Re: Trevor Denman (621 Views)
Posted by:
dodie (IP Logged)
Date: November 07, 2006 12:49PM
Well, if we aren't going to talk sheet handicappin', I guess this is as good a thread as any.
I've come to a revelation reading this thread.
1. I'd rather have Tom Durkin call the big ones. "And Arazi runs right by them" has to be ranked number two after "Secretariat is moving like a tremendous machine" when it comes to memorable, unscripted, heart felf,awe inspired (not awe inspiring) race calls. Durkin was a theater major; he knows how to rise to the occasion, even if the ocassion doesn't necessarily always merit it.
2. Day to day, Trevor is the best. When its a relatively short field, and he knows the horses, his comments about a horse being "live" or "dead" as the race unfolds are usually "spot on."
In any event, Trevor stumbled Saturday. It was a rather surreal experience to be watching Pine Island stumble, then go to ground just as she fell out of the ESPN pan shot. I thought I was imagining it when I didn't hear Trevor say anything. And, needless to say, he completely missed Calvin Bo-RAIL on Street Sense. Any midwestern player knows that any horse moving on the rail probably belongs to Calvin. (Rockomundo in the Arky Derby, anyone?)