SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) confirmed that John Imbriale has retired as NYRA’s track announcer, concluding a distinguished 44-year career at NYRA in which he called many of the biggest races at Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park, and Aqueduct Racetrack. Imbriale’s tenure with NYRA dates to 1979 when he […]
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) confirmed that John Imbriale has retired as NYRA’s track announcer, concluding a distinguished 44-year career at NYRA in which he called many of the biggest races at Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park, and Aqueduct Racetrack. Imbriale’s tenure with NYRA dates to 1979 when he won a New York Daily News contest, which allowed him to call a race and work with the NYRA press office. The Queens, New York native became Tom Durkin’s backup in 1990. Along the way, he took on other responsibilities at NYRA by working with […]
Nearly 17 years after posting his biggest accomplishment on the racetrack, Strummer is still putting smiles on the faces of those around him as one of 16 retired racehorses who have found a home at Old Friends at Cabin Creek in Greenfield Center, N.Y.