Larry Collmus must be as giddy about the outlook for Turbo Compressor as I am, because calling a 5 1/2 length win 8 lengths, as he did in the 4-year-old's race on Sunday, is a miss on the winning margin of unusual magnitude. I wonder what the tricks are for nailing the winning margin, or if it's more something announcers are able to do after watching and/or calling countless races? I bet there are tricks.
If there are, is it worth our time to learn them and apply them? That would be hard to justify. It's hard to think of other racing jobs where the performance of them is aided by the ability. It's more an endeavour that gets the competitive juices flowing. A fun contest to bet on with your friends. I can also see tracks sponsoring "beat the announcer" contests (in which, unfortunately, the announcers would have eveything to lose, and nothing to gain).
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