Trevor should join The Z Girl -- Retire Now

[cj]

Originally Posted by cj

Sure its hyperbole, like many of his calls. When did he say it then if it wasn't five strides?

It was the first thing he said after giving his break call.

[cj's dad]

When I switched over to ABC from TVG and lost Larry Collmus' race calls;

THAT WAS PAINFUL !

TD should hang it up; both of them.

[johnhannibalsmith]

Originally Posted by chickenhead

... Repeating Zenyattas name over and over in anticipation...

The last eighth of a mile was pretty comical... It sounded like he was totally unable to actually say anything as though the adrenaline got to him...

[andymays]

Trevor isn't close to being the best race caller. He makes a ton of mistakes and has for years now.

[banacek]

Originally Posted by andymays

Trevor isn't close to being the best race caller. He makes a ton of mistakes and has for years now.

Agreed, and the same can be said about Tom "Deputy" Durkin. Time for some new blood.

[jelly]

Originally Posted by chickenhead

I thought Trevors call in the Classic yesterday was absolutely terrible, and I usually like Trevor. Repeating Zenyattas name over and over in anticipation of her getting there is not exactly compelling stuff, relative to the excitement of what was actually happening on the track.

Forget Durkin in his prime, Vic would have done a much better job. He'd have blown his voice out for good, but it would have been a better call.

Trevors call takes away from the race rather than adds to it.

A little over kill you think?15 times! he mentions Zenyattas name.

[BeatTheChalk]

My take on Trevor :
1. He told us 3 times that Z girl was dead last. But he did not say :
She usually runs last in the field .. or far back
2. We never got one word about whether Z girl was handling the
track .. since she normally does not run on the dirt.
3. And his stretch call was beyond belief. I know he loves the horse
but that was over the top.
4. And not a WORD about the Fractions ! Sigh Amen Good nite

[Stevie Belmont]

Tom Durkin is the best. Too bad he could not have called this race somewhere for someone.

Denman is Denman. He did a good job. The world was watching Zenny and he yelled her name like just about everyone else. Could he have done something different, sure he could have. I thought he did a good job calling the winner. It was Blaaaaame!

Not the result he wanted, or for that matter most everyone else.

He did miss the incident at the top of the stretch in The Marathon.

Originally Posted by thaskalos

Anybody who is complaining about Trevor should go back and listen to Durkin's call from this year's Belmont Stakes.

[Stevie Belmont]

Another thing. He is yelling about her being dead last. Like that was some kind of shocker. She is always way back there.

Originally Posted by Stevie Belmont

Tom Durkin is the best. Too bad he could not have called this race somewhere for someone.

Denman is Denman. He did a good job. The world was watching Zenny and he yelled her name like just about everyone else. Could he have done something different, sure he could have. I thought he did a good job calling the winner. It was Blaaaaame!

Not the result he wanted, or for that matter most everyone else.

He did miss the incident at the top of the stretch in The Marathon.

[WJ47]

I think Trevor was just trying to give the crowd what it wanted ---non-stop Zenyatta chatter. I commented to my son after the race that I felt a little bad for Blame's connections. In the years to come, they'll show the video of their great horse to people and Blame's name was barely mentioned and his victory was announced with such disappointment in Trevor's voice. But what are you gonna do? That's how the world works. Zenyatta was the big story and she almost pulled off what many of us said would be impossible.

I had my big fat mouth open before the race, touting Blame and refusing to put Zenyatta in my exotics. I played all my exactas and trifectas with Quality Road, Haynesfield and Lookin at Lucky. I thought Zenyatta would end up 8th beaten by 15 lengths in a race against Blame. Before the race, I thought she was a good California mare, but afterwards, I think she may be the greatest race mare that ever lived. I was really, really impressed. And I'm still mad that the exacta paid so good and I didn't bet it!

I'm not big on rating announcers. I do have my favorites; I enjoy calls made by Durkin and Stauffer; those two announcers really get into it! And they both have great and powerful voices. But in my opinion, most announcers do a great job. Maybe because I know if I ever tried to announce even a three horse race, I'd get everything all screwed up! I don't know how they do it; I have alot of admiration for race callers.

[Run Nicholas Run]

I have felt the same for many years about T. Denman
I dont like listening to him, I dont like the foreign callers at all
like denman, mike wronga, etc. Basically they suck.

Larry Collmus should be calling the Cup if not durkin or even maybe
Sam Mckee from the meadowlands.
Boomer Wry also would be entertaining.


Denman is so bad , I rather have Dave Johnson calling and he started
going down hill in the early 80's.

[sandpit]

The best thing about being at the track both days was not hearing CD's regular track announcer even one time .

[Zman179]

Originally Posted by WJ47

I think Trevor was just trying to give the crowd what it wanted ---non-stop Zenyatta chatter. I commented to my son after the race that I felt a little bad for Blame's connections. In the years to come, they'll show the video of their great horse to people and Blame's name was barely mentioned and his victory was announced with such disappointment in Trevor's voice.

Just about the whole crowd, and many of the people watching on TV, were rooting hard for Zenyatta. Take this quote from Bob Baffert after the race:


"I've never been involved in such a big race," said Baffert, a man who has trained three Kentucky Derby winners and two Dubai World Cup victors.

"I lost my voice yelling for Zenyatta," he said. "We were all yelling for Zenyatta. I'm sad that she lost because she wanted to win - she could have easily won the race.

"She was too far back - she probably thinks she's won," he added. "Blame is a really good horse who loves this track so you can't take anything away from him.

"But after the race I was watching Garrett Gomez trying to get the crowd to cheer but nobody would cheer!"

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse...riller/786633/

I cannot recall ever seeing a Breeders Cup Classic champion returning to the winners circle in near silence.

[cj]

Originally Posted by Zman179

I cannot recall ever seeing a Breeders Cup Classic champion returning to the winners circle in near silence.

Reminded me of Victory Gallop at the Belmont.

[affirmedny]

Originally Posted by cj

Sure its hyperbole, like many of his calls. When did he say it then if it wasn't five strides?

Did you "make that up"