Durkin steps down as Triple Crown voice; Collmus takes over

[GPK]

Grunder!!

[MaTH716]

I'm on the Dooley bandwagon as well.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Dan Loiselle

[-BT-]

even though he's on vacation....

terry wallace?


-bt-

[Sightseek]

I actually like the Churchill guy....

[Indian Charlie]

Bill Gahr.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Bill Gahr.

...... i hated having to listen to him when i had a wager......" its easy goer, sunday silence......sunday silence, easy goer.......its......alysheba by a half length"

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

...... i hated having to listen to him when i had a wager......" its easy goer, sunday silence......sunday silence, easy goer.......its......alysheba by a half length"

Yeah!

I like to bring him up 1-2 times a year to see if anyone else found his calls as hilariously bad as I did.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

I actually like the Churchill guy....

There's something to be said about letting the local guy doing it. I think Dave Rodman is an excellent caller and his Preakness calls have always been very solid. It will be tough to listen to anyone but Durkin call the Belmont.

That being said, if it has to go to someone I hope it's Larry Collmus.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by NTamm1215

There's something to be said about letting the local guy doing it. I think Dave Rodman is an excellent caller and his Preakness calls have always been very solid. It will be tough to listen to anyone but Durkin call the Belmont.

That being said, if it has to go to someone I hope it's Larry Collmus.

I'm no xenophobe, and Johnson is a very good caller, but I'd prefer an American call America's biggest race. Forgot about Dooley, he would absolutely be a great choice and it's overdue he get to call something more significant than the Arlington Million (like that Scav?).

[miraja2]

There are some good options out there (and some bad ones) but for me personally - no matter the choice - it just won't be the same without Tom Durkin. On racing's biggest days, he's the best. My favorite one of his TC calls was probably the '03 Derby, but there have been a lot of good ones over the years (the '04 and '09 Preakness and the '98, and '07 Belmonts come immediately to mind). I hate to see him step down.

The BC certainly hasn't been the same without him, and even if NBC selects a better replacement for the TC than ESPN did for the BC (let's hope) I imagine I'll still miss Durkin when the gates open.

[TouchOfGrey]

NYRA Spotlight -Track Announcer Tom Durkin

Went to watch my DVR'd Thoroughbred Weekly on MSG+ and they were showing this instead. Pretty cool.