Trevor Denman returns 7/20

[Badactor]

A master on the mic, Del Mar is delighted to announce that legendary race caller
Trevor Denman will return to the booth to announce his 40th summer at Del Mar.
You can almost hear Denman's famous call, "And awaaaay they go" as the gates open
on Saturday, July 20th at the Seaside Oval. SUMMER MEET. July 20 thru September 8th.

[mysaladdays]

I thought that was a neat photo, I had been watching The Band and some old music videos and that haircut just reminded me so much of a certain era.  So I google lens-ed it and found the article for it. 

www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/2385/trevor-denman-magic-zenyatta-race-calling-and-how-america-has-lost-touch-horse-care/

Class act.   He was so ahead of the way the thinking was when he came here.   I did not know Denman had racehorses in South Africa. He was really advocating for more humane horse care back in 2015:  " I can speak first hand of England and South Africa. I own two racehorses in South Africa. If they just looked at you funny, they’d be scratched. One kicked the stall once, and he was off for three months with just a little bruising...."  He couldn't believe in 1985 there was no horse retirement programs.......he really was in the vanguard of a way of thinking 

And also what he said about how sad it is turning horse racing into " ‘what figure does he have?"  Many of us think that way.  We want to know who the horse is....  I love the way Kerry Thomas has come along to tell us about emotional/psychological conformation, not just physical, and the will to win is in the head of many of them, etc.  (he's the reason I had I'll Have Another and Animal Kingdom, so paid me to listen up. )  

Also did not know Denman was a huge (VERY huge! ) Zenyatta fan.  

The reason he's a class act is because of the way he thinks and it shows in his race calling.