Norman Hopgood Dávila (born 1943)[1] is a Puerto Rican former television sports broadcaster, writer and amateur baseball player.
He is mostly remembered for his 50-year tenure as a radio and television broadcaster of horse racing in the island, from Hipodromo El Comandante in Carolina and Hipodromo Camarero (originally known as "El Nuevo Comandante") in the northern Puerto Rican city of Canóvanas.
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[2] Dávila, who is also a former basketball and professional boxing sportscaster, is a member of the Puerto Rican Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
[4] The first time Dávila went to the racetrack was when his dad took him at a very young age, to watch horse races at Hipodromo Quintana, which was located near Residencial Las Casas in Santurce.
This show was co-hosted by the legendary actor and comedian, José Miguel Agrelot and by Mariano Artau.