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08-26-2021, 01:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Clarksville, AR
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Originally Posted by Peter Berry
I hope to be cleared by my doctors to return to work in the next week or so but Mountaineer would then need to sign off on it. This journey has been mentally and physically debilitating and there were days I thought I was going to die. On a positive note, I did lose 35 pounds in the first three weeks.
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Continued prayers for your recovery and return. Thank you for taking the time to let this group know. You are missed! My dear bride never minds my having Mountaineer on in the background with the soothing tones of Mark's analysis and your wonderfully inflected calls.
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Past performances are no guarantee of future results. - Why isn't this disclaimer printed in the Daily Racing Form?
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08-26-2021, 01:30 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Originally Posted by BarchCapper
Continued prayers for your recovery and return. Thank you for taking the time to let this group know. You are missed! My dear bride never minds my having Mountaineer on in the background with the soothing tones of Mark's analysis and your wonderfully inflected calls.
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Is your dear bride single?
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08-26-2021, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Clarksville, AR
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Originally Posted by mountainman
Is your dear bride single?
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Not for the last 34 years! And, sadly, she only has brothers, no sisters. 
Last summer I sat down and made the list of tracks I've been to - it's 45 at last count. Then I went back through the list and put her initial next to ones she'd been to. She's accompanied me to 28 of them (including Mountaineer)!!!!! That's better than some regular horseplayers I know.
Her closest contact with horse racing before meeting me was learning to drive in the parking lot of Finger Lakes racetrack!
I know I'm blessed!
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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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09-15-2021, 09:30 AM
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Track Announcer
Join Date: Aug 2006
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It's been two months since I called my last race at Mountaineer. At this time I don't know when, of if, I'll be allowed to return but I'm in good health, fully recovered, and ready to go.
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09-15-2021, 10:44 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Have endeavored to respect your privacy. I am the uncontested world champion at minding my own business. Do want to state that I very much desire your return. Callers of your caliber do not grow on trees.
Work it out and get back in the booth. There is always a way.
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09-15-2021, 11:39 AM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
Posts: 88,542
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Are you guys saying what I think you're saying.
That they don't want him back?
Unreal.
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09-15-2021, 11:45 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Near Lexington, KY
Posts: 3,246
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Originally Posted by Peter Berry
It's been two months since I called my last race at Mountaineer. At this time I don't know when, of if, I'll be allowed to return but I'm in good health, fully recovered, and ready to go.
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Thank you for the update, Peter. Best wishes to you.
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Just when you least expect it...just what you least expect-The Pet Shop Boys.
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09-15-2021, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Near Lexington, KY
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Are you guys saying what I think you're saying.
That they don't want him back?
Unreal.
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It sure is, PA.
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Just when you least expect it...just what you least expect-The Pet Shop Boys.
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09-15-2021, 11:47 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Are you guys saying what I think you're saying.
That they don't want him back?
Unreal.
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Probably a money thing, similar to why NYRA did what they did I would guess. Announcers should be more important in the simulcast era but tracks don't seem to be thinking that way.
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09-15-2021, 11:49 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Near Lexington, KY
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Originally Posted by cj
Probably a money thing, similar to why NYRA did what they did I would guess. Announcers should be more important in the simulcast era but tracks don't seem to be thinking that way.
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Exactly, cj. Unfortunately, Tracks/Racinos all seem to think alike about this...and it hard to see anybody going against the grain of this anytime soon.
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Just when you least expect it...just what you least expect-The Pet Shop Boys.
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09-15-2021, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
Are you guys saying what I think you're saying.
That they don't want him back?
Unreal.
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On my part, not saying that at all. Just expressing a desire to have Pete back. Nor am In the loop concerning whatever the issues are. And even if I were, it would not be appropriate for me to elucidate.
Mike, minding my own business and adhering to my subservient place in the hierarchy has been helpful to my career.
But, again, I still consider Pete and I a team. We are stronger together. And I hope he comes back. In fact, I prefer to consider it imminent.
Pete is a super-intelligent guy and extremely well-spoken. He will divulge what he wants to, as is his right.
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09-15-2021, 02:22 PM
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Join Date: May 2020
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Those that run MTR (Century) are piss poor. They do a horrible job of marketing the racing scene there. Id love to volunteer my services and ideas to them. As a race fan, with a degree in Marketing from a fine University, I guarantee I could increase the excitement there immediately!!!
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09-15-2021, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 4,666
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PA.race.fan
Those that run MTR (Century) are piss poor. They do a horrible job of marketing the racing scene there. I’d love to volunteer my services and ideas to them. As a race fan, with a degree in Marketing from a fine University, I guarantee I could increase the excitement there immediately!!!
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They do know more about racing than any regime I've worked for. And have established their commitment through some very hard times. Those things are big to me. I need the job.
Last edited by mountainman; 09-15-2021 at 02:58 PM.
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09-15-2021, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Reno, NV
Posts: 16,909
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PA.race.fan
Those that run MTR (Century) are piss poor. They do a horrible job of marketing the racing scene there. Id love to volunteer my services and ideas to them. As a race fan, with a degree in Marketing from a fine University, I guarantee I could increase the excitement there immediately!!!
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What is MTR?
Are you referring to MNR?
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09-15-2021, 06:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 251
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mountainman
But, again, I still consider Pete and I a team. We are stronger together. And I hope he comes back. In fact, I prefer to consider it imminent.
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I said exactly the same thing earlier today.
You two together are what makes Mountaineer special and I know long-time Mountaineer fans are beginning to drift away since the interruption of your partnership.
Hope any issues can be resolved and Pete gets back quickly for the good of the track and the fans.
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