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Legendary horse race caller Trevor Denman broadcasts his retirement

By Editorial Board Published March 7, 2025 7 Min Read
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Legendary horse race caller Trevor Denman broadcasts his retirement

Trevor Denman, whose acquainted voice has punctuated horse races in Southern California for greater than 4 many years, introduced his retirement on Thursday. He might be changed at Del Mar by Larry Collmus, who’s greatest identified for his NBC calls of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Breeders’ Cup.

Denman is taken into account one of many biggest race callers of all time. His signature expressions akin to “And away they go” in the beginning of every race to often saying “they would have to sprout wings” to catch a horse that was far in entrance. He additionally would consult with horses near the rail as “scraping the paint.”

Denman, 72, has contemplated retirement for a couple of years, lowering his workload to simply the summer time assembly at Del Mar. He has known as each season, besides one, at Del Mar since 1984.

He got here to Southern California in 1983 and known as races part-time earlier than shifting to the principle spot within the sales space at Santa Anita the next 12 months. He held that place till he introduced he was leaving Santa Anita earlier than the 2016 season. Denman additionally known as races at Hollywood Park and even Fairplex throughout his Southern California tenure.

“I’ve been doing this for 44 years and I knew the day would come,” Denman informed The Instances in 2016 about his departure from Santa Anita. “I knew I didn’t want to do this the rest of my life. They say you have about 32,000 days on this Earth and I’ve already used up about 22,000 of them, so I needed to make the last 10,000 count.”

Denman additionally cited the 210 Freeway as one other issue for leaving Santa Anita and simply calling at Del Mar.

“The killer is there is no way around it,” stated Denman, echoing the feelings of anybody who has traveled the 210 at rush hour. “I’m sitting there in traffic and I start thinking, ‘What am I doing with my life?’ When you multiply it out, you are sitting in your car a couple weeks a year. Thirty years ago, that freeway was a breeze. The last five years have been terrible.”

Denman, who spends most of his time on his 500-acre farm in Minnesota, then targeted his remaining race calling days to Del Mar. He gave up the Del Mar fall assembly 5 years in the past and was changed by Collmus, 58, who was previously the lead race caller for the New York Racing Assn.

Tv host Conan O’Brien poses for a photograph with Trevor Denman after calling a horse race at Santa Anita Park in 2013.

(Damian Dovarganes/Related Press)

“This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made,” Denman informed Del Mar’s media relations division. “But my soul is telling me that now is the time.”

Denman’s absence from Santa Anita even led to a collection of loss of life threats in opposition to Michael Wrona, who initially changed Denman at Santa Anita. Wrona had safety escort him to and from his automobile day-after-day. Arcadia police discovered the one that made the threats however didn’t arrest him, discovering he had a developmental social dysfunction. The individual was additionally tied to threats in opposition to Collmus, when he changed Denman because the voice of the Breeders’ Cup.

Denman’s type, cadence and skill to identify modifications in a race nearly earlier than they occur, made him, arguably, one of the best race caller for the previous few many years. There are few present race callers who say they haven’t been influenced by Denman.

“My career was inspired by the brilliance of Trevor Denman,” stated Frank Mirahmadi, thought-about one of many pre-eminent race callers at the moment as he broadcasts each the Santa Anita and Saratoga conferences. “My first-ever race call was at Hollywood Park, imitating his voice on closing day of the 1992 season.

“Trevor educated his audience not only through his race calls, but even his words between races on the nightly replay shows back in the ‘80s and ‘90s and his fabulous work as an analyst on the Breeders’ Cup when Tom Durkin was the announcer. He taught us how to watch a race and his love for horses and the sport made me a much bigger fan.”

Denman first began calling races in his native South Africa in 1971 earlier than coming to america, the place his distinctive accent paved the way in which for different race callers, who additionally introduced a world taste to the races.

“I grew up listening to Trevor and have loved his unforgettable calls for decades,” Collmus informed Del Mar publicity. “It is an absolute honor to follow him at Del Mar. Calling the races there in the fall the last five years has been a great experience and I’m thrilled to be the new full-time voice of Del Mar.”

When Mirahmadi entertains guests to the announcer’s sales space at Santa Anita, he at all times makes some extent of calling it “Trevor’s booth.”

Mirahmadi even has a framed copy of Denman’s favourite poem, If by Rudyard Kipling, within the sales space.

“We knew this would eventually come with Trevor, and now it is here,” Del Mar’s chief govt, Joe Harper, stated in an announcement. “We’ve been so lucky to have the best in the business in our booth for all these years, and now all we can do is wish him and his wife Robin the very best on their road ahead.”

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