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"Good morning, I am Malcolm Rossoll your
announcer for the day, welcome to the horse show," has
been an early morning main stay for the California show
circuit for so many decades that most people have stopped
counting. If anything could be counted on over the years, it
was that Malcolm's ring would start right on time, every
time!! And with that, the horse shows he worked were
always off to a good start.
Born December 20, 1919, Malcolm jumping, match races and then polo day for him, including a horse show
Rossoll started riding at the age of in the 1950's. If he wasn't on a horse, demonstration as part of the festivi-
six. The oldest of six children for Fe- he was trying to find one to ride. ties. There was no one to announce
lix and Olive Rossoll, his parents both If horses were his first love, flying so he grabbed the microphone......and
encouraged and tolerated his love of came a close second. Starting to fly thus the start of a very long and sat-
riding. He still remembers his first when still in his young teens, he so- isfying career.
horse, a buckskin named "Chico" that loed in a Piper Cub airplane in 1936 He has had the good fortune of
his father paid $40.00 for. at the age of 16. During World War II working at all kinds of shows, and not
Moving to San Diego, California in he joined the Army Air Corp where always as an announcer. He has been
1934 his first blue ribbon win in the he could be in the service and fly at a judge, ring master, steward, back
show ring came in 1936 at the San Di- the same time. gate man, ring crew and every other
ego Exposition National Horse Show. After the war Malcolm figured out description in showing. He and his
There was only one equitation class a way to have both, he managed to late wife, Barbara, managed or owned
for juniors, riders could ride as they combine horses and flying by going a huge number of shows as well, so
wanted: english or saddle seat. Since to work as a ranch hand and a private add manager to the list of job titles.
all Malcolm had was a western saddle pilot for his brother-in-law, jockey He put on english, hunter-jumper,
he entered it anyway, because they Ray York. Ray was one of the top western and breed shows of all sizes.
didn't say he couldn't. When the class jockeys at that time, rode Determine Just for fun he also announced at ro-
lined up the announcement came that to the Kentucky Derby win in 1954 deos, parades, voice over's TV work,
the judge had decided there were two and having Malcolm around made life movie narrations, and
winners in the class, one to a hunt seat a bit easier.
rider and one to Malcolm!!! His announcing career happened
Continuing to ride western but then, quite by accident in 1941. Coronado,
in his usual approach to life that has California was honoring a popular lo-
continued to this day, he tried just cal policeman by
about everything "horse" including having a special
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