Race caller at fairgrounds here to retire

Legendary longtime race announcer Tom Durkin, who got his start calling races at the Langlade County Fairgrounds, is calling it a career.

Durkin will call his final race on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York, capping a 43-year career, the last 24 of which have been spent at the New York racing Association.

Full story: Antigo Daily Journal

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