John Imbriale Coming Back

[disappearingdan_akaplaya]

[quote=philcski]

Originally Posted by oracle80

He's a decent racecaller and I'm glad he's back at NYRA for the winter.

He's no Durkin, though.

"hes no durkin" lol thats a huge compliment for mr imbriale! i think durkins the most overrated in the biz, long live wrona!


i meant to say denmans the most overrated, sorry mr durkin! lol although i still find it funny durkin called birdstone winning the belmont@toga, and still didnt like the"rehearsed" stretch call of the belmont that year

[quote=disappearingdan_akaplaya]

Originally Posted by philcski

"hes no durkin" lol thats a huge compliment for mr imbriale! i think durkins the most overrated in the biz, long live wrona!

I never cared for Durkin, either. I remember him back-in-the-day at Meadowlands. I was not a fan of his. He is too melodramatic, in my opinion. I dislike his dissing of Bernardini at the finish of the Preakness; it was unnecessary unfair, and inaccurate.

[quote=Bold Reasoning]

Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

I never cared for Durkin, either. I remember him back-in-the-day at Meadowlands. I was not a fan of his. He is too melodramatic, in my opinion. I dislike his dissing of Bernardini at the finish of the Preakness; it was unnecessary unfair, and inaccurate.

He never called the Meadowlands, I believe you are referring to Dave Johnson.
And I think interpreting what he called in the Preak as a dis tells me what I need to know about you.
If you can't grasp that Durkin was attempting to maintain composure and give a good call while under the duress of knowing that the most popular horse in America may or may be dying at the time, and that he needed to make sure that he was projecting a lack of great concern for that rather than who won the race I can't help you. Do you honestly think that it was more important to scream and yell that a horse had won while the Derby winner was prone on the track? Hell even Albertrani looked stoic upon race completion when they cut the camera to him at races end(although those behind him who were cheering and yelling and shouting didn't exactly look so appropiate). Whats your gripe here? Do you even have one?
What I really thought was bush league was ole I can't be bothered with fractions Trevor Denman being so intellectually weak as to have made up a script about what he was gonna say "when Bernadini won" and was stuttering like a loony tunes charcter when Invasor mulched him. As Bugs would say, what a maroon.

[philcski]

[quote=oracle80]

Originally Posted by Bold Reasoning

He never called the Meadowlands, I believe you are referring to Dave Johnson.
And I think interpreting what he called in the Preak as a dis tells me what I need to know about you.
If you can't grasp that Durkin was attempting to maintain composure and give a good call while under the duress of knowing that the most popular horse in America may or may be dying at the time, and that he needed to make sure that he was projecting a lack of great concern for that rather than who won the race I can't help you. Do you honestly think that it was more important to scream and yell that a horse had won while the Derby winner was prone on the track? Hell even Albertrani looked stoic upon race completion when they cut the camera to him at races end(although those behind him who were cheering and yelling and shouting didn't exactly look so appropiate). Whats your gripe here? Do you even have one?
What I really thought was bush league was ole I can't be bothered with fractions Trevor Denman being so intellectually weak as to have made up a script about what he was gonna say "when Bernadini won" and was stuttering like a loony tunes charcter when Invasor mulched him. As Bugs would say, what a maroon.

Exactly! His call on Preakness day was the right way to handle it. at no point did he ever "put down" Bernardini.

Another Denman miss- (a BIG one)- he didn't mention Pine Island going down AT ALL. Not even after the race was over. In the same race, nothing about Asi Siempre running back and forth in the stretch like a drunken sailor playing pinball with her competitors!

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[quote=oracle80]

Originally Posted by Bold Reasoning

He never called the Meadowlands, I believe you are referring to Dave Johnson.
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Durkin called the harness races at Meadowlands during the 80's for quite a while i believe.

[CapperZeke]

Tom Durkin absolutely called races at the Meadowlands.

[disappearingdan_akaplaya]

i meant to say denmans the most overrated, sorry mr durkin! lol although i still find it funny durkin called birdstone winning the belmont@toga, and still didnt like the"rehearsed" stretch call of the belmont that year