ANOTHER UPDATE 7 June 2005. An email just in from Terry Spargo in Dubai who says that Peter Berry is a third Aussie race caller in the States. Thanks Terry!

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UPDATE 6 June 2005. Many thanks to David Raphael in Hong Kong who emailed this evening to say that there are actually 2 Australian race callers in America: Michael Wrona (who started in Qld), and Rob Gellar who, having started his career calling picnic races, worked in Hong Kong prior to his current role in the US.

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Australia has a fine tradition of producing good race callers; the evidence the sheer number of them who now work at the highest level overseas. Terry Spargo calls in Dubai, Murray Johnson in Japan, David Raphael in Hong Kong, Jim McGrath in the UK and now Brett Davis in Singapore (there is also someone in North America whose name escapes me).

Singapore Press ran a short story on Brett yesterday, the headline "From junior golfer to plumber to Kranji race-caller."

The South Australian reportedly has more than 10 years of experience in race broadcasting - 7 1/2 years in Adelaide and three years in Tasmania; his biggest race call to date in thoroughbred racing has been the G3 Hobart Derby.