Durkin Going Downhill

Unfortunately ... Tom Durkin ... once the best track announcer in the business ... is fulfilling many of the negative things which were said about him on another thread.

His call of the Gen. MacArthur stakes yesterday ... was nothing short of embarrassing.

He completely missed Naughty New Yorker's move along the rail. He was still focusing on the "battle" between West Virginia and Organizer when Naughty New Yorker took the lead at the eighth-pole ... and it wasn't until Naughty New Yorker had opened up a two-length lead at the sixteenth-pole that he finally said, "And now Naughty New Yorker makes his move."

Take a look at the replay on nyra.com ... it's really sad to see and hear.