The announcer’s booth and bucking chutes are to be located across the arena to the far right ... Harold “Oskie” Rice stands with his favorite horse Blackjack in this photo taken in1960.

“It helps to have the Breeders’ Cup here,” Collmus says, “because of the familiarity with the announcer’s booth, the area ... of the silks of every horse of every race,” Collmus ...

AMAGASAKI, Hyogo Prefecture--For 65 years, horse ... track announcer Katsuhiko Yoshida. Yoshida, 82, who retired on Jan. 9, called nearly 90,000 races since he got his start in the booth in ...