No I am not the saratoga harness announcer . As far as durkin goes I guess I got off to the wrong step on this board . I just hated that call and I had to say something about it on this board . Why this board well because this is the best and most passionate and informative racing board on the web . I know this because I belong to them all. The only reason I do not say what track I announce at is because I can get very argumentative and brash at times about certain opinion's I have (durkin example) and I would not want it to come back and bite me some day . I respect everybody's opinion on this board and hope that I can make good contribution's to the group.

Correct answer. I give you credit for that one. I remember Sam back in Detroit calling the T-breds for Ladbroke DRC. He was such an improvement over the local guy we had over there at the time.

Remember Jack Riggs?

Oh god yes! He is the one I was referring to. Uninteresting, robotic, he was terrible IMO.

LOL. Jack Riggs... He was even worse at Hazel where the speakers sounded like they were holding an electric razor next to your head.

I would be out at Hazel sometimes, down on the apron listening to Jack's call.
He would always finish the race the same way "on through the stretch, it's Cedar Ridge!". Except with the bad speakers you often couldn't tell what horse he called. It sounded like the teacher in the Charlie Brown movies.
True story, I would sometimes try to figure out who he called by the number of syllables I could make out.

Another phrase he used every single race was, " and now moving up with a burst of speed is "