track announcers

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by copying

I play the Australian races nightly. When 2, 3 horses hit the line together, the announcers just about always calls the correct winner even when I can't tell whether I won or not.

When I listened to Aqueduct today, or Turfway last week, one horse wins by a neck or 1/2 length and all you get is "Too Close to Call!!" -- I'm sitting there thinking, "What race were you watching?"

The Aussie announcers even call the 7th, 8th, ...13th finishers although I don't know how accurate those are because once the first 4 horses are called, then who cares?

Durkin, especially, is pretty bad at calling close finishes.

[Gander]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Durkin, especially, is pretty bad at calling close finishes.

Yesterday Durkin couldnt even call Egyptian King as the winner of the 7th race at Aqu. That was pretty weak. What finish line was he looking at?