Track announcer Michael Wrona was confused yesterday at Los Alamitos

[John Kelly]

Tenth and final thoroughbred race on Sunday.

Wrona referenced a horse on the lead, Mama Superior, as a longshot with "gigantic odds" and "astronomical odds."

Mama Superior went on to win the race convincingly by three-and-a-half lengths AT CLOSING ODDS OF 6/5.

Question: How did Wrona get fooled by Mama Superior's final price?

Answer: A bulb was burned out on the infield toteboard.

Instead of a flashing bulb between the "6" and "5" to signify odds of 6/5, the toteboard simply displayed "65" which led to Wrona's confusion.

Wrona was so disoriented in deep stretch, he cried out, "Do I have the right horse?"

Must be an empty feeling.

Of course, a quick look at the in-house television feed or a glance at the win, place and show pools would have solved Wrona's problem.

Maybe those day-night doubleheaders at Los Alamitos are finally getting to Michael Wrona.

As Michael might say in his Aussie accent, "A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes and strong enough to correct them."

 

[jasson621]

Best race track announcer ever IMO, yes he had a brain cramp.

 

[blueline]

 

[blueline]

if you listen to sound while loading the seed was already planted

 

[John Kelly]

Best race track announcer ever IMO, yes he had a brain cramp.

High praise from JASSON621.

Wrona doesn't crack my Fab Five topped by Tom Durkin.

Durkin and Denman are 1-2 in that order.

 

[alfie]

in my youth at cahokia downs didn't know i was hearing greatness with durkin.

dave johnson and marshall cassidy were good also.........

 

[John Kelly]

in my youth at cahokia downs didn't know i was hearing greatness with durkin.

dave johnson and marshall cassidy were good also.........

I heard Durkin shortly thereafter at Balmoral Park.

He was one of the first announcers to reference the toteboard during a call.

I remember his line about "the 6/5 favorite storming up on the outside."

The year was 1980 or thereabouts.

 

[John Kelly]

in my youth at cahokia downs didn't know i was hearing greatness with durkin.

dave johnson and marshall cassidy were good also.........

Marshall Cassidy was accurate with his margins.

 

[richsox24]

The least Los Al could have done is paid people out at the 65/1 odds that were posted on the toteboard.

Its Christmas time.

 

[John Kelly]

The least Los Al could have done is paid people out at the 65/1 odds that were posted on the toteboard.

Its Christmas time.

During a pandemic as well.

Hehe.

 

[fifty cint]

High praise from JASSON621.

Wrona doesn't crack my Fab Five topped by Tom Durkin.

Durkin and Denman are 1-2 in that order.

Theres Durkin then the rest

 

[blueline]

something apparently was tucked into the The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 :

The U.S. Senate on Monday night approved a bill to establish a national regulatory body for racing beginning in the summer of 2022. Supporters of the bill have already named a 7-member nominating committee to select the authority’s board of directors. The nominating committee will be tasked with selecting 5 “independent” members of the board “from outside the equine industry,” along with 5 other members who represent various racing constituencies

 

[blueline]

who will be on the board?

 

[John Kelly]

Is Bo Derek available after her stint on the California Horse Racing Board?

I understand she's now a member of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Board of Directors.

 

[blueline]

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced that, in accordance with its commitment to eliminate race day medication, the use of Furosemide (Lasix) will be prohibited within 48 hours of all stakes races conducted at NYRA tracks beginning January 1, 2021.

 

[John Kelly]

Looks like a new era for New York racing.

 

[John Kelly]

No matter the sport, the cheaters always seem to be ahead of the testing.

What's the next undetectable super drug to be produced?

One problem with Lasix in horse racing is that it serves as a masking agent for other drugs.

 

[richsox24]

What's the next undetectable super drug to be produced?

Ask Mr Baffert. Rumor has it he already has his team of chemists on it.

 

[blueline]

there are 10s of thousands of races out there...plenty to choose from to bet