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01-29-2020, 04:27 PM
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C'est Tout
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Cajunland
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Still hoping and wishing that Dave Rodman from the Maryland circuit gets a shot at one of these big gigs.
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01-29-2020, 04:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 54
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Irishfever
750k wasnt enough to be an announcer?
Besides the Triple Crown monies.
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Put down the Irish whiskey.....You’re cut off
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01-29-2020, 04:39 PM
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#18
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,828
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Originally Posted by Bobskim
Put down the Irish whiskey.....You’re cut off
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Yeah, no kidding. Would be nice if people didn't just make stuff up.
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01-29-2020, 04:42 PM
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Veteran
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 1,831
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Originally Posted by Hambletonian
John has always been decent, but to me he will always be the voice of Aqueduct.
I liked Collmus too, my wife couldn't tell the difference between him and Durkin LOL.
Seems a weird time to leave, he was in the prime of his career...I imagine there is more to this story.
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He tried more and more to sound like Durkin, but in the end, it didn't work so well
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01-29-2020, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobskim
Put down the Irish whiskey.....You’re cut off
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My brother is a racing exec..I'll trust his sources tx.
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01-29-2020, 04:58 PM
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Beat up 💪
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Beach life in Fort Lauderdale
Posts: 11,938
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
Yeah, no kidding. Would be nice if people didn't just make stuff up.
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Can I make up something? He is here in Florida or was. I saw him going in Christina lee’s with Ron Nicolette. Friday, the day before pegasus pretty sure. Coulda been Saturday morning i forget. I stopped him for second, shook hands, but he was walking briskly, and both him and Nicoletti had serious-face look. At same time I saw Tim Ritvo having serious convo with someone, and when that ended they also went into Christina Lee’s. Larry was in jeans - tshirt.
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01-29-2020, 05:08 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,828
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Originally Posted by Irishfever
My brother is a racing exec..I'll trust his sources tx.
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You're implying "couldn't come to terms" means Larry turned down $750,000 a year. Sorry, I find that VERY hard to believe.
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01-29-2020, 05:21 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
You're implying "couldn't come to terms" means Larry turned down $750,000 a year. Sorry, I find that VERY hard to believe.
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I didn't say he turned down $750k a year. He was already making that. You ask your good friend Larry if he asked for a 50k raise or not. My brothers track record isn't perfect but he sports a very high batting average when it come to the news pipeline.
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01-29-2020, 05:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 28,548
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Irishfever
My brother is a racing exec..I'll trust his sources tx.
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WOW! With such strong "connections"...we wish you would post here more often. 
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01-29-2020, 05:28 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Canandaigua, New york
Posts: 112,819
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What does this mean for......Elmer J. Fudd? 
Seriously, I can't believe NYRA let him go.
I prefer John myself, but in no way have anything to say bad about Larry. I have years of "experience" with John and that is why.
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01-29-2020, 05:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Mukwonago, WI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Irishfever
I didn't say he turned down $750k a year. He was already making that. You ask your good friend Larry if he asked for a 50k raise or not. My brothers track record isn't perfect but he sports a very high batting average when it come to the news pipeline.
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If they ran 250 cards a year that's $3000 per card when the normal going rate is $200-600 per race day elsewhere.
My BS meter is going off right about now.
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01-29-2020, 05:40 PM
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Having Fun
Join Date: Jun 2019
Posts: 77
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From BloodHorse
"I'd like to thank the New York Racing Association for five great years calling memorable races at these wonderful venues," Collmus said. "I will certainly miss the people and places that make NYRA so special, especially the passionate racing fans at Saratoga, but it's the right time for me to move on to the next challenge while continuing my work with NBC Sports."
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01-29-2020, 06:16 PM
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$2 Showbettor
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: The Villages
Posts: 2,578
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CheckMark
W.O.W
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Bring back Tom Durkin!
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Durkin's too old now. Really.
But five years ago, instead of retiring, I thought that they should have let him stay on to call Saratoga, and let someone else do Belmont and Aqueduct until he was ready to call it quits. He owns a house up there and i'm sure he would have agreed.
But that ship has sailed.
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01-29-2020, 06:23 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NJ
Posts: 3,822
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I like John Imbriale but he's in his mid-60s; it will be interesting to see the long-term plan for the NYRA job.
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01-29-2020, 06:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Norfolk VA
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I liked Collmus too, my wife couldn't tell the difference between him and Durkin LOL.
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Neither could I, he seemed a natural replacement for Durkin.
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