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04-03-2014, 12:37 PM
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Spanish speaking Announcer at NYRA
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04-03-2014, 12:42 PM
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Spanish speaking Announcer at NYRA
Luis Grandison debuts at Aqu today as the first Spanish speaking race caller in America. 
Folks on track can tune into a channel that gives the Spanish call. English calls will still the be primary voice at the trackand on TV, but this is a neat offering for those with Spanish as a first language.
I understand that there are options for hearing the Spanish call in home as well for those who have RTN.
Congrats to Luis and NYRA...good move imo.
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04-03-2014, 12:43 PM
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Excellent move IMO, California tracks should follow. Maybe Mandarin too.
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04-03-2014, 12:45 PM
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If I read correctly, the first race will be called only in Spanish as a sort of intro for Grandison.
EDIT: and while I'm lauding NYRA...props to the person who edits their site.
Grandison's name was misspelled under his picture and it is now corrected
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04-03-2014, 12:54 PM
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04-03-2014, 12:56 PM
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My bad - didn't check before starting that thread
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04-03-2014, 12:57 PM
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My bad - didn't check before starting that thread
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Your thread title was better though, which is why I kept it...so you've got that going for you...which is nice... 
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04-03-2014, 01:02 PM
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At the end of the race I hope Luis doesn't yell "GOAL!!!! 
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04-03-2014, 01:05 PM
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Next up an announcer that speaks "Jersey"
Hey Mikey Boy from TP park, here you go
Ganancia de tierra
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04-03-2014, 01:07 PM
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I'd like an announcer that speaks jive, like Barbara Billingsley on Airplane 
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04-03-2014, 01:09 PM
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04-03-2014, 01:15 PM
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I'd like an announcer that speaks jive, like Barbara Billingsley on Airplane |
How about a Jamaican Patois speaking announcer? That would be a trip!
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04-03-2014, 01:21 PM
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As long as I don't have to "press 1" for English this is a good idea. The day I have to "press 1" to hear a horse race in the US in English I'm moving to Australia.
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04-03-2014, 01:31 PM
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Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooal !
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Reportedly he was trained by Durkin on the art of race calling, but the language barrier was a pretty big obstacle. I translated the first race and Grandison said "the two Derby winners hit the wire together" at the half-mile pole, so clearly they still have some fine tuning to do.
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