TDN Weekend December 2016 Issue 9
Issue link: https://www.e-digitaleditions.com/i/1045316
CH: My mom gave me this little piece that sits on my desk that I look at every day that says, `What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?' That's the best advice I have ever received, because it's so true. CH: You're looking at it. Five network shows and two healthy kids, and I'd like to think that I'm living the best version of my life. I've never shied away from opportunity because I've thought, `What if?' I always kind of relished the fact that I could fall flat on my face. CH: I was a sportscaster in Oklahoma City, Okla., and knew enough to be dangerous about horse racing because we cov- ered some horse racing at Remington Park. Not in depth, but the big days. I got a call in '99 to move home to Dallas and be a sportscaster, which is all I ever wanted. At the same time, TVG started up and it was this new, crazy progressive idea of how we could modernize and bring horse racing into the future, and I thought, `Why not?' So I turned down my dream, which was to move back home to Dallas, and I moved to L.A. to start up this new venture. It was fascinating and exciting because there were no rules. There was no template. Anything we put on the board was new, and it was our creation, and some of it was horrible, some of it was disastrous, but we just had the feeling like, `Let's create this.' Let's throw it against the wall and see if it sticks. We took a beating. Changing horse racing is not an easy thing to do. We were a little abrupt. It was a slap in the face. We went too far at times. We found the middle and it all worked out, but it was a fun and exciting time for all of us. TDN: What's the best advice you've ever been given? TDN: So what would you attempt? TDN: How did this all happen for you?