No Durkin for BC races

[zippyneedsawin]

per the AP wires:


Announcer Durkin won't call Breeders Cup races

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Tom Durkin, the best-known track
announcer in the U-S, today said he will no longer call the
Breeders Cup Championship races, which he has covered since the
event began in 1984.
Because of contractual commitments with N-B-C, Durkin is not
available to any other network.
E-S-P-N takes over coverage of the Breeders Cup this year.
Durkin said he will continue to work as an announcer for all of
N-B-C's racing programming, including the Kentucky Derby and
Preakness.

[Danzig]

uh oh....please not 'and down the stretch they come'........oh lord, i can't stand hearing Dave once, let alone EIGHT TIMES!!

maybe trevor denman....

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

uh oh....please not 'and down the stretch they come'........oh lord, i can't stand hearing Dave once, let alone EIGHT TIMES!!

maybe trevor denman....

You read my mind.

Trevor..... the best there is.

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

You read my mind.

Trevor..... the best there is.

Trevor definitely the best. Someone write espn.

Originally Posted by zippyneedsawin

per the AP wires:


Announcer Durkin won't call Breeders Cup races

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) -- Tom Durkin, the best-known track
announcer in the U-S, today said he will no longer call the
Breeders Cup Championship races, which he has covered since the
event began in 1984.
Because of contractual commitments with N-B-C, Durkin is not
available to any other network.
E-S-P-N takes over coverage of the Breeders Cup this year.
Durkin said he will continue to work as an announcer for all of
N-B-C's racing programming, including the Kentucky Derby and
Preakness.

I am a nonfan of his, so I am quite pleased. His lowpoint was his Bernardini comment after the brilliant horse crossed the wire in the Preakness. I would like to hear Luke Krytbosch, Trevor Denman, or Vic Stauffer at the microphone. Larry Collmus would be fine, too. I can think of others that I rate high, too.

[wac]

Danzig come on!!!! im sorry but i love dave johnson i know i know its get old after a while but i think the main reason i like him is the 1st horse race ever really bet on was apindy in belmont and i remember today hearing him call out the old "and down the stretch they come" he just gets into it soo much i lvoe it sorry i know most on here dont but what yougonna do.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by wac

Danzig come on!!!! im sorry but i love dave johnson i know i know its get old after a while but i think the main reason i like him is the 1st horse race ever really bet on was apindy in belmont and i remember today hearing him call out the old "and down the stretch they come" he just gets into it soo much i lvoe it sorry i know most on here dont but what yougonna do.

i've seen him completely ignore a big move, quit calling in mid race just to throw in that stupid line. sorry, once or twice maybe....but every time he calls it?
i mean, they always come down the stretch, don't they???

[ArlJim78]

Durkin has a certain gravitas that the others lack. He is not the best day to day anymore but for BC day he is probably the best, imo.

Denman, Krytbosch, Stauffer, or Collmus, would all be able replacements.

However if they go with Dave Johnson, I will personally lead the assualt on ESPN headquarters. What an embarrassment.

[Danzig]

only mike battaglia would be worse.....

[ArlJim78]

I'm not so sure anymore. Did you catch that Mountaineer race that Johnson did a few weeks back? Whew, was he lost, at no point did he have a firm grasp of which horses were racing.

Oh yeah, but think about Battaglia doing the BC day! what a hoot
"Gaining ground!!"

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by Danzig188

only mike battaglia would be worse.....

FOOOOOOOOR THE LEEEEADDDDDDDD.....

Originally Posted by Danzig188

i mean, they always come down the stretch, don't they???

That seems to be the case ... or at least ...

... I don't ever recall hearing Little Davy scream out ... "And into the parking lot they go!"

The Breeder's Cup races need a new announcer ... but they don't need a tired old johnson.

[my miss storm cat]

Excerpt from BH...

A source close to the Breeders' Cup said that Trevor Denman, the voice of Santa Anita Park and Del Mar in Southern California, was ESPN's first choice to replace Durkin. Denman, a native of South Africa, has served as an analyst on NBC's previous Breeders' Cup telecasts.

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=35149