Fairmount1 Wrote:
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> eljayar52 wrote: I can't afford to be a TG man
> but love the game.
>
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> I don't want to comment about other's finances esp
> someone who loves the game. But with admission
> fee, the cost of a racing form, and playing just
> one track, wouldn't it be worth it to purchase the
> data for one track on a given day and focus in on
> that track only with a potential edge (TG data)?
>
>
> Probably a good place to mention last Saturday on
> a drive from Lexington to Louisville, I was
> listening to Dave Johnson and Mr. Grening of DRF
> on Sirius. Johnson asked Grening what type of
> handicapper he is working for DRF. Johnson
> pointed out he uses Thorograph Speed Figures and
> thinks they are the best figures out there.
>
> A little announcer history for everyone out there.
> Dave Johnson, famous for his trademarked Down the
> Stretch call, started his announcing career in
> 1965 at Cahokia Downs and Fairmount Park. Not
> sure if he followed immediately after Johnson but
> I believe Tom Durkin was next in line at Fairmount
> and Cahokia.


Sorta recall that Tony Bentley also got a swing in the batting cage there, early-on, but am subject to correction . . .