Richard Grunder to retire
 

Who will be the last, last horse away?

By the way, since I know the guy takes a beating on accuracy (and I think accuracy is important!), let me say something nice about Grunder. He truly has a unique voice. It's not cookie cutter. There used to be more announcers who had really unique vocal tones and were associated with specific tracks or circuits- think Harry Henson, or Phil Georgeff, or Trevor Denman.

In the music business, they would say that Grunder was "blessed with a unique instrument". You heard that voice coming out of a speaker anywhere and, love him or hate him, you knew that it was a race at Tampa Bay Downs.

In that sense, Grunder will be hard to replace.

Larry get your butt to Tampa........it’s a retirement gig

LUV Grunder! :ThmbUp::ThmbUp::ThmbUp::ThmbUp:

A true gentleman. Happy trails Richard.

I can turn the race-call volume on again. :jump:

Great article about Grunder in Paulick Report

https://www.paulickreport.com/news/p...s8X7CQlkPYNfLQ

Speaking of announcers who had really unique vocal tones and were associated with a specific track, the first one that comes to my mind is the late Ross Morton, Mr. Gulfstream, with that rich baritone voice. It's unfortunate that he was prone to flubs, for which they eventually ran him out town. But at his best, he was a pleasure to listen to.

Vinman

Me too!:jump:

The Paulick Report piece was the Tampa Bay Downs press release. It was a terrific tribute. What a cool career while helping people along the way.

:ThmbUp: Congrats.

I texted him immediately, love Clearwater to live, Tampa to work. :)

It was the first thought in my mind. They’d be lucky to get him