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| Chic Anderson |
  
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5 | 8.47% |
| Tom Durkin |
  
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33 | 55.93% |
| Dave Johnson |
  
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3 | 5.08% |
| Trevor Denman |
  
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5 | 8.47% |
| Other |
  
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10 | 16.95% |
| Joe Hernandez |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Fred "Cappy" Capossela |
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3 | 5.08% |
| Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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#2
05-28-2010, 06:36 PM
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My favorite...
http://www.hkjc.com/english/racing/r...2005&raceno=07 "... but Silent Witness... I'll never see anything again like thiis in my life! 17 straight! Stand, cheer... applaud the best because he just got better..." 
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05-28-2010, 07:22 PM
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1987 bc classic, when Durkin calls the two derby winners hit the wire together. The races which Ferdinand was involved were very good also. I think 87 Big Cap with Broad Brush and another race 88 race with Alysheba and Good Taste. I remember when Vic Stauffer called races at DRC he made a couple of Michigan Mile races exciting. When I think of his calls the 2001 Fla. Derby also stands out.
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05-28-2010, 07:23 PM
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Why? (As an aside he's retired and living the good life at Living Legends).  edit - Re the nice pm... no I'm not a complete moron, yes I know what's in a few weeks but my point was what's he gonna do... run with the girls? Root for her? Geez...  Last edited by my miss storm cat : 05-28-2010 at 08:03 PM.
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05-28-2010, 07:29 PM
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"and Smarty Jones enters the stretch to the roar of 120,000, but Birdstone is going to make him earn it today.............Birdstone surges past, Birdstone wins the Belmont Stakes."
 What a great call, but damn, it still hurts.
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05-28-2010, 07:41 PM
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05-28-2010, 07:51 PM
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No Vic? I refuse to vote.
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05-28-2010, 08:02 PM
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1976 Marlboro Cup
Forego gets up to nip Honest Pleasure on the wire... What a stretch run and call !!!!
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"The fans are moving to the rail which can mean only one thing....It is NOW, Post Time" - Fred Capossela
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05-28-2010, 08:16 PM
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05-29-2010, 07:29 PM
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Alysheba, I'm confused... are you saying you thought Smarty Jones loseing the Belmont was a "great day"?
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05-29-2010, 08:04 PM
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It was a great day.
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB
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05-29-2010, 12:31 AM
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That call was among his worst ever.
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05-29-2010, 01:58 AM
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Easy one for me. 2001 Breeders Cup Classic call by Tom Durkin.
"Tiznow fights on.....desperately close....Tiznow wins it for America" It was an awesome race and a very masterful call,, especially considering everything that had just happened.
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#16
05-29-2010, 02:26 AM
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While I think Tom Durkin has made the greatest race calls from # 2 to #32. # 1 Has to go to Chic Anderson and his call of Secretariat's Belmont. We racecallers go over in our minds many different scenarios so usually very little catches us off guard. I doubt if Chic had prepared for a 31 length win. A 2:24 mile and a half. Sham finally giving up and the racing world being stood on it's head. Even with all his experience he'd never faced anything remotely close to what Big Red did. He described it all with wonderful verbage, accuracy and sense of the moment. His call is part of the legend of that feat. IMO the greatest racecall ever made.
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05-29-2010, 03:21 AM
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"He is moving like a tremendous machine!" And of course, there is always the 19th win of Peppers Pride... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDXLni_aKYo
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05-29-2010, 11:39 AM
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It may not be a race as important as the Triple Crown or Breeders Cup Classic, but honorable mention at least HAS to go to Durkin's call of the 2002 Test Stakes between You and Carson Hollow.
That was a hell of a race, and Tom really did it justice!
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05-29-2010, 12:37 PM
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