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12-05-2022, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by turfeyejoe
Just tuned into Park and noticed Jessica's not calling the races today. Did she get dumped or just needed a day off?
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I think she would have to be done, whoever that guy is he sounds like a decent caller, he caught horses in the back making moves and called a hot or slow pace before the time was posted.
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12-05-2022, 03:48 PM
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#212
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Quote:
Originally Posted by turfeyejoe
Just tuned into Park and noticed Jessica's not calling the races today. Did she get dumped or just needed a day off?
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Jessica is out at the Racetrack Industry Symposium at the University of Arizona this week. She's moderating one of the panels. Chris Griffin will be calling at Parx for the week - not sure if his Aqueduct gig starts immediately afterwards. I know I saw his NYRA start date at one point, but don't remember it.
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12-05-2022, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
I think she would have to be done, whoever that guy is he sounds like a decent caller, he caught horses in the back making moves and called a hot or slow pace before the time was posted.
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It's Chris Griffin lol
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12-05-2022, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by CheckMark
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Thanks, I could count the current track announcers I recognize on my hands easily.
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12-05-2022, 04:54 PM
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12-05-2022, 05:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BarchCapper
Jessica is out at the Racetrack Industry Symposium at the University of Arizona this week. She's moderating one of the panels. Chris Griffin will be calling at Parx for the week - not sure if his Aqueduct gig starts immediately afterwards. I know I saw his NYRA start date at one point, but don't remember it.
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He starts on 12/29.
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12-06-2022, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
Thanks, I could count the current track announcers I recognize on my hands easily.
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but keep being an anonymous expert on an internet message board... 
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12-10-2022, 08:50 AM
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12-10-2022, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by SaratogaSteve
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What is wrong with you? Where did I claim to be an expert on anything? I have probably heard a 1,000 different track announcers in almost 50 years of going to tracks and OTBs, I just don't research their names. I could also hear their name and forget, I am not good with remembering names, so what.
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12-10-2022, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt
What is wrong with you? Where did I claim to be an expert on anything? I have probably heard a 1,000 different track announcers in almost 50 years of going to tracks and OTBs, I just don't research their names. I could also hear their name and forget, I am not good with remembering names, so what.
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Because you're judging people's abilities and don't even bother to know who you are talking about.
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12-10-2022, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by castaway01
Because you're judging people's abilities and don't even bother to know who you are talking about.
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What qualifications are required to be able to judge a sports announcer?
How do I learn to know what I am talking about? I haven't been as hard on this women as most, yet you are attacking me, why?
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12-10-2022, 03:46 PM
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Well, Miss Jessica, read this.
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Originally Posted by PalaceOfFortLarned
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Me, too.
Calling races is HARD.
At least as difficult as being profitable as a handicapper.
In a world where almost nobody wants to work, I applaud her for coming to work with a level of commitment that includes a willingness to take a beating.
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12-10-2022, 04:02 PM
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It's the way of current society. Qualified, competent or not, being in a rush to be the first to hire a woman, transgender, openly gay, or person of color. Why should racing be any different.
Let it be.
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12-10-2022, 06:04 PM
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Except she's not the first woman race caller...so...there's that
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12-12-2022, 12:11 PM
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She did a very good job on the first race today as far as content. I wish she had a smoother delivery, it sounds a little choppy with short staccato statements. That could be the way she talks and her accent, I do not know.
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