Today's list of horrible race calls

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by ceejay

Sa4
Op2

Trevor completely blew this one. He not only called Stop The Humor "No More Humor" three times but turning for home he said he was in the center when he was on the rail and emphasized some other horse as Stop The Humor drew off by five lengths. The Risen Star call seemed ok and was applauded by the hrtv crew.

[basement bob]

i thought it was a good call. it's amazing how the quality of race calling is so much better in canada. if you ever get a chance, listen to the guy at assinaboia downs in winnipeg, he's very good, i believe his name is darren dunn.

[mik9872]

Any call by Terry Wallace could qualify as a bad call. He even surpasses Richard Grunder[Tampa] as the worst race caller.

[Danzig]

c'mon, everyone knows battaglia is the worst.

[deltagulf]

john g. dooley call was very good. hope he stays at fair grounds for a long time. best one they ever had.

[Scav]

Anybody that didn't like Dooley's Riser Star call is probably deaf, or a non-excitable person and wants a Battilgia call every single time. BLAH.

That call was called to the exact thoughts of the people betting Pyro, like "HOLY **** PYRO IS ****ED, OH MAN HERE HE COMES, HOLY CRAP he is FLYING"

WTF do people want from these callers? Dooley MAYBE makes one name mistake out of 150, where Denman makes it every 20-25, and don't give me that 2nd language crap or whatever the heck he is.

Excitement gets people interested in racing and race calls, not friggin split calls, wrong names, and focusing on the leaders the whole friggin time.

I liken this conversation to people bitching about Vic's Lava Man calls, THERE IS AN EAGLE, A BALD EAGLE, or whatever he said, and then the one where he fought back and yelled Lava Man real loud.

My guess is that people that didn't like this Pyro call, didn't like the Tiznow DOES IT FOR AMERICA call either.

[MaTH716]

I just saw the race today and thought the call was great. Dooley continues to be one of the best and most underated guys in the game.

[ceejay]

Originally Posted by Danzig

c'mon, everyone knows battaglia is the worst.

Day in-day out he is......

[basement bob]

Originally Posted by mik9872

Any call by Terry Wallace could qualify as a bad call. He even surpasses Richard Grunder[Tampa] as the worst race caller.

i don't mind grunder's calling, theres a whole lot worse (bataglia)

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by basement bob

i don't mind grunder's calling, theres a whole lot worse (bataglia)

I'll defend Grunder anytime. His enthusiasm for his job and unabashed love for all that is Tampa Bay Downs overcome his occasional () error of mispronouncing names of horses. He is woven into the fabric of Tampa Bay Downs and will be sorely missed by me when he departs.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

I'll defend Grunder anytime. His enthusiasm for his job and unabashed love for all that is Tampa Bay Downs overcome his occasional () error of mispronouncing names of horses. He is woven into the fabric of Tampa Bay Downs and will be sorely missed by me when he departs.

There isn't a soul in the world I would rather have calling TBD than Grunder.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

How about that call in the John Campbell @ Laurel.....race caller had the leader 20 lengths ahead at the top of the stretch, only to get caught late by Nite Light.