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04-21-2020, 02:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 378
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I won't name all of them but just my 3 fave: Mnr, Woo, DeD.
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04-21-2020, 02:57 PM
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Track Announcer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 521
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Originally Posted by luisbe
I won't name all of them but just my 3 fave: Mnr, Woo, DeD.
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Thank you so much, Luis. I just hope I haven’t lost a length or two during this extended break. Time will tell.
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04-21-2020, 03:43 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 4,478
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Originally Posted by Peter Berry
Thank you so much, Luis. I just hope I haven’t lost a length or two during this extended break. Time will tell.
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Oh No Peter.....Please don't not even imply "The cue is in tha rack" for you!
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04-21-2020, 04:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 4,284
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Originally Posted by Mason
My instant mute announcer list, in order, based on either inaccuracy, voice quality, not impartial due to their betting habits, screaming incoherently, or just can't follow the field/race flow correctly.
Colonial
Belterra
Rillito
Ellis-Turfay
Fonner
Prairie Meadows
NYRA backup
Retama
Sunland
Oaklawn
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Yeah. What's wrong with Jason?
I especially liked your "not impartial due to their betting habits" criteria for elimination.
I'd be very interested in how you quantify that. Examples would be fun to review.
One of the strongest 6th posts I've ever seen on PA.
You must have a vast horse racing skill set.
Good to have you on board.
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04-21-2020, 05:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Missouri
Posts: 2,210
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Originally Posted by v j stauffer
Yeah. What's wrong with Jason?
I especially liked your "not impartial due to their betting habits" criteria for elimination.
I'd be very interested in how you quantify that. Examples would be fun to review.
One of the strongest 6th posts I've ever seen on PA.
You must have a vast horse racing skill set.
Good to have you on board.
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Hey Vic, hope you are well. I feel very sorry for the local business there in Hot Springs. Rockys, the Ohio Club, etc. must be getting killed
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04-21-2020, 05:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 4,284
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Originally Posted by Afleet
Hey Vic, hope you are well. I feel very sorry for the local business there in Hot Springs. Rockys, the Ohio Club, etc. must be getting killed
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We are well. Thanks for asking. Everyone, everywhere is getting crushed. Horrible time for ALL of us in our lives. Stay safe.
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04-21-2020, 05:40 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,834
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Originally Posted by v j stauffer
We are well. Thanks for asking. Everyone, everywhere is getting crushed. Horrible time for ALL of us in our lives. Stay safe.
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Well said. It sucks everywhere.
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04-21-2020, 06:25 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 8,798
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Just a story about announcers and betting habits, related to me by my parents.
In the 1930's, Seabiscuit, among other things, made Joe Hernandez, the announcer at the California tracks as well as Caliente, a big star, with his dramatic descriptions of Seabiscuit's big races.
But in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap, which Seabiscuit lost to Rosemont by a nose, in the stretch, Hernandez suddenly shouts "Here comes Time Supply!" when Time Supply is making a mild, ineffectual move behind the leaders.
It became an open secret among race fans and sportswriters in California that Hernandez had a large bet on Time Supply. He was rooting over the p.a. system.
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04-21-2020, 06:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 4,284
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
Just a story about announcers and betting habits, related to me by my parents.
In the 1930's, Seabiscuit, among other things, made Joe Hernandez, the announcer at the California tracks as well as Caliente, a big star, with his dramatic descriptions of Seabiscuit's big races.
But in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap, which Seabiscuit lost to Rosemont by a nose, in the stretch, Hernandez suddenly shouts "Here comes Time Supply!" when Time Supply is making a mild, ineffectual move behind the leaders.
It became an open secret among race fans and sportswriters in California that Hernandez had a large bet on Time Supply. He was rooting over the p.a. system.
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Did anyone ever ask Joe if that was true?
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04-21-2020, 06:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 8,798
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Originally Posted by v j stauffer
Did anyone ever ask Joe if that was true?
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Supposedly, he admitted it to his friends at the track. But it doesn't appear in anything on the record, so who knows.
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04-21-2020, 06:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 4,284
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dilanesp
Supposedly, he admitted it to his friends at the track. But it doesn't appear in anything on the record, so who knows.
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Well announcers do bet.
If you want to compare and contrast a big hit winning call and a big hit losing call pull up ShaShaShakemeup and Alkhatam.
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04-21-2020, 07:11 PM
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#27
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 28,570
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ReplayRandall
To have a stellar career as an analyst, as an announcer, as a trainer or as a pro-horseplayer, all involve two must haves.....First, you must have a real passion/fire and secondly, you must work as hard and smart as the best in the game do, to succeed.
I don't believe anyone feels like it's a job, it's a blessing....Doing the thing you love and getting paid for it. How does it get any better than that, in this life?
Never be afraid to aim for being the best, at whatever endeavor you choose, you'll only be cheating yourself out of a remarkable life.
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I too used to think that you needed a "passion" for the game in order to become a pro horseplayer...but I changed my thinking on this when a saw our ex-member Raybo admit here that he got to be a pro-level player even though he found horse-betting to be a "tiresome bore". So... I no longer consider "passion" to be a prerequisite for horse-betting "success".
As far as race-calling is concerned...I am not turned off by the "monotony" of a 'boring' race call. It's when the race-caller takes it upon himself to infuse added "enthusiasm" into the race by screaming at the top of his lungs as the horses near the wire, that I start rolling my eyes as I reach for the volume knob. Give me an accurate even cadence and I am happy, even without the race-caller's hysterics. The horses supply enough drama, IMO.
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04-21-2020, 07:18 PM
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PA Steward
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Del Boca Vista
Posts: 88,737
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
I too used to think that you needed a "passion" for the game in order to become a pro horseplayer...but I changed my thinking on this when a saw our ex-member Raybo admit here that he got to be a pro-level player even though he found horse-betting to be a "tiresome bore". So... I no longer consider "passion" to be a prerequisite for horse-betting "success".
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If you're doing it right, it actually should be pretty boring...lol
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04-21-2020, 07:20 PM
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#29
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 28,570
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage
If you're doing it right, it actually should be pretty boring...lol
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See? When you are right...even I can't disagree with you.
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"Theory is knowledge that doesn't work. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why."
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04-21-2020, 07:51 PM
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Buckle Up
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 10,614
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Quote:
Originally Posted by thaskalos
I too used to think that you needed a "passion" for the game in order to become a pro horseplayer...but I changed my thinking on this when a saw our ex-member Raybo admit here that he got to be a pro-level player even though he found horse-betting to be a "tiresome bore". So... I no longer consider "passion" to be a prerequisite for horse-betting "success".
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You need real fire and passion to GET to that "pro" level....Once there, you have to "work", and apply "smarter" methodologies to STAY at that level and ahead of the curve..Then the routine and boredom sets in.
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