Track Announcer at Louisiana Downs
Shreveport, Louisiana Area
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- Track Announcer at Louisiana Downs
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- Instructor and Course Designer at Bossier Parish Community College
- Writer and Web Designer at ST-Publishing, Inc.
- Auctioneer & Real Estate Salesperson at Haroff Auction & Realty, Inc.
- Education
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- State University of New York College at Oneonta
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Travis Stone’s Summary
Travis is the track announcer for Louisiana Downs where he also ventures into various other departments including racetrack marketing, communications, operations and public relations.
Travis' career goals is to call horse races at a high level. As a track announcer, his career highlights include being selected as a finalist for the Churchill Downs announcing position in 2008 in addition to various All-Star Announcer appearances.
In addition to race calling, Travis' aggressive mindset towards generating new ideas, concepts and approaches to growing the game and business of horse racing have allowed him to become involved with the various other departments which operate the racetrack allowing him to offer a diverse skillset with experience.
Travis Stone’s Specialties:
Rapid memorization and announcing of a live horse race, public address, writing, idea generation, internet technology, PHP/MySQL programming etc.
Travis Stone’s Experience
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Track Announcer
Louisiana Downs
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HET; Gambling & Casinos industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
-Track Announcer for daily racing including the Super Derby.
-Host press conferences.
-Designed simulcast graphics package.
-Other design work includes media guide and track program.
-Writer of press releases and other related materials.
- "Travis is not only a talented announcer, his passion and for this sport shines in all that he does. I see an incredible future for Travis." -
Instructor and Course Designer
Bossier Parish Community College
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)
April 2007 — October 2007 (7 months)
Designed and instructed a public education course on horse racing called, "Horse Racing: Finding Winners."
-Focus topics included pace, speed figures, class and wagering.
-"The handicapping course taught by Travis Stone was excellent. He is awesome and I have never seen such an expert on a given topic. His knowledge is incredible."
-"I won $1,000 on the Breeders' Cup. Thanks for the class!" -
Writer and Web Designer
ST-Publishing, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)
August 2004 — April 2006 (1 year 9 months)
Writer for The Saratoga Special, Keeneland Special and other various publications within ST-Publishing, Inc.
-Writing focus included daily race previews, recaps, feature stories and other thoroughbred racing industry related topics.
-"Travis was an asset to our company thanks to his hard work, dedication, forward thinking and impetus to try new things." -
Auctioneer & Real Estate Salesperson
Haroff Auction & Realty, Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)
January 1999 — March 2006 (7 years 3 months)
-Auctioneer and licensed real estate salesperson of New York tax foreclosed properties in various counties and government jurisdictions throughout the state.
-Named 2005 Rookie Auctioneer of the Year for the New York State Auctioneers Association.
-Completed coursework to become an Accredited Auctioneer of Real Estate (AARE).
-Responsible for the design of the company web site and database applications.
Travis Stone’s Education
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State University of New York College at Oneonta
2002 — 2005
- Activities and Societies:
- President of the Communication Arts Society.
Additional Information
Travis Stone’s Websites:
Travis Stone’s Interests:
The internet, computer technology, business/entreprenueral venutres, music, playing piano, golf, handicapping.
Travis Stone’s Groups:
Former member of the NAA (National Auctioneers Association) and the NYSAA (New York State Auctioneers Association)., Saratoga Special and Racing, Horse Racing
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Horse Racing
Travis Stone’s Honors:
-Finalist for the Churchill Downs track announcer position in 2008.
-Named one of 25 most influential Derby figures under 40 by Velocity Magazine in Louisville, Kentucky.
-2006 and 2007 All-Star Announcer.
-Featured on Horse Racing Television (HRTV), in The Daily Racing Form, The Thoroughbred Times, SB-Magazine, The Albany Times-Union, The Glens Falls Post-Star, The Daily Star in Oneonta, NY, The Times of Ti in Schroon Lake, NY.
-2005 New York State Rookie Auctioneer of the Year.
Travis Stone’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
