it's so funny how many observations on this thread are dead opposite to what i think and some are exactly. goes to show you taste in announcers is subjective as tastes in ice cream.

i've never gotten the "i can't understand trevor" i mean, he's speaking english, i can't say i've ever had to double take on something he said.

i also thought vic's sound and style was far more like durkin than trevor, even though someone stated the opposite earlier.

all the guys at the big tracks do an amazing job, and i think most of us small track guys do a good job. it's just different tastes for different folks i guess.

I too have trouble understanding what the hell Denman is saying half the time. The good news for him is that when he is done as a track announcer he is ideally suited to be a strip club announcer. No one really cares what the f**K they are saying anyway.

Durkin's Best Race Call
 

I think the people who like Durkin like him because he sounds as American as apple pie. I've made it clear that the best race callers I like are all foreigners or foreign born. Although their accents make it more difficult to understand, their style is far superior.
As far as down home American racecallers go, I loved Cawood Legford's Kentucky Derby calls for CBS radio.

Vic Stauffer is a great race caller, we miss him in Florida. I think the funniest call I ever heard was; his race call at Hollywood Park a few years ago during the middle of an earthquake.....Priceless! I still believe he should've gotten the Churchill Downs job a few years ago.

Tom Durkin is pretty good and I love it when I am betting a bombshot and he wins because; Durkin would add to the enjoyment either saying the horse odds or he won at a big, big price.

Dave Johnson just did not have anymore flare to his call because it was just " And down the stretch they come"

I think it's only a matter of time before Dave Rodman of the Maryland/ Colonial Down track should get a top track. Go to the Pimlico replay of this year Preakness and notice the difference.

From past race callers, I loved Phil Georgeff of the Chicago area tracks...btw I am still waiting for the photo finish of the Arlington Million. How in the hell did John Henry catch The Bart?