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Originally Posted by cj
Even at bigger tracks you couldn't really hear the announcers on track very well that I remember. It wasn't until simulcasting that their importance grew. Even in the beginning of that era, many races were run with the sound down so you couldn't hear the feed. We've come a long way.
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My recollection was that you could hear the announcer in the early stages in the race, but not after the horses turned for home and the crowd started roaring. So you could argue that an announcer who was accurate in the early stages in the race added some value; dramatic stretch calls, on the other hand, were unnecessary in that era (and if you listen to recordings of old announcers like Joe Hernandez and Fred Capossela, they rarely did them).
