If you have a few moments... Champions Day

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

I've been working this week on getting the videos from Harrah's Louisiana Downs Champions Day onto my site. I was able to get a DVD and I posted them to YouTube/Racecalling.com. Anyway, it's as close as I get to a Breeders' Cup-like experience with 13 races, 8 t-breds, 5 QH's, all stakes etc. While there are no Cigar's or Sunday Silence's, so I can't go over the edge, but it's a big day for breeders here and always one of our biggest days.

If you wouldn't mind checking out the stretch runs reel and provide some thoughts/input/opinions. I'd appreciate it!

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZWM4SE9QTs

Racecalling.com: View

Oh, I liked it a lot! i can be overly-critical too but really..... watched it twice and i liked the rhythm of it. Loved the music at first and if I were forced to find one negative I'd say the music from Race 8 on is the only think I wasn't wild about but it's very much in the background so now I'm just being picky.

I liked the way the excitement picked up and that last finish..... great way to end it. Terribly exciting (and i want to know who won the photo).

Nice job... congrats.

[3kings]

Travis,

I enjoyed the race calls. You use an excellent cadence building up towards the completion of the race. Even on the replays I felt the excitement and found myself rooting for one horse or another. To pass on the excitement of the moment is the most difficult part IMO and you were able to do that. Keep up the good work.

[Travis Stone]

Thanks! The last race went to the 3-2 shot... we almost had a carryover with the 80-1 nearly stealing the race wire-to-wire.

[ninetoone]

excellent!

[wiphan]

All of the calls were great, with excellent build up towards the finish. Great job!

Meh. The background music had me hoping for an attack by Prince Vultan and squadron 40.

[FGFan]

Boy now I just can't wait for The Fairgrounds to open.
I really enjoyed it. So nice to see some of our local favorites horses, and you do a nice job on the call. Very exciting for me. And it is a big day for Louisiana Breeders...nice job.
Thanks for the video, TVG hardly ever shows LA Downs so all I was able to do was check results. Made it so much nicer to have the calls.
But what happened to R9 with Rasberry Wine ?? We all just love her.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Thanks! The last race went to the 3-2 shot... we almost had a carryover with the 80-1 nearly stealing the race wire-to-wire.

Thanks for solving the mystery.

[Travis Stone]

Thanks for taking a look folks. I don't get a lot of feedback often being our distribution is limited. In fact I only get friends heckling me about not calling photos, but the booth is 10-15 yards before the finish!

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

the booth is 10-15 yards before the finish!

Excuses, excuses.

NT

[miraja2]

Man, you might start getting a big head after this thread, but I had to chime in too. Those calls were EXACTLY what I like to hear in a race-call. I am typically a harsh critic of most race-callers, but you did an outstanding job in those races.
The thing I liked about it was that you simply called the race, rather than trying to upstage the race itself with some over-the-top call. Yet at the same time, the stretch calls were exciting.
Nice job.