1963 Belmont Stakes - Live Call!!

[@lindaosika7648]

My second Belmont stakes. I was at Washington Park that day. Never got to see it on Tv

[@johnmguzman7491]

Anyone here because of the sci-fi time travel book, REPLAY by author Ken Grimwood's? In this sci-fi novel Replay, the main character, Jeff Winston is stuck in a time loop and makes his first bet (of which he already knows the outcome), on Chateaugay in the 1963 Kentucky Derby.

[@WaltGekko]

Even then CBS did not use then-New York Racing Association announcer Fred Caposella's call. Very interesting they had one camera inside the track they used for the entire race and showed it that was as opposed to the traditional pan shot (though this also was a pan shot, just all the way around).

[@ronaldbarnes3327]

The NYRA should run the Belmont at Saratoga in the same manner as they did at the Big A. It would be a 12 f. Race

[@johnmguzman7491]

Anyone enjoyed this book? 'Reply' Since Jeff knew the outcome of the race he made a “Twenty-three hundred dollars” bet on this horse Chateaugay with the help of his friend Frank Maddock who was twenty-two and won at least seventeen thousand dollars. Jeff's winnings were approximately 17,000. In 1963 $1700 is worth $175,167 today. A good wager, I would say.

[@far02222]

Jack Drees called the race for CBS

[@retromaven2159]

As I stated in the video Drees and Schenkel handled the CBS broadcast. But the call of the race is usually done by the track announcer, in this case Bryan Field!

[@far02222]

In 1963, Fred Cappasella was the track announcer at the New York tracks. He had succeeded Bryan Field years before. Field worked for CBS and called triple crown races un@@retromaven2159 until 1958. Jack Drees was doing "The Race of the Week" for CBS-TV with Chris Scheckel from the New York tracks every Saturday. Drees called those races on TV only. I saw all of that. I'm in my 70's.

[@retromaven2159]

@@far02222Thanks! My info was incorrect..

[@WaltGekko]

@@far02222And Caposella would himself after the 1971 season when he retired be replaced by another eventual legendary announcer and voice of many Triple Crown races on TV, Dave Johnson (though ironically, Johnson's call of Secretariat's Belmont was only heard at Belmont as Chic Anderson, who even more ironically would succeed Johnson in 1977 at the NYRA tracks when Johnson left to be the first Thoroughbred track announcer at The Meadowlands, called that and other races for CBS).

[@rendragmedia]

@@far02222 Thanks for that correction. That voice sounded like Jack Drees.

[@retromaven2159]

Check out my other classic live calls of vintage Triple Crown races: 1970 KENTUCKY DERBY kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2japKmYop2eg9U&ab_channel=RetroMaven 1971 KENTUCKY DERBY kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3eon3qcjKl-hqc&ab_channel=RetroMaven 1970 BELMONT STAKES kzbin.info/www/bejne/m37Tho2drr9pd68&ab_channel=RetroMaven 1971 BELMONT STAKES kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ2wm6yEiZaDldE&ab_channel=RetroMaven

[@pedroguerrero2620]

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