He WAS had for $50,000.

in a stretch duel at a/c he said this is a WAR they are bunge jumping off the clubhouse rooftops!!!! he had a million like that

Great Call, if you don't get chills running down your spine as Lava Man hits the wire, you are not a true horse racing fan.

i got chills watching the race, but i really feel that vic forces it. i'll never be able to forget his "soaring, soaring like a bald eagle" for Lava Man's whittingham win last year or the cowabunga dude. serious vic, put down the pipe.

i got chills watching the race, but i really feel that vic forces it. i'll never be able to forget his "soaring, soaring like a bald eagle" for Lava Man's whittingham win last year or the cowabunga dude. serious vic, put down the pipe.

I appluad his enthusiasm. Same for Durkin, the Oaklawn guy, and Paul Allen at Canterbury Park. I like emotion and differences in tone in a race call, or any kind of sports annoncing for that matter. These mono-toned guys put me to sleep. So no offense to Denman. He can call an accurate race, but you don't get the differences in tone from him.

Stauffer blows call after call, then studders, and the best is when he goes silent for 5-7 seconds to re-check his program while they are on the back stretch. He is the worst big track race caller I have ever heard.

If anyone likes what they are hearing out of his calls, they are probably related to Helen Keller.

Terry Wallace is the worst very enthusiastic race caller there is.....just brutal....but he does get excited, I'll give him that...

Frank Mirahmadi at Pleasanton Fair does a variety of imitations of well known announcers. Wednesday June 27th 10th race at Pleasanton he did an imitation of Rodney Dangerfield. It's a classic !!

I feel the same way when people say they like Denman.

I can't stand Stauffer.
I would rather listen to just about ANYONE not named Dave Johnson than him.
His "soaring like a bald eagle" was just the greatest example of his annoyingly overdone race calls, that I believe demonstrate that Vic thinks he, rather than the horses, is the star of the show.
It also frequently appears that he looked at the entries for the race for the first time about 2 minutes before the race starts, and only knows about half the horses in the field.
When Durkin calls it quits, I hope to God they don't put that guy on the TC races. That gig should go to John Dooley....who I believe is the best around.

Is John Dooley the guy from Arlington? I like him a lot.

Actually, one could have gotten him a lot cheaper. He was losing 10K claimers at the fairs as a 2yo. Sprinting at 2 was not his game.

Except when he gets that nasal inflection every 15 seconds or so. Cannot stand that. Gave up watching Fair Grounds regularly because of it.

Just in case anybody missed the stretch call.

http://www.equidaily.com/bestbet/ext...07/lavaman.mp3

He is worse that Trevor Denman and he lucky I didn't break his back and program save him ah ah ahaaand that was a great feelin' Lava man winning in front of 9300 people aha ahhhaaand you was so lucky program save you before I break your back and do old country way to make you eh ehhh humble!! ehhhh ehhhh besides that everything was great.

Thanks Bogey... I was watching the race in a loud bar yesterday and never heard the call - that was a great race to watch AND hear!

Or watch and listen to it:
http://www.ntra.com/video.aspx?id=26226

They guy that just makes me want to barf is the caller that growls out "And there they go", cant remember what track it is. But I hate that. I like Vic alot, the emotion of it is part of the game, its what we are all feeling. And as far as missing a few horses or getting them wrong everynow and then,,,,that has to be a hard ass job. I know I would studder and stammer too.Give the guy a break, we all make a mistake every now and then.