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Roger Huston (born September 16, 1942), known as "The Voice", is a harness race announcer. He has announced over 167,000 races in his career, covering at least 126 different tracks in 17 states and 7 countries (as of 2014). Born and raised in Xenia, Ohio, Huston grew up with a love of sports statistics. He learned race calling from his uncle, who called races at Lebanon Raceway. He attended Wilmington College, intending to become a teacher. He began announcing races at Ohio county fairs in 1960. In 1965, he began announcing at The Red Mile. In 1967, he began announcing at Little Brown Jug, becoming the track's regular announcer in 1968, which position he still holds (as of 2015). In 1976, he began announcing at The Meadows, where he also hosts The Meadows Racing Network. He has also called unusual races for charity and civic causes, including crawling baby races and pig races at state fairs. The United States Harness Writers Association has elected Huston to their Communicator's Hall of Fame (2000) and awarded him their Proximity Award (2011). The Keystone Chapter of the USHWA inducted Huston into their Hall of Fame (2013).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.keystoneushwa.com/hall-of-fame/ )〕 Huston has been married twice, and has one daughter by each marriage. Each daughter was named after a horse, Cami Sue and Nevele Pride. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roger Huston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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