Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment is sponsoring a Race Announcer Workshop on Saturday, July 10.
The workshop, open to all ages, will be conducted by Meadowlands announcer Ken Warkentin, who has called more than 200,000 Standardbred and Thoroughbred races, including 21 Hambletonians. Warkentin, who started calling races at age 16, has been on racing broadcast teams for CBS, NBC and ESPN. He provides voice overs for a variety of outlets.
The day's events will start at 8:00 a.m. at the track and wrap up with students who wish to do so calling one of the non-betting, non-purse races for two-year-olds that will start at 9:00 a.m. If the number of students who want to call a race exceeds the number of races that day, a random draw will be held to match a student with a race.
Tuition is $25. Tuition will take the form of a tax deductible donation to the Harness Horse Youth Foundation. Class size is limited to 30.
For more information or to sign up, contact Matt Zuccarello via phone or e-mail at 516-314-0478 and e-mail at [email protected].
(Meadowlands)