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NYRA Racing on NY1 - mid-late 90's
Long before there was "America's Day at the Races" and before there was TVG, my first media experience of horseplayer heaven came in the mid-late 90s when they started showing the full NYRA cards on the relatively new local news cable channel NY1.
It was a great time for me because I was working a midnight shift during those years so could catch most if not all of the racing.
I had never enjoyed so much pre-race discussion of each of the races of the day. I'm fairly sure I have memories of our own Andy Serling doing some of the between races commentary, and also remember Paul Cornman, but only have a fuzzy picture in my mind of a couple of the others, without remembering names. I can't remember if Steve Crist did some of the shows or just had a hand in them coming about.
I don't know how long NY1 carried those cards, since we moved to Phoenix in 1999. If any other NYer has memories of those times and the personalities, I'd be grateful if you'd share them.
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Tom in NW Arkansas
Past performances are no guarantee of future results. - Why isn't this disclaimer printed in the Daily Racing Form?
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