Tom Durkin With A Perfect Soul

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tyrantmichael — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:52:27 GMT

Luke Kruytbosch really brought a lot to the art of race calling, and died at too young an age.

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topofthestretch.com — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:00:13 GMT

Durkin has called my horse"Executive Search"(until claimed).and i have to say....he left me speechless.Im hohred to have this hall of famer call my horse.I would love an opportunity to shake his hand and say thanks.PS..watch the Forego Stakes with Chowders First....."From out of the cloud"///GREAT CALL

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triptychlover — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:33:37 GMT

Vic Stauffer is my favo- great voice, huge knowlegde and tons of emotion - love him

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swami — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:48:41 GMT

I wonder if Tom ever got to call any of Hoof Hearted's races? The funniest video I've ever seen was one of the few races Hoof Hearted won.

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waitawhile — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:45:02 GMT

I like Wait A While is waiting no more that he called the other day. That was great if anyone caught that. :)

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Melissa — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:21:40 GMT

Dave Rodman, anyone?

I think he's hugely entertaining!

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bowlofflowers — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:43:12 GMT

I recently introduced non racing fans to the joys of listening to Tom call the races with Arrrrr in them. I wish I could email the call to them so they could really have an experience to remember

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Melissa G — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:21:44 GMT

Do ray mi fa so la ti dooo was my favorite. He could have a second career as a singer!

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Broomer — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:21:21 GMT

As much as I like Trevor and Tom both, the best racecaller today in racing is Dan Loiselle at Woodbine. Never makes a mistake and like Trevor, see's things developing long before the wire comes up. Keep up the good work Dan

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Badolpuddytat — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:33:47 GMT

Durkin, Denman and Stauffer are in a league by themselves, but in my opinion Durkin is the best and I'm not from NY.

Was a race this year at Hollywood that I loved Stauffer's call. Was a 1 1/2 race. They went a quarter in 26 and change, Stauffer said, "and it's hard to get a TB to go that slow". Then they got to the half in 52 and Stauffer said," The USC band marches faster than that".

I agree that Durkin is the "voice" of the Breeder's Cup races and he "should" of had a out in his contract for it.

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FunnyCide420 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:51:38 GMT

I would agree that Tom Durkin is the best race caller in America today. Trevor Denman is not in his league. Tom has his own special way of putting the extra zing into the call. Besides "ARRR", remember "WHOA"? WHHOOOOAA! And one of my single favorite calls from Tom ever - coming down the stretch neck and neck...WOODMERE, WOODWINNER, WOODMERE, WOODWINNER, WOODMERE, WOODWINNER, WOODMERE, WOODWINNER, WOODMERE, WOODWINNER...

I still laugh every time I think of that finish. I can remember so many of Tom's race calls. I can't single out one that I remember from anyone else. Can we start a petition to get Tom back as the Breeder's Cup race caller?

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arlingtonfan — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:38:45 GMT

Phil Georgeff, who called the races at Arlington Park during the 70s and 80s (and into the 90s, I believe), was my all-time favorite. Who can forget his "Heeere they come, spinning out of the turn!"?

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domino5000 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:23:41 GMT

john dooley

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jjsax — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:14:57 GMT

Vic Stouffer calling a race during an earthquake is classic. He made sports center 2 weeks back calling the horse BooYah as if he was Stuart Scott...

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Pat — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:44:17 GMT

IMO Tom is like a storyteller who takes us through a racecall slowly building to a crescendo. Check out the Rags to Riches/Curlin Belmont call on YouTube. Perfection. Nobody comes close.

Maybe Trevor is overrated because he's from the West Coast!!