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View Poll Results: Next NYRA Track Announcer
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John G. Dooley
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17.04% |
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Larry Collmus
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10 |
7.41% |
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Vic Stauffer
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43 |
31.85% |
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Michael Wrona (Golden Gate)
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5 |
3.70% |
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Frank Mirahmadi (Oaklawn Park)
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8 |
5.93% |
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Kurt Becker (Keeneland)
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5 |
3.70% |
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John Imbriale
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26 |
19.26% |
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Other
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15 |
11.11% |
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08-12-2014, 05:17 PM
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#91
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Originally Posted by Al Gobbi
NYRA making "major" announcement tomorrow at 10:30am. Assume its the new announcer.
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ding ding!
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08-12-2014, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jballscalls
ding ding!
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A friend of mine said that a local news outlet reported that Collmus will be named
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08-12-2014, 06:40 PM
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#93
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Originally Posted by alhattab
A friend of mine said that a local news outlet reported that Collmus will be named
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I've heard the same across Twitter.
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08-12-2014, 07:33 PM
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i thought Collmus just took the gig at CD
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08-12-2014, 07:35 PM
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NYRA's a more prestigious gig than Churchill. Chic Anderson, for instance, went from Churchill TO NYRA. And NYRA announcers Fred Capposela, Dave Johnson, and Tom Durkin have all called the Kentucky Derby in place of the Churchill PA announcer on television.
If NYRA wants Collmus and puts down enough money, they can get him. The only PA announcing gig in America that is on a par with NYRA is Santa Anita.
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08-12-2014, 07:40 PM
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#96
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Originally Posted by porkchop
Word around town is that Dooley is the guy . St Johns grad has some ties to N Y
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I believe John Dooley's very first job in racing was in the NYRA press office.
I'd prefer Dooley get the job if I had my druthers.
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08-12-2014, 08:02 PM
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Dead money
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Originally Posted by dilanesp
NYRA's a more prestigious gig than Churchill. Chic Anderson, for instance, went from Churchill TO NYRA. And NYRA announcers Fred Capposela, Dave Johnson, and Tom Durkin have all called the Kentucky Derby in place of the Churchill PA announcer on television.
If NYRA wants Collmus and puts down enough money, they can get him. The only PA announcing gig in America that is on a par with NYRA is Santa Anita.
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If nyra puts down enough money they can get him lololol
Like he's the only person that can call a race good
Vic and Dave Rodman are better in my opinion
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08-12-2014, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by wiffleball whizz
If nyra puts down enough money they can get him lololol
Like he's the only person that can call a race good
Vic and Dave Rodman are better in my opinion
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I was not commenting on who is the best. Really, I could care less who calls the races as long as the person is accurate. I didn't mind Marshall Cassidy so I'm not the person to ask.
I was commenting on the fact that if NYRA wants Collmus, they would have to hire him away from Churchill, but could, because it's a more prestigious job. If NYRA wants Rodman, obviously New York is a far bigger stage than Maryland, and if they want Vic, he'd be very easy to get, given that he doesn't have a significant announcing job at the moment.
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08-12-2014, 08:58 PM
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08-12-2014, 09:14 PM
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Yuck.
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08-12-2014, 10:01 PM
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Now on to speculation about gulfstream and churchill.
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08-12-2014, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by olddaddy
Now on to speculation about gulfstream and churchill.
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Maybe someone can start threads about that. 
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08-12-2014, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by ILovetheInner
Yuck.
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Couldn't agree more. BO-RING
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08-12-2014, 11:56 PM
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NoPoints4ME
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Originally Posted by dirty moose
Couldn't agree more. BO-RING
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His most famous call, the wives race, really wasn't special because of him. What made that call special was the 2 ironic horses running 1-2. He didn't make that happening special.
A solid announcer but nothing to give me tingles like his predecessor did. Either way, wish him luck.
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08-13-2014, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by EMD4ME
His most famous call, the wives race, really wasn't special because of him. What made that call special was the 2 ironic horses running 1-2. He didn't make that happening special.
A solid announcer but nothing to give me tingles like his predecessor did. Either way, wish him luck.
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He needs all the luck he can get, its a tough gig when you're following the best who's ever done something.
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