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Jim Aloysius McGrath (born 13 June 1952 in Charlton, Victoria, Australia) was the BBC's senior horse racing commentator from 1997 to 2012, when the corporation lost the television rights to all horse racing in Great Britain to Channel 4.
The Australian, who has become a fixture in the UK since 1987, has decided to retire from commentating and will call his last races on September 7 at Ascot, where he gained his first full introduction to the British racecourse audience.
Ace racing commentator Jim McGrath likens his job to that of a professional golfer. "I get paid for doing a job which is my hobby and something I've always loved doing," the Australian-born says. McGrath is a household name in Europe where he heads up the racing commentary department of the British Broadcasting Corporation and is considered to ...
Sep 14, 2023 · Australian broadcaster and journalist Jim McGrath was the English-language voice of Hong Kong racing for 13 years in the 1970s and 1980s, combining calling races for what was then the...
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Jan 15, 2021 · The only man left on the track for them was commentator Jim McGrath. When his colleagues were ushered away from the track, he held the fort by voicing over live pictures of the shocking scenes. There was no bomb but the damage had been done to Saturday's big sporting highlight.
May 23, 2021 · Top commentator and journalist Jim McGrath on his past, present and future - Luck On Sunday. This is the official YouTube channel of Racing TV. Racing TV is the UK's leading horse racing...
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Mar 25, 2002 · It is a measure of Jim McGrath's competence that the retirement of revered commentator Sir Peter O'Sullevan was not a forlorn one for BBC racing. A racecaller of broad experience,...
