Stabile named Finger Lakes announcer

Anthony Stabile, a former co-host of NYRA’s Talking Horses handicapping show, has been hired to be the track announcer at Finger Lakes racetrack in upstate New York, the track announced on Monday.

Stabile will take over a job vacated by Tony Calo, who was hired last week to be the track announcer at Ellis Park in Kentucky. Calo had also been hired to call the races at Turfway Park in the winter.

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While at NYRA, Stabile was the back-up announcer during the Aqueduct meet and was part of a rotating team of co-hosts for weekend broadcasts for “America’s Day at the Races,” which was broadcast on FS1 and FS2. He resigned from his positions at NYRA in June of last year.

“Since I was a young kid, I’ve wanted to be a racetrack announcer and am proud to say my first full-time position will be at Finger Lakes,” Stabile said.

Finger Lakes begins its meet on April 29.

After his resignation at NYRA, Stabile called races part-time at Yonkers Raceway and also called races at The Meadowlands and Freehold Raceway.

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