colin12 Wrote:
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> I love Durkin and he is still better than most.
> Someday you guys will be old too
Colin:
I am old, and have had to admit that there are some things that I can not
do as well as I was when I was young.
When Tom Durkin was first hired by NYRA his tone and timbre, his dignified
race calls, were such that one could believe that he had been hired from the
Phipps\' staff at one of their Long Island mansions. Other than his \"And the
turf is firm\" intonation he was relatively schtick free. As time went on, he
seemed more intent on screaming his calls during big races and trying to
squeeze in some contrived catch phrase. It seems like the screaming has taken
its toll, and as Silver pointed out, the pipes are shot.
Durkin fired the first shot across his own bow by resigning as the voice of
the Kentucky Derby and Preakness on the network telecasts.
There is the potential for a brave new racino funds fueled NYRA in the near
future. Lets start by having a grand retirement party for Hayward, Campo and
Durkin. Lets have a racing program which encourages, but does not emphasize,
state bred racing. Lets quit paying lip service to the medication issue and
begin to punish the multiple offenders.
That\'s just a start.
