Terry Wallace

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I have no problem with Oaklawn, but could it really be considered a major/big time track without any turf course?

i said they want to be one-the last few years they've produced some good spring racing with notable runners going on to further successes. it's just a shame that those races are called by someone who is inept. too bad they don't have a turf course, i don't know that they ever could tho.

[Oaklawnfan]

This is the first year there's a big change in everything Terry has done since the begining of time at Oaklawn. He doesn't do a weekly radio show anymore. He gets a day off every now and then and I imagine his retirement is at hand. At least from his duties at Oaklawn are concerned. Just about everyone considers Terry a friend and that Oaklawn wouldn't be the same without him. Oaklawn is changing and hopefully for the better. Do you think Vic Stauffer would consider a move to the boyhood home of Bubba?

[rontheman1964]

Won't be long...Chris Kotulak will be calling them into the short stretch of the mile race...

[MaTH716]

That really had to be one of the worst called races in the history of the sport today. He didn't get through the entire field once during the whole race. He mentioned the fifth place horse once after the opening quarter and that was after a second or two pause and then after the wire. If your horse ran sixth the whole way, then he never got a call. It was so bad that you almost have to feel bad for the guy. I think it's finally time for him to hang up the binoculars.

[hockey2315]

Ya I've never heard a call like that. I felt bad for him too.

[herkhorse]

I don't feel sorry for him. Can someone post a race from long ago when he was good? No, you can't because he was never good.

[pointman]

It is time to move Terry into a front office job or give him a watch, he's done enough!!

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

I don't feel sorry for him. Can someone post a race from long ago when he was good? No, you can't because he was never good.

Herk, I'll admit that I don't like his style of calling races, but today went beyond that. It was a very inept call of the race and to make matters worse, it was in their signature event.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

That really had to be one of the worst called races in the history of the sport today. He didn't get through the enire field once during the whole race. He mentioned the fifth place horse once after the opening quarter and that was after a second or two pause and then after the wire. If your horse ran sixth the whole way, then he never got a call. It was so bad that you almost have to feel bad for the guy. I think it's finally time for him to hang up the binoculars.

It seemed like someone kept trying to talk to him, thus distracting him.

That, or he was stoned.

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

It seemed like someone kept trying to talk to him, thus distracting him.

That, or he was stoned.

Did Wallace mention Thunder Gulch again? He must have been disappoointed on Thursday when he learned that Shotgun Gulch, not Thunder Gulch, was running in that stakes at Kee.

[hailrazer]

Sad. Very sad. I am an Oaklawn fan through and through. And Terry Wallace is Oaklawn.

I believe TW would have stepped aside before this year but has some personal difficulties that forced him to remain. Hopefully, a reorganization will occur before next meet and he will move to a public relations position where he can better serve a place he truly loves.

[Thunder Gulch]

I was watching the stream of the Arkansas Derby and I thought the feed was screwed up because of all the gaps in the call.