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Originally Posted by v j stauffer
Bill Garr was strictly a So. Cal guy.
He called the races from the press box at Santa Anita.
His signature call was " hand, boot and whip to the wire"
I remember driving home rooting my ass off for my front runner to please hang on!!
Looked at the chart the next day and he was 5 in front at every call except for the finish where he was SIX in front.
As for the callers and voices in Las Vegas. There were quite a few. The one I think I remember was Jay Richards.
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Favorite memories of Bill Garr:
He used an echo box when the race started. It was supposed to sound like he was the track announcer and you were hearing the echo from the speakers.
Also, he would sometimes get lost or be unable to ID a horse. And you'd then hear him pause until Trevor or Dave or Jim got back to calling that horse, and then Bill would call the horse's name too!
