Boy..the jockeys should be lining up with the libel threats...what an over reaction this was. If you can't take the heat..or the false accusations..then you shouldn't be in the limelight

I dunno.... maybe they shouldn't race "wide without cover" so often ;)

i think you, michael wrona, should pack your bags and head for churchill downs. you are one of the best and most exciting callers i have ever heard on the west coast. precise calls, witty, interesting, excellent.

TAKE YOUR SEAT ABOVE THE TWIN SPIRES SIR....................:tro:

Don't forget the trainers.

Australians are just better racecallers in general, Wrona should get the job.

But CDI will likely mess it up

When the hunt for a new announcer came up, I put together a list of the top racecallers down under and got them to the appropriate parties with mobile phone numbers, contact info, etc...

Those guys down under are amazing.

He should get the job

Who's calling at the Fairgrounds?

STOP!! I liked the jew from the first week of the meet. Nueman.

I get tired of hearing hes not gonna get them today. Wrona is more original, I like the cadence of his voice better as well.

I would hardly call the potential hiring of Bobby, Michael, Larry or Mark a "mess up."

I appreciate your input, but Wrona is at the head of the class in my opinion. You did a fine job though, and I wish you the best.

just curious what makes them better in your opinion??

It's like the difference between Kobe Bryant and a high school kid. The huge fields they deal with along with the absence of color coded saddle cloths make the task they accomplish pretty amazing.

Always colorful with their calls and they make it seem like they are just relaxing through the race without getting nervous and trying to "find" horses.

The in-race analysis of how it is setting up is another thing that the antipodean guys are experts at. They really know their racing and circuits.

The announcer today was just awful. Completely botched up the last race calling the wrong horse in front. Alot of uneasy pauses in his call. Watch CD pick this guy....LOL

Who was it?

Alot of the Aussies (and South Africans) seem to be sharp analysts and appear to detect moves from horses and riders. They seem attuned to alot of subtleties that escape alot of US callers. Listen to Terry Spargo's "pre-race" in Dubai. He knows the horses and jockeys and their idiosyncracies very well. He deals with huge fields and rarely stumbles.

I think Michael did a great job last week. If he gets the job I'll be pleased to listen to him calling.

Well I am not sure what exactly happened. The first 8 races were called by Wrona but the 9th and 10th sounded like John Asher. Maybe Wrona had to leave? Or got ill?

Whatever the case go watch and listen to the call of the tenth at CD yesterday. Its a trainwreck.

I wish I could.. but I don't have sound on this p.c :(

I'll take your word for it though :)

Michael W. did not call the last two races yesterday as it was announced the cold/virus he was battling caught-up with him. John Asher, who serves as their VP of Racing Comm. took care of the balance of the card. Churchill is a challenging racetrack to call, much less for someone who doesn't do it everyday!

I don't disagree that Australian, or any race caller overseas, are solid, accurate and top-notch. But to judge American-based callers utilizing field size is a tough go because American field size is quite low. If it were larger, we'd call larger!

Race callers use the silks, not the saddle cloths. I use the colored cloth only in an absolute pinch, but more frequently use my marker colored silks on my program in the "brain cramp" moments of a call.

Race calling is tough... it's like music. Some people like a certain genre and hate others and visa-versa.