At age nine, the ideas of what we will become when we grow up are little more than career dreams.
Youngsters may want to be lawyers, doctors, astronauts, even these days professional gamers or influencers.
But not Carter Ransom, and he's emphatic that his dream will become reality.
Carter, who celebrated his ninth birthday last Tuesday, is determined to become a race caller, and he's been putting in the hard work since he was five.
One of Carter's race calls was shown on social media recently, and his popularity has already begun exploding from there.
Last weekend he and his family were invited to Wentworth Park in Sydney for the Group 1 Derby and Futurity night and to meet NSW's premier greyhound caller Sky Racing's Russell Veitch.
"It's very cool to come and meet Russ and you get the best view of the track from up here [in the broadcast box]. You can see everything," Carter said.
"I would love to be a race caller when I grow up.
"I got started one day when I was at home just playing with my little dogs.
"Then when I was five I used to be in my bed at home, with my iPad and I would record and listen back and work on it.
"I've been doing [working with] greyhounds since I was two years old.
"I remember my Pop used to hold me in the kennels because I was scared of the dogs, but then I started to get used to them and now I go trialling with him every morning."
Carter's pop is trainer Keith Pedrana whose daughter Keila is Carter's mum, and along with her husband Sam and Carter's brother Kai, all enjoyed a visit to the top of the Wenty grandstand and watched Carter call a race in an adjoining caller's box to Russell Veitch.
"Oh he's going to make it to be a caller, don't worry about that," proud grandfather Keith said.
"He'll be the next Rabs [Ray Warren] or Paul Ambrosoli.
"He will climb higher and better and hopefully be the best caller of all time.
"It's just amazing the way he's picked it up.
"I've got clips of him two years ago when he was just six, and he's calling the Million Dollar Chase final not missing a beat.
"It's just unbelievable and he loves his football too and is good at calling that as well.
"He was a bit shy and was a little kid as the dogs were so big to him, but he's right into it now.
"If he's not at school and he hasn't got athletics, or any sports, he'll be up at five coming to help me with the dogs.
"He comes trialling with me and handles the dogs, and I try to teach him all the race calling terms and lines callers use.
"I'm so proud of him, like for all of my kids and grandkids they help with the dogs, but Carter even as a baby, he switched on to everything and he wants to know all about their breeding, and he knows their run home times and who comes out the boxes well.
"By the time he's 16, he'll be in the box high in the grandstand calling races.
"We have to make sure young people like Carter want to be a part of our industry, and race calling is a hard position to fill.
"Hopefully the experience of being around the dogs all the time and going to Wenty and meeting and having a chat with Russ will make sure Carter is in the sport for a long, long time."
This article was produced as part of an ACM partnership with Greyhound Racing NSW.
