Tom Durkin we missed you

Originally Posted by Wibber

Yes, Trev did blow the call on Street Sense and on Pine Island. That being said I do enjoy his race calls. I like the fact that he often calls our attention to the color of the jockey's silks, cap or the horses saddlecloth as a means of identifying horses. Very helpful in big fields. Still, being a NY bred, Durkin is still my fave.

He stinks. Hows that for an analysis of his calls?
He gets away with a lot of that bull**** out in Cali with the small fields. Doesn't have to go back through the field too many times and can use all his superlatives and adjectives.
Different story when you actually have to describe the scene with 14 horses and go back and call all their names, harder to use those worn out exhausted old cliches that he specializes in, and God forbid he give the fractions, that would take away from his schtick.
Hes the most overrated caller in the history of the sport. All style, no substance.