NCT,

An interview also includes a resume, and Denman's is impressive. He was hired based on his resume, not on an audition. His audition includes 1000's of race calls already on tape.

I would hate to think that anyone would fire an obviously qualified employee based on a bad day. You would run through a lot of excellent people with that attitude. I wouldn't call that wimpy, I would call that being smart.

Also, enough with the non-call of Pine Island. As previously mentioned many times, he had just completed calling the ENTIRE field and focused back on the horses at the front of the pack. Pine Island fell just after he went back to calling the horses in front. Yes, at some point he should have noticed this. But if he never gives her a call, whats the difference?? Whether she broke down or didn't fire, she had no impact on the race.

I enjoy a great race call as much as the next fan. Maybe Denman doesn't have the dramatic flair of Durkin, but his calls on a daily basis inspire and excite as much as anyone's. I have watched many BC races over and over because of Durkin's great calls. I have also done the same with a lot of Denman's. But lets stop with the slobbering over Durkin. He can be as biased as they come. Witness the 1989 Classic between the great Sunday Silence and Easy Goer. Sunday Silence had that horse measured the entire trip, yet Durkin breathlessly called Easy Goer's stretch run by ending with Sunday Silence "holds on". As if the only reason poor Easy Goer lost was because he ran out of ground, not becasue he lost to a better horse. Pathetic, where was the professionalism in that?? Even on the gallop out he was still bemoaning the fact Easy Goer lost, maybe because he just tore up his tickets for the 3rd time in 4 races between those two.

Before you blast Denman, be a little bit more even handed in your criticisms.

P-Dub