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View Poll Results: Who is your favorite race caller of all time?
Chic Anderson 5 8.47%
Tom Durkin 33 55.93%
Dave Johnson 3 5.08%
Trevor Denman 5 8.47%
Other 10 16.95%
Joe Hernandez 0 0%
Fred "Cappy" Capossela 3 5.08%
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Old 05-28-2010, 04:53 PM
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I am not a huge Denman fan but the 2009 Breeders Cup Classic was an awesome call.

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Old 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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Old 05-28-2010, 06:50 PM
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"... 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..."[/quote]

He should show up at Hollywood Park in a couple of weeks.
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Old 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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Old 05-28-2010, 07:23 PM
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He should show up at Hollywood Park in a couple of weeks.
Okay I'll bite...

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...

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Old 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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Old 05-28-2010, 07:41 PM
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What a great call, but damn, it still hurts.
Yeah I know, it does.
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Old 05-28-2010, 07:51 PM
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No Vic? I refuse to vote.
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Old 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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Old 05-30-2010, 08:14 AM
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No Vic? I refuse to vote.
Vic's earthquake call should be right up there with the best.
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Old 05-28-2010, 08:16 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.
......was at the wire mid level, remember all those "go smarty go " ping pong paddle things they gave out, went flying.......i laughed and said to myself, i love new york. great day.
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Old 05-29-2010, 07:29 PM
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......was at the wire mid level, remember all those "go smarty go " ping pong paddle things they gave out, went flying.......i laughed and said to myself, i love new york. great day.

Alysheba, I'm confused... are you saying you thought Smarty Jones loseing the Belmont was a "great day"?
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Old 05-29-2010, 08:04 PM
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It was a great day.
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Old 05-29-2010, 12:31 AM
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I am not a huge Denman fan but the 2009 Breeders Cup Classic was an awesome call.

Paul
I was a huge Denman fan.

That call was among his worst ever.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 05-29-2010, 03:21 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.
Oh yeah, there is many a late night I pull Chic Anderson's call of Secretariat's Belmont up on YouTube.

"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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Old 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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Old 05-29-2010, 11:58 AM
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The 1980 Woodward, The Walkover
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Old 05-29-2010, 12:37 PM
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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!
Sharp post.
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