As far as I’m concerned there is no better big event race caller than Harness Racing Victoria’s number one, Dan Mielicki.
Being a “hopeful” caller myself, I see Dan as the best race caller in the world. Mielicki always perfects the big races.
There was no better example than the 2016 Vicbred Super Series 4YO Entires and Geldings Final in July, when Ideal For Real defeated Tee Cee Bee Macray and Menin Gate.
And it was obviously plenty who agreed, because Mielicki won the inaugural Trots Media Race Call of the Year, which was voted on by the general public through prompting via Harness Racing Victoria’s Twitter and Facebook pages and harness.org.au.
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Race callers were asked to nominate their best call of the season and Milecki said for him the choice was easy.
“They’re an absolutely terrific bunch of horses and I chose that race as the first two, I think, are the real up and comers,” Mielicki said.
“It was a bit different to Lennytheshark’s Victoria Cup or Smolda’s Hunter Cup et cetera, and I thought it sold itself pretty well and they look like the future Grand Circuit horses. I think there’s no reason to say they won’t be competitive with the likes of Lennytheshark, Hectorjayjay and so on.”
So, who does the man with the best seat in the house think is the best of Victoria’s brilliant five-year-olds?
“Ideal For Real has the tactical speed to put him in a good position in the run, where Tee Cee Bee Macray is the complete opposite, but he has such awesome speed,” Mielicki said.
“For 100m I reckon (Tee Cee Bee Macray) is probably quicker than a horse like Hectorjayjay, but I reckon he still has some head problems and doesn’t really want to run past the others. He is still pretty untapped, but if he can solve the problems in the future I think he is going to go right to the absolute top.”
And that’s where Mielicki sits after voting in the Trots Media Race Call of the Year, having attracted 46.71 per cent of the votes.
That gave him the win ahead of trots tragic Craig Rail’s passionate commentary of the Kilmore Cup, which attracted 36.84 per cent of the votes, and Matt Hill’s commentary of the Cranbourne Cup, which attracted 16.45 per cent of the votes.
SOAK UP CRAIG RAIL’S CALL OF THE KILMORE CUP
ENJOY MATT HILL’S CALL OF THE CRANBOURNE CUP
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