Luke Krytbosch, Churchill race caller, dead.

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Fireslam
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Luke Krytbosch, Churchill race caller, dead.

Postby Fireslam » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:16 pm

Found dead in his apartment this morning, according to DRF. What a terrible shame, great race caller. Ill miss his calls.
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Postby majxmom » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:38 pm

What a shame. He was only 45.
"When I am on my deathbed, I imagine I will say, 'Thank God I did that'" - Arthur Hancock, on buying back Gato del Sol from Europe after Exceller was killed in a slaughterhouse in Sweden.
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Postby wilf » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:37 pm

Oh no! He was a super guy and I remember him as the caller at Turf Paradise in '94 when I was there,he even stopped by here at Fort Erie only a few years ago. Very crisp clear and no-nonsense commentary,what a terrible shame.
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Postby zinn21 » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:29 pm

I wonder who will replace him at Churchill and Turf Paradise? Tony Calo subbed for him at TP but he recently took a position at Finger Lakes. He's a west coast guy and I'm sure he would love to come back west.

RIP Luke.
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Postby Lucy » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:01 pm

zinn21 wrote:I wonder who will replace him at Churchill and Turf Paradise?


I don't know about Churchill, but Mike Battaglia has stepped in at Ellis.

Today's first race, however, was run without a caller as a tribute to Luke.
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