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Old 04-03-2011, 12:28 PM
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no, he's not. here's hoping, based on his allowing the streak to end, etc, that his retirement is near. he's awful. oaklawn wants to be a big time track, they need to start by getting a decent caller.
I have no problem with Oaklawn, but could it really be considered a major/big time track without any turf course?
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Old 04-03-2011, 03:59 PM
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Old 04-03-2011, 04:27 PM
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I have no problem with Oaklawn, but could it really be considered a major/big time track without any turf course?
i said they want to be one-the last few years they've produced some good spring racing with notable runners going on to further successes. it's just a shame that those races are called by someone who is inept. too bad they don't have a turf course, i don't know that they ever could tho.
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Old 04-04-2011, 01:17 PM
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This is the first year there's a big change in everything Terry has done since the begining of time at Oaklawn. He doesn't do a weekly radio show anymore. He gets a day off every now and then and I imagine his retirement is at hand. At least from his duties at Oaklawn are concerned. Just about everyone considers Terry a friend and that Oaklawn wouldn't be the same without him. Oaklawn is changing and hopefully for the better. Do you think Vic Stauffer would consider a move to the boyhood home of Bubba?
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Old 04-04-2011, 09:45 PM
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Won't be long...Chris Kotulak will be calling them into the short stretch of the mile race...
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Old 04-16-2011, 09:39 PM
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That really had to be one of the worst called races in the history of the sport today. He didn't get through the entire field once during the whole race. He mentioned the fifth place horse once after the opening quarter and that was after a second or two pause and then after the wire. If your horse ran sixth the whole way, then he never got a call. It was so bad that you almost have to feel bad for the guy. I think it's finally time for him to hang up the binoculars.
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Old 04-16-2011, 09:44 PM
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Ya I've never heard a call like that. I felt bad for him too.
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I don't feel sorry for him. Can someone post a race from long ago when he was good? No, you can't because he was never good.
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Old 04-16-2011, 10:11 PM
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That really had to be one of the worst called races in the history of the sport today. He didn't get through the enire field once during the whole race. He mentioned the fifth place horse once after the opening quarter and that was after a second or two pause and then after the wire. If your horse ran sixth the whole way, then he never got a call. It was so bad that you almost have to feel bad for the guy. I think it's finally time for him to hang up the binoculars.
It seemed like someone kept trying to talk to him, thus distracting him.

That, or he was stoned.
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Old 04-16-2011, 11:42 PM
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It seemed like someone kept trying to talk to him, thus distracting him.

That, or he was stoned.
Did Wallace mention Thunder Gulch again? He must have been disappoointed on Thursday when he learned that Shotgun Gulch, not Thunder Gulch, was running in that stakes at Kee.
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Old 04-17-2011, 12:48 AM
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I have no problem with Oaklawn, but could it really be considered a major/big time track without any turf course?
Good question, but I don't think it really matters. Is Keeneland a big time track despite the fact they don't have anything that resembles a dirt track?
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Old 04-17-2011, 01:40 AM
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theyguy at Keenland who is also very good, sucks this meet for some reason his stretch calls are horrible like Mike Battaglia horrible
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