Tom Durkin

txshorns02 · #1 02-25-2007, 07:21 PM

Where is he and when is he going to start announcing again...i havent been able to hear Aqueduct since HRTV doesn't show them and I have been at college so if he is there please forgive me!!

pick4 · #2 02-25-2007, 07:22 PM

He usually returns the first week of April.

#3 02-25-2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by txshorns02

Where is he and when is he going to start announcing again...i havent been able to hear Aqueduct since HRTV doesn't show them and I have been at college so if he is there please forgive me!!

Tom Durkin is away on vacation at this time each year. He has a home in Tuscany.

blackthroatedwind · #4 02-25-2007, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Grits

He has a home in Tuscany.

I heard it's very hard to rent there.

zippyneedsawin · #5 02-25-2007, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I heard it's very hard to rent there.

In all of Tuscany?? Not even one room to rent!?

#6 02-25-2007, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I heard it's very hard to rent there.

Keep posting Andy, I'm learning fast.

GPK · #7 02-25-2007, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Grits

Keep posting Andy, I'm learning fast.

I love G.R.I.T.S.

ArlJim78 · #8 02-25-2007, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I heard it's very hard to rent there.

Unless you're the maestro of course.

pmacdaddy · #9 02-25-2007, 09:47 PM

I am reading this post and Jerry Seinfeld just walked out on the Oscars...

TitanSooner · #10 02-25-2007, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ArlJim78

Unless you're the maestro of course.

They're passed on from Generation to Generation.. you don't just rent one.

ArlJim78 · #11 02-25-2007, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by TitanSooner

They're passed on from Generation to Generation.. you don't just rent one.

Oh well then, at least I still have my Carl Farbman.

#12 02-25-2007, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TitanSooner

They're passed on from Generation to Generation

Kinda like Augusta National huh?

cmorioles · #13 02-26-2007, 01:52 AM

I thought this thread was going to be about Tom Durkin and a second Tom Durkin.

mark2061mn · #14 02-26-2007, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cmorioles

I thought this thread was going to be about Tom Durkin and a second Tom Durkin.

wow, the thought of two tom dorkins?

man, now i'll never get to sleep!

i'm going to have corny race call nightmares now, in stereo. i'll probably hear cause for concern in surround sound stereo followed up by him calling horses by the wrong name over and over!

KirisClown · #15 02-26-2007, 06:09 AM

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. i'll probably hear cause for concern in surround sound stereo

That's one of the best calls in the history of thoroughbred racing....

#16 02-26-2007, 02:17 PM

I know Tom Durkin is a great racecaller. He must be, because anywhere I say otherwise, people jump all over me. I never cared for him...way too dramatic. I particularly disliked his comments about Bernardini after the Preakness. I think his negative jibe was edited out of the tape later. Barbaro broke down and we were all beside ourselves, but his dissing of Bernardini was completely unnecessary.

ArlJim78 · #17 02-26-2007, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bold Reasoning

I know Tom Durkin is a great racecaller. He must be, because anywhere I say otherwise, people jump all over me. I never cared for him...way too dramatic. I particularly disliked his comments about Bernardini after the Preakness. I think his negative jibe was edited out of the tape later. Barbaro broke down and we were all beside ourselves, but his dissing of Bernardini was completely unnecessary.

How did he diss Bernardini? I remember at the end of the Saratoga race it sounded like he wet his pants he was so hysterical.

Sightseek · #18 02-26-2007, 02:29 PM

I think one of the best public speeches I've witnessed was by Durkin at the Hall of Fame Induction this past summer. I'd also be willing to bet that if you compiled a list of the Top 10 Race Calls he'd have several on the list. Highly dramatic, yes, but if someone didn't enjoy "Tiznow Does it for America!" I don't know what to say.

ArlJim78 · #19 02-26-2007, 02:51 PM

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I think one of the best public speeches I've witnessed was by Durkin at the Hall of Fame Induction this past summer. I'd also be willing to bet that if you compiled a list of the Top 10 Race Calls he'd have several on the list. Highly dramatic, yes, but if someone didn't enjoy "Tiznow Does it for America!" I don't know what to say.

I am one that usually enjoys him, even when he gets overly dramatic.

The Tiznow wins it for America line was great, and will always give me chills.

But I admire Tiznow even more than Durkin for that day. Still can't believe when I see that replay how he comes back to win after clearly getting passed by Sahkee. Great display of talent guts and heart.

#20 02-26-2007, 02:54 PM

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How did he diss Bernardini? I remember at the end of the Saratoga race it sounded like he wet his pants he was so hysterical.

All the races he called with Bernardini later were examples of a guy who was having a Pampers accident. They were replays of another popular A.P. Indy..my guy Mineshaft! He used to go off the radar praising him, too. At the end of the Preakness he made a negative comment about Bernie's time; I am paraphrasing now because I blocked it from my memory. He basically said the time was ordinary. Anyway, it wasn't true. His time was a very good one and so were his figures: Beyer, Ragozin, Thorograph.