If you have a few moments... Champions Day

[Travis Stone]

Thanks! The last race went to the 3-2 shot... we almost had a carryover with the 80-1 nearly stealing the race wire-to-wire.

[ninetoone]

excellent!

[wiphan]

All of the calls were great, with excellent build up towards the finish. Great job!

Meh. The background music had me hoping for an attack by Prince Vultan and squadron 40.

[FGFan]

Boy now I just can't wait for The Fairgrounds to open.
I really enjoyed it. So nice to see some of our local favorites horses, and you do a nice job on the call. Very exciting for me. And it is a big day for Louisiana Breeders...nice job.
Thanks for the video, TVG hardly ever shows LA Downs so all I was able to do was check results. Made it so much nicer to have the calls.
But what happened to R9 with Rasberry Wine ?? We all just love her.

[Travis Stone]

Thanks all!

Raspberry Wine's call was fine, but the stretch drive wasn't as exciting as the others and I didn't want to make a 9 minute video. But yea, she's awesome!

[ArlJim78]

I thought the calls were very good, what I like is that they were tight and accurate without a lot of fluff. The music is okay for a compilation like that.

Boy, what a heartbreaker for the guy who bet the 80-1 horse to win!

also, are there any races without a horse named Zarb something or other?

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Thanks! The last race went to the 3-2 shot... we almost had a carryover with the 80-1 nearly stealing the race wire-to-wire.

Thanks for solving the mystery.

[Travis Stone]

Thanks for taking a look folks. I don't get a lot of feedback often being our distribution is limited. In fact I only get friends heckling me about not calling photos, but the booth is 10-15 yards before the finish!

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

the booth is 10-15 yards before the finish!

Excuses, excuses.

NT

[miraja2]

Man, you might start getting a big head after this thread, but I had to chime in too. Those calls were EXACTLY what I like to hear in a race-call. I am typically a harsh critic of most race-callers, but you did an outstanding job in those races.
The thing I liked about it was that you simply called the race, rather than trying to upstage the race itself with some over-the-top call. Yet at the same time, the stretch calls were exciting.
Nice job.

[SentToStud]

I like everything others have noted. One thing I wish was different is that, save the last race, I'd prefer just a few more seconds of coverage per race so that we'd know which race was run.