7th December 2005, 12:05 AM
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Hi shoto,
They learn the colours like times table, repeat over and over and over the colours and the horse name.
This is quite difficult still to do when they have a field of unknown horses, of course, the one's that go around week in week out with fairly well known colours (owners with a lot of horses), it gets easier.
I really feel for those callers out bush who know hardly anything about the horses owners etc.
Generally, I was told they will practice the night before and then just "top up" between races for a refresher. It's really a skill which comes with experience.
There was a famous Adelaide caller, who was shocking at this and frequently called the wrong horses.
His famous one's were "And the 5 wins it from the 7 and 9" because he didn't know the names, but frequently the numbers turned out to be entirely different.
Rarely, the radio station will cross to the caller prematurely while he's learning the colours, and it's a hoot to listen to!!!
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