Johnson and Durkin

[NTamm1215]

I'm kind of neutral on the fractions, especially if you're watching the track feed.

However, Trevor Denman makes proclamations about what's going on that are wrong way too often. He tends to anticipate moves that don't occur, he'll shift his focus to a horse who he THINKS is making the winning move only to hang. Besides, and I'm recycling this joke, his street sense when noticing who's coming up the rail leaves something to be desired.

Tom Durkin may be past his prime but no one captures the moment in a big race the way he has for the last nearly 30 years. You'll never find a Trevor Denman call that's 1/2 as exciting as the 2002 Test. Trevor would have s.hit the bed in the stretch of the 1998 Belmont and there's no way Trevor would have been able to illustrate for a wide audience what was going on in the 2004 Belmont. Not to mention that Durkin's call of the 2005 Derby was about as flawless a call as you're ever going to find.

On a daily basis he's not nearly as crisp as before, he's much more prone to error but Durkin's 2nd to none in my opinion.

NT

[jballscalls]

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.