Female Race Caller at Zia Park Today.

[craigbraddick]

Hi People:

Calling the 9th race at Zia Park today is 1998 Miss New Mexico and local radio host, Lindsay Chism. Lindsay is a racing fan and has done some sports broadcasting in the past so I am looking forward to her company in the booth and hope you guys will enjoy her race call.

Craig.

[Some_One]

Well at least she was better than Bobby Flay

[098poi]

I just saw the replay. Obviously green but she has a great voice!

[MickJ26]

Any video, Craig? Thanks.

[Milkshaker]

Re: "Female Race Caller at Zia Park Today"

I get the part about having a radio host (regardless of sex) call a race as a publicity stunt, and I understand that it's considered a novelty because there are no full-time female race announcers, but aren't we past the days of touting the whole "woman doing a man's job" angle as a publicity ploy?

It's sort of like how the "girl jockeys" craze of the 1970s and early '80s subsided only after marketers dropped the schtick and treated athletes as athletes, regardless of gender.

[v j stauffer]

Originally Posted by Milkshaker

Re: "Female Race Caller at Zia Park Today"

I get the part about having a radio host (regardless of sex) call a race as a publicity stunt, and I understand that it's considered a novelty because there are no full-time female race announcers, but aren't we past the days of touting the whole "woman doing a man's job" angle as a publicity ploy?

It's sort of like how the "girl jockeys" craze of the 1970s and early '80s subsided only after marketers dropped the schtick and treated athletes as athletes, regardless of gender.

I think the greyhound track in Council Bluffs Iowa has a full time female caller.

[craigbraddick]

Originally Posted by Milkshaker

Re: "Female Race Caller at Zia Park Today"

I get the part about having a radio host (regardless of sex) call a race as a publicity stunt, and I understand that it's considered a novelty because there are no full-time female race announcers, but aren't we past the days of touting the whole "woman doing a man's job" angle as a publicity ploy?

It's sort of like how the "girl jockeys" craze of the 1970s and early '80s subsided only after marketers dropped the schtick and treated athletes as athletes, regardless of gender.

Milkshaker:

You overlook one thing. We did not tout it all as being a "woman doing a mans job." Not once did we market it or tout it or promote it that way as well.

As a point of fact, Lindsay was there (as was I and many others) as part of an after racing benefit gig supporting the Mark Villa Memorial Fund.

Thanks,

Craig.

[HoofedInTheChest]

Doesn't Hollywood Park have a chick calling races?

[v j stauffer]

Originally Posted by HoofedInTheChest

Doesn't Hollywood Park have a chick calling races?

You mean "chicken" don't you?

[EJXD2]

Originally Posted by craigbraddick

Milkshaker:

You overlook one thing. We did not tout it all as being a "woman doing a mans job." Not once did we market it or tout it or promote it that way as well.

Really? Because the subject of the thread, which you started, is "Female Race Caller at Zia Park Today."

EdD

[craigbraddick]

That was a statement of fact. Plain and simple.

It was not.........

"Hey, there is this bird who get this, thinks she can do a mans job, well we are gonna see about that today. He she is, yeah all beauty but we will she if she has the brains to do this job....etc"

Which would have been cheap and tacky.

Craig