A Future Star of the Race Calling Ranks
How good a caller is this fifteen-year-old kid Vini Donnelly? Let’s hope for his sake there are careers in race calling by the time he is ready to join the workforce.
Would You Like a Roti With That Mr Fowler? – Or Would You Prefer a Melbourne Cup?
Rogan Josh famously came out of Western Australia to win the 1999 Melbourne Cup and give James Bartholomew Cummings his eleventh win in Australia’s most famous race. Rogan (without the Josh) is a modern day three-year-old trained by Cliff Brown in Victoria. Josh Fleming is the Brisbane race caller who was recently deposed from the […]
David Calls it Wrong – Again
David Fowler called the placings wrong in the controversial race at Doomben yesterday that the TAB and bookies are paying out on the wrong results. What else would you expect? To think Tabcorp/Sky chose this chook over Josh Fleming. Decision making at its very finest. Not. Editor’s note – Provoker finished third
Great News For Josh Fleming Fans – Of Which We Are One
By John Lingard at letsgohorseracing.com.au THE Toowoomba Turf Club is proud to announce the appointment of well-known racing identity Josh Fleming as its new Racing & Operations Manager, effective June 10. Josh, a respected voice in the Australian racing scene, brings over 20 years of experience to the role. He began calling races at just […]
It Sure Scared the Shit Out of Terry
Pardon the profanity in the headline. It was a direct quote from Terry Bailey, said live on TV around Australia, New Zealand and no doubt a host of other nations across the globe. Oh dear. I’m not sure that it strictly meets the broadcasting standards, but it will make Terry the Saint a global superstar. […]
And So It Begins …. But is Remote Calling Races Really That Bad?
Last week we wrote about the bleak future faced by race callers and fans across the nation, with our prediction being that soon many non-metropolitan race meetings would be called from the studio, and then eventually replaced by non-human calls powered by Artificial Intelligence. Some people laughed at our vision of where Tabcorp CEO Gillon […]
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 […]
The Future of Race Calling is AI Driven Bots
The AI driven race caller of the future, working out of a data studio. He sort of looks like a young D. Fowler too. The move this week by Tabcorp/Sky to slash the number of race callers without putting any new ones on says three things to us. One is that Gillon McLachlan’s public shine […]
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 […]
Tezza Goes the Early Crow
Everyone’s favorite race caller did it again last night. Terry Bailey went the early crow. And got the result he deserved.