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Old 03-31-2007, 09:43 AM
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It is so great to hear her voice again, one of the best on-air analysts out there, serious Arlington representation there today with her, her husband Frank and Hersh is also there
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Old 03-31-2007, 09:56 AM
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It is so great to hear her voice again, one of the best on-air analysts out there, serious Arlington representation there today with her, her husband Frank and Hersh is also there
Scavs, this is ONE OF THE BEST voices, the best analysts in the sport, bar none. This woman is excellent, truly. I like her so much. And I miss her.
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:16 AM
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I think she is absolutely terrible.


Worst I have ever seen. Could mess up the pronunciation of the word "what."
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:18 AM
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I think she is absolutely terrible.


Worst I have ever seen. Could mess up the pronunciation of the word "what."
I'm with you, she is nice but my god, painful to listen to.
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:21 AM
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She is honestly the worst I have seen. Shouldn't be on television anywhere.

You would think she would ask the people before interviewing how to properly pronounce the horses name and/or their name, but she just keeps on butchering them over and over. I wonder why they never correct her?

I have watched her throughout the entire carnival and at this point I am ready to shoot myself in the face if I have to listen to one more interview.

Here's how she came into my life today. "The big question is whether Discreet Cat can get the distant."

What the hell is that about, come on!!! DISTANT?
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:25 AM
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Is that her explaining what's going on during this vegas show rip-off?
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:46 AM
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I'm with you, she is nice but my god, painful to listen to.
You Chi folks remember a guy named Tony Cobitz? Whatever happened to him?
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Old 04-01-2007, 10:53 AM
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You Chi folks remember a guy named Tony Cobitz? Whatever happened to him?
Tony acts as an agent buying and selling horses on the East coast and in Europe. He is far too qualified to be hired by a track to talk about horses.
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:28 AM
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Scavs, this is ONE OF THE BEST voices, the best analysts in the sport, bar none. This woman is excellent, truly. I like her so much. And I miss her.
One of the most laughable quotes I have seen in quite a while.

That is like saying Bill Laimbeer is one of the most athletic and lithe players to ever play the game of basketball.
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:38 AM
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One of the most laughable quotes I have seen in quite a while.

That is like saying Bill Laimbeer is one of the most athletic and lithe players to ever play the game of basketball.
She may not know the desert, but the woman knows Arlington Racecourse and its players.

We disagree, and that is not a problem for me, you can be sure. LOL
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:42 AM
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She may not know the desert, but the woman knows Arlington Racecourse and its players.

We disagree, and that is not a problem for me, you can be sure. LOL
grits, I hated her at Arlington too, always mispronouncing names, stumbling over words and basically saying the obvious things that everyone already knew. I guess its a matter of preference, I was glad to see her go.
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:49 AM
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grits, I hated her at Arlington too, always mispronouncing names, stumbling over words and basically saying the obvious things that everyone already knew. I guess its a matter of preference, I was glad to see her go.
I very distinctly remembered her mangling the language and people's and horse's names.

And I guess I was indifferent to her, so I wasn't that sad to see her go.

Until I found out that instead of taking out the trash, they had just begun bringing it in. God help anyone who had to listen to that ridiculous idiot who replaced her at the beginning of the meet last year.

I'll take Liane Davis over both of them any day of the week.
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Old 03-31-2007, 11:08 AM
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grits, I hated her at Arlington too, always mispronouncing names, stumbling over words and basically saying the obvious things that everyone already knew. I guess its a matter of preference, I was glad to see her go.
So it sounds like she is a typical horseracing announcer.Why do they employ these people?Is it some sort of charity work?And Becky Witzman is even worse than her.Ugly as sin too,like someone took a baseball bat with nails in it to her face.
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