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SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
edited May 2015 West Australian Racing
One of the worst calling performances I've heard in a long time yesterday. Next Saturday you are showcasing the best of Perth racing lets hope he has a better day.
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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    agree...missed horses, got several crossed over...abysmal, its nearly better watching with mute on, so you don't get distracted by him

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    now,now boys..... X(
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  • IronMikeIronMike    517 posts
    there was a 12 yr old kid who called the bush races in Vic when I was over there maybe he could apply for the job

    Apparently he did a ripper job

    I saw bill Collins racing binos an head phones in the sports museum at the gee what a thrill it was remembering his great calls quite the buzz
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  • bradybrady    1,463 posts
    Like you clowns could do a better Job

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    brady said:

    Like you clowns could do a better Job

    not my chosen profession, so i know i couldn't..

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  • SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
    edited November 2014
    Here they come Rio..... He's lost any confidence he had and stays out of every close finish because he's so inaccurate. Calling the placings is pathetic rarely gets it right doesn't know what's finished 4th because he's to busy concentrating on the winner and getting the names of the horses right.

    Make no mistake he would been sacked from metro meetings a long time ago over in the east.

    Lovely bloke ... Who gives a sh!t ! Get it right from 1st to 4th and your doing the job your paid to do.

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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,987 posts
    I don't have Foxtel, so I just listen in on the old wireless radio. Around 15 mins later, RWWA have posted the photo finishes online, and yesterday i was genuinely surprised to see some of the margins that I thought were close.


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  • therealkramertherealkramer    8,008 posts
    edited November 2014
    I was wondering how long it would be before someone brought this up. %-(
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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    i also held off commenting yesterday TRK, cos its all been said before, but yesterday was as bad as he's been. you just have to wonder how long RWWA will continue to allow this to happen.

    He sits there fumbling to work out who has got third or fourth and the replay on SKY is showing the placegetters clearly. He either doesn't have SKY monitors in the box or doesn't use them. Add this to the ramblinngs that we hear regularly when SKY cross to him and he has gone beyond being an embarrassment.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    bill Collins binos...great.
    I am giving my dads binos to Darren...he'll call this years Raconteur stakes with them...dad called all racs races here in perth.
    I am only giving them to him as I never use them and they will be going to a good home. I told macca he can give them to an inspiring young caller if he cares to.
    in the case is dads sketch of the control panel ....that's from 1948.

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  • SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
    Hilton Donaldson is replacing dmac at the end of the ascot season. Let's hope he finishes in style.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    rubbish!!!
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    hoggy it is completely irresponsible to make statements like that...

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  • SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
    Hilton can drink 20 cans before the first but that's his limit.
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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    will be hard to know when they make the change!!!!


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  • SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
    edited November 2014
    Haha that's hilarious

    Loved Ian Craig he was the best caller!

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  • therealkramertherealkramer    8,008 posts
    @rio I was actually counting the seconds before he would sight Ysmael's winning run. He managed to catch him just before the line. But otherwise I don't have any hate for Darren, He's not perfect, but who is?

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  • SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
    What happened to suburban punk he still around the forum ?
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    probably the 1st race after 20 cans..... :))
    a lapse like that is understandable...happens to all of us at times.
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  • SHOVHOGSHOVHOG    1,792 posts
    Falcon your position is understandable but your opinion is a little clouded.

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  • RIORIO    14,902 posts
    that was the one that really got me TRK...i was on it, hardly called all race and i'm sure he was over the line before being mentioned winning by 2l....

    i'm sure its not easy. but a lot of others seem to do it a lot better

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  • tonytony    2,436 posts
    What made that Toowoomba call even funnier was the later explanation by 4TAB (I think) that the problem was that the PA was playing up.
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  • DamienWyerDamienWyer    7,987 posts
    I like the estimate of crowd numbers.


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  • therealkramertherealkramer    8,008 posts
    tony said:

    What made that Toowoomba call even funnier was the later explanation by 4TAB (I think) that the problem was that the PA was playing up.


    By "PA" do you mean his 'personal assistant'? [-X

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  • IronMikeIronMike    517 posts
    the falcon said:

    bill Collins binos...great.
    I am giving my dads binos to Darren...he'll call this years Raconteur stakes with them...dad called all racs races here in perth.
    I am only giving them to him as I never use them and they will be going to a good home. I told macca he can give them to an inspiring young caller if he cares to.
    in the case is dads sketch of the control panel ....that's from 1948.

    Think i posted the pic of bill Collins binos an headset if not I can send it to you right next to maraudings slipper trophy across from phar Laps silks just across the way from carbines composite skeleton its a ripper museum mate
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  • dungydungy    9,278 posts
    RIO said:

    brady said:

    Like you clowns could do a better Job

    not my chosen profession, so i know i couldn't..
    Spot on Rio , is a very avg caller at best and thats being kind maybe stick to auctions or Dubai world cups ect ect or pumping up Amelia Park but leave race calling alone

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  • IronMikeIronMike    517 posts
    Poor Dmac God he cops a slagging it has to be s very tough gig he's not that bad lol you get what you pay for in reality lets get mark sheen an pay him what he's worth lol

    Maybe a month in the box with Greg miles would help him

    He's actualky belted out some great calls to but yeah get the place getters very important for novelty players

    Seems to me he concentrates on what he backs a lot of the time could be wrong

    Pays to know your colours here as he is very inaccurate in a tight go on the minors

    I couldn't do it so no expert but feel he does a ok job

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  • nestonneston    51 posts

    Very unfair to have a laugh at the Toowoomba caller,O'Shea I think it was.I forget exactly what happened,but he may have suffered a minor stroke or there was some other illness.I forget exactly.He's back calling now and all is good,but don't make fun at someone's illness.Hilton Donaldson has an illness.Don't forget we've all got some illness lurking and you never know when you might get sick or leave this world.Racecalling is the hardest thing I've ever done,I love it,but it's hard work and I never poke fun at a race caller,because I know how hard it is,I always say if you can do better,your welcome to borrow my 12x50's and do a better job.

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  • IronMikeIronMike    517 posts
    edited November 2014
    neston said:

    Very unfair to have a laugh at the Toowoomba caller,O'Shea I think it was.I forget exactly what happened,but he may have suffered a minor stroke or there was some other illness.I forget exactly.He's back calling now and all is good,but don't make fun at someone's illness.Hilton Donaldson has an illness.Don't forget we've all got some illness lurking and you never know when you might get sick or leave this world.Racecalling is the hardest thing I've ever done,I love it,but it's hard work and I never poke fun at a race caller,because I know how hard it is,I always say if you can do better,your welcome to borrow my 12x50's and do a better job.

    Well said mate laughing at illness is not on i reckon it would be a crazy tough job on your ticker

    Very confusing to but I learnt in perth to know your colours of the horses an ignore the commentary

    Very good reason why loyld williams sits in his man cave watching races with no sound on he knows his an his opponents colours


    Try a few races with out sound on sky they show who's in the van knowing colours of who you back is easier than getting worked up over a race call

    Didn't dan milecki have a turn at the mic calling a race once ?

    Nice in the 12 x 50 I used to have Russian army field glasses they were ace till they got knocked off out of my car a few years back brilliant vision but heavy
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,485 posts
    macca calls an average of 4 meetings a week...I don't think the eastern states callers do that many.
    to add to his woes peters and parnham could have up to 3 runners in a race with just different caps to separate them.
    most of peters have a good chance which makes it worse....

    sadly this thread makes an appearance a few times a year....give the guy a break, as nestor says.

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