $2 bettors. Some nights the per capped wagered per person is less than $2 per race per person. Literally hundred of people go to watch and not bet.
Canterbury is the opposite of Aqueduct. It's no hardcore bettors it's an event.
So with that crowd you need a showman. He can be a straight race caller. Watch his calls of their larger stakes.
If anything it's impressive he understands his audience.
So the answer is he's clearly the guy for Canterbury. If you've never been there look at the attendance and handle. They'll get close to 10,000 people on a Thursday night. Plus 15,000 on some weekends. And these crowds won't bet $250k. They literally have a building full of $2 bettors. Some nights the per capped wagered per person is less than $2 per race per person. Literally hundred of people go to watch and not bet.
It is Remington North.
rgustafson
06-09-2017, 08:52 PM
Great voice.
It depends on your style. If you like the announcer to be the whole show, he's your guy. If you're old school and want the horses to be the show, he's not.
Yes, Dave when you have listened to over 90% of his race calls since he started at Canterbury in 1995 like I have, his "shtick" tends to get real old.
Track Phantom
06-09-2017, 09:03 PM
Yes, Dave when you have listened to over 90% of his race calls since he started at Canterbury in 1995 like I have, his "shtick" tends to get real old.
My favorite racecaller by far was Phil Georgeff. He was pretty straightlaced. I don't care for self-promoting in annoucing and racecalling. But I'm not the audience they are going after.
Track Phantom
06-09-2017, 09:04 PM
By the way, I long for the days of Tony Bentley. But he reminds me my younger days which is always going to be appealing to a guy approaching 50.
rgustafson
06-09-2017, 09:54 PM
I really shouldn't complain since I dread those few days in the fall towards the end of the meet when Allen is announcing the Viking games and Grunder is on the mike.:D
arw629
06-09-2017, 10:40 PM
Am I weird that I've been going around the last few days muttering "Ready...for a start..." the way the announcer from LaD does it? I'm obsessed with that phrase and the way he says it for some reason lately...:lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk5-eF41GoE
His name is John McGarry. He, Peter Berry, and Wrona are my favorite announcers currently in the game. Travis Stone is very good as well. I'm not a fan of Colmus and I don't get the appeal.
stlseeeek
06-09-2017, 11:45 PM
My favorite announcer for making a 4K claimer sound like a 14mil $$$ race was the Old Atlantic City announcer. I believe it was Lederman, but not 100% sure.
"Here they come spinning out of the turn" ole Phil G. One of Chicagos finest. He was always good.
wisconsin
06-10-2017, 09:45 AM
His name is John McGarry. He, Peter Berry, and Wrona are my favorite announcers currently in the game. Travis Stone is very good as well. I'm not a fan of Colmus and I don't get the appeal.
John also does Mahoning Valley.
Peter Berry
06-11-2017, 12:17 AM
His name is John McGarry. He, Peter Berry, and Wrona are my favorite announcers currently in the game. Travis Stone is very good as well. I'm not a fan of Colmus and I don't get the appeal.
Even if you didn't mean to put me ahead of Wrona, I will sleep well that you did. He might not.
menifee
06-11-2017, 03:48 AM
The guy at Belterra Park does a really nice job as well.
Turf player
07-11-2017, 08:21 AM
I agree. He loves the game and you can hear it in his voice.
MNslappy
07-12-2017, 01:42 AM
Paul Allen also does Vikings football on the radio...
He also has a show on KFAN radio 5 days a week Mon-Fri from 9 am till Noon if CBY and the Vikings aren't enough PA for ya.
tcasolo
10-08-2017, 09:53 AM
Anyone know who the new announcer will be at Mahoning Valley now that John McGary has gone to NM? Just curious, as to me, he was the best thing about that track.
Franco Santiago
10-08-2017, 10:53 AM
By the way, I long for the days of Tony Bentley. But he reminds me my younger days which is always going to be appealing to a guy approaching 50.
Wow, really? (That's all I am going to say about TB...if you can say something nice....)
This is my perception of a stretch call of his:
"THEY......turn for home now............those two!"
That's it. Nothing else.
I know it's an extreme exaggeration.
From one account (I know an an announcer that knows him), he's a great guy. Hope is living a healthy, happy life in retirement.
BIGTKLO
10-08-2017, 01:27 PM
I believe it will be Matt Hook, the voice at Thistledown.
Afleet
10-08-2017, 01:46 PM
It is Remington North.
Remington doesn't do more handle than Canterbury? I think it was $6 to get into Canterbury w/program-this was about 4 years ago
Remington doesn't do more handle than Canterbury? I think it was $6 to get into Canterbury w/program-this was about 4 years ago
I haven't checked lately but they don't do much on track per capita. They have been helped in recent years by a deal with TVG.
BIG49010
10-08-2017, 08:14 PM
Yes, Dave when you have listened to over 90% of his race calls since he started at Canterbury in 1995 like I have, his "shtick" tends to get real old.
Phill got a little old too after all those years!!!
wisconsin
10-09-2017, 12:59 PM
Hope is living a healthy, happy life in retirement.
He still calls the jumper circuit, and has had some small acting roles...
ernie huddle
10-10-2017, 10:24 PM
You must be kidding...he's a rank amateur who must lead the nation in mis-identifying horses. He's a shill for the casino and his tip sheet. His M/L's are off base quite often.
Elliott Sidewater
10-14-2017, 11:39 AM
In my book, if you listen to any announcer too many times, he will end up annoying. For me, the only exception to that was Tom Durkin, he was the best in my book. Hmm, maybe one more, I do remember liking Fred Caposella in my early days following the sport, but that could have been because I was young and didn't know any better. These days, I prefer to watch the races with the sound off, it helps me focus on how the races are running better.
I find the guy at Belterra annoying, he sounds as if he'd cheer happily while his car was sliding into a ditch.
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