What Is Lost When Race Calling Falls Victim To Cost Cutting

This great article by Michael Cox at Idol Horse is so worth reading we thought we would reprint it here. If you haven’t already please make sure you add Idol Horse to your reading list. It’s a great racing website. What Is Lost When Race Calling Falls Victim To Cost Cutting ———————————————————————————– Race callers are […]

Redundancy My Arse – How Does a Race Caller Get Promoted to a Position That Doesn’t Exist?

The extraordinary decision by Tabcorp/Sky to make Josh Fleming redundant yet retain David Fowler has sparked controversy among viewers from across the nation, with most of the commentators on the issue expressing a preference for one caller or the other, and the majority favoring Josh Fleming. Which one of the pair is the better caller […]

When We Were Young

He’s been around a long time has David Fowler. It happens when you’re getting old. Just one question. Would 11-year-old boys be allowed in the modern age to work unsupervised with confirmed bachelors forty years or more their elder? Times change and social mores change with them. Given what we all know about the world […]

In Defence of Darren McCaulay

Dear Peter Profit Yes Perth race caller Darren McCaulay made a rare error and called the wrong horse over the line in the Railway. But he then did what David Fowler would never do… apologised. Profusely, about a dozen times. Apologised to connections, apologised to punters, and then, when he threw to the mounting yard, […]

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