Frank Mirahmadi succeeds Wallace as Oaklawn announcer

[Bigsmc]

Travis Stone for the next 37 years.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Travis Stone for the next 37 years.

Thanks!

Calling 21,000 plus races in a row is really an accomplishment... kudos to Terry on that. He used to call at LAD... I still hear his voice on some of the tapes around the booth.

[ellpol]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Thanks!

Calling 21,000 plus races in a row is really an accomplishment... kudos to Terry on that. He used to call at LAD... I still hear his voice on some of the tapes around the booth.

Travis you could be the next Larry Colmus he started at Suffolk now he's got some top jobs. I am so old I remember Larry C hanging around Pimlico with the great Dick Wooley. I do enjoy your announcing Travis.

[Travis Stone]

Originally Posted by ellpol

Travis you could be the next Larry Colmus he started at Suffolk now he's got some top jobs. I am so old I remember Larry C hanging around Pimlico with the great Dick Wooley. I do enjoy your announcing Travis.

Thanks. Larry gave me the chance to call my first two races... Suffolk Downs on a cold January afternoon while I was in college. I called two races that day, and walked out convinced I needed to call races for a living.

[Gate Dancer]

While I'll acknowledge this year was pretty tough for Terry, my horse-racing interest was started at Ak-Sar-Ben and the calls of Mr. Wallace. Here's hoping his retirement is enjoyable and whoever gets the job at Oaklawn will have a pretty sweet gig.

Whooooooooooooo Doctor Whooooooooooo !!!!!!!!

Are you going to pursue the gig, Travis? If so, best of luck.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Are you going to pursue the gig, Travis? If so, best of luck.

Only after he finishes the paperwork making me his agent.

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by ellpol

Travis you could be the next Larry Colmus he started at Suffolk now he's got some top jobs. I am so old I remember Larry C hanging around Pimlico with the great Dick Wooley. I do enjoy your announcing Travis.

That's a first.

[Danzig]

i saw the news while i was at work. yay

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by Travis Stone

Thanks!

Calling 21,000 plus races in a row is really an accomplishment... kudos to Terry on that. He used to call at LAD... I still hear his voice on some of the tapes around the booth.

With the stretch of I49 to Texarkana completed, it won't be a bad commute from Bossier to Hot Springs.

[NTamm1215]

http://www.oaklawn.com/news/2011/jul...ext-announcer/

[Cannon Shell]

So is he going to use his own calls or call the races like Wallace?

[deltagulf]

no telling he should call the races his way and not doing other voices.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by deltagulf

no telling he should call the races his way and not doing other voices.

boo!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FAFwdIdTac

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

So is he going to use his own calls or call the races like Wallace?

god forbid

[herkhorse]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

So is he going to use his own calls or call the races like Wallace?