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DUSTYN STORTZUM, Fonner Park Track Announcer
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DUSTYN STORTZUM is in his first full year as track announcer at Fonner Park, the premiere horse racing venue in Nebraska. He grew up around horse tracks, but it’s been a rather recent development that led him to his job in Grand Island. He talks about his mentor, the late Fonner announcer Steve Anderson, who helped teach him the job; also, the process of calling a race, the business and his family connections to horse racing.
SHOW NOTES:
2:00 Learning the business from the late track announcer Steve Anderson
6:30 Learning how to call a horse race
15:15 How does Fonner Park fit into the big picture of horse racing in America
23:00 You learn the horses, the names, the jockeys to call the race
29:40 Best thing about the job
34:45 How long have you wanted to do this?
40:20 How far back with your family in the horse racing business?
43:00 Talks about how tough the business can be
46:20 More details on the family, father, uncle and mother [what is an equine dentist, valet, farrier?]
53:30 What does your father think of the new track announcer at Fonner Park? [and more personal information about family]
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