Trevor Denman (born 24 September 1952) is a South African American sportscaster and public-address announcer specializing in Thoroughbred horse racing.
A part-time jockey and exercise rider, he started as a race caller in his native South Africa in 1971 at age 18.
[1] He called two races at Santa Anita Park in 1983 and was hired that year as the announcer of the track's Oak Tree meet.
He plans to continue calling races at Del Mar, while spending the rest of the time either on his Minnesota farm or traveling.
[3] Some other phrases that Denman has coined are popular with racing fans, such as "scraping the paint", used to describe a horse who is saving ground (running very close to the inner rail).
[citation needed] Denman was the unnamed race announcer in the animated television show The Simpsons episode #239, aired originally in February 2000, entitled Saddlesore Galactica.