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Old 11-08-2010, 07:05 PM
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... was Trevor better this time around?
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:08 PM
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I heard the race on the radio and did not see it till after but I hated his Classic call. Too much emphasis on Zenyatta IMO. Just call the race and tell us what is happening, not what you want to happen.
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:10 PM
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I've said it already, I thought this was he best performance overall doing the BC.
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:11 PM
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Sorry MaTH - wasn't around this weekend and haven't yet caught up on every thread!
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:24 PM
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I thought he did very well. I'm not particularly fond of the timbre of his voice, but he was accurate in calling the races. I didn't notice any mistakes.
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:25 PM
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... was Trevor better this time around?
I enjoyed his call in the Mile. Mentioning Zenyatta 15 times during the classic was a bit overboard, IMO.
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:27 PM
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I enjoyed his call in the Mile. Mentioning Zenyatta 15 times during the classic was a bit overboard, IMO.
But he was also playing to a cheering crowd that was reacting every time he mentioned her..
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:36 PM
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But he was also playing to a cheering crowd that was reacting every time he mentioned her..
There were many more people watching on TV than at the track. Here is another question though. I seldom pay attention to the track announcer when at live racing (or even at the OTB) because I am concentrating on watching the race, am I the only one?
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:42 PM
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There were many more people watching on TV than at the track. Here is another question though. I seldom pay attention to the track announcer when at live racing (or even at the OTB) because I am concentrating on watching the race, am I the only one?
I only wish I could have blocked out the Arrr call at Saratoga a few years ago.
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:42 PM
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He did a nice job, but then again I really don't pay a whole lot of attention to a race caller.
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Old 11-09-2010, 03:20 PM
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There were many more people watching on TV than at the track. Here is another question though. I seldom pay attention to the track announcer when at live racing (or even at the OTB) because I am concentrating on watching the race, am I the only one?
Once they hit the top of the stretch you couldn't tell whether there was an announcer or not in the Classic.
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I particularly enjoyed "California Fag."
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But he was also playing to a cheering crowd that was reacting every time he mentioned her..
You could hear him? I didn't hear him all weekend. The sound system near my seats sucked.

I could hear Collmus say "There off" on the undercard and that was about it.

I felt like I was at old school Keeneland.
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Old 11-09-2010, 09:55 AM
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You could hear him? I didn't hear him all weekend. The sound system near my seats sucked.
Same here. I didn't hear any of the call for the Classic, and little more of the previous races.
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Old 11-09-2010, 10:04 AM
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I thought he was pretty awful in the Classic, but did well otherwise.
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:52 PM
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I enjoyed his call in the Mile. Mentioning Zenyatta 15 times during the classic was a bit overboard, IMO.
A bit overboard???
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Old 11-08-2010, 08:15 PM
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... was Trevor better this time around?
no
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Old 11-08-2010, 09:04 PM
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i don't care for denman at all. i don't like his 'and away they go' growl, i don't like his 'scraping the paint'...he's just not a fave. his zenyatta over and over was ridiculous. it was bad enough that they completely ignored the horses walking over, saddling, etc..but for the race caller to only talk about her? i had to figure out who was where, he was no help at all.
if it was between him and battaglia, i'd pick him. but i'd rather any one of several other callers than him.
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Old 11-08-2010, 09:17 PM
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ZENYATTA...ZENYATTA...ZENYATTA...ZZZZZENNNNYAAAAAT TA... ... blame
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Obviously Blame joined the race at the finish line
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