Now you may see what you have heard. The eighth annual holiday episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod has its premiere Monday on the Horse Racing Nation YouTube channel. It celebrates Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and even Festivus with three racetrack
announcers.

Larry Collmus, the longtime voice of the Triple Crown and
Breeders’ Cup on NBC, checks in on the heels of his assignment as the autumn
announcer at Del Mar as well as his year-round appearances as a racing analyst
on FanDuel TV.

Audio version: Flatter Pod with Collmus, Allen & Nelson.

Paul Allen not only discusses his work at Canterbury Park but also
some of his experiences as the play-by-play voice of the Minnesota Vikings, a
job that won him praise as a “national treasure” from none other than LeBron
James.

Keith Nelson is familiar to racing fans in the Midwest as the
caller at FanDuel Sportsbook and Racing, the track formerly known as Fairmount
Park. He talks about his coming up as an announcer and the decades he has known
host Ron Flatter going back to their early days in the ’70s in Northern
California radio.

The stories run the gamut from best calls to strangest announcing
experiences and even to favorite movies from which they often recite familiar
dialog.

John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times offers his perspective
on the holiday season, comparing odd tales of what they have witnessed in all
their years and miles of flying on commercial airlines.

This episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod may be seen on the HRN YouTube page. Posted every Friday, the audio version is available via free subscription from Apple, Firefox, iHeart and Spotify as well
as HorseRacingNation.com.