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John Charles "Jack" Van Berg
John Charles "Jack" Van Berg (born June 7, 1936 in Columbus, Nebraska) is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Born into a horse racing family, his father is Hall of Fame trainer, Marion Van Berg. For nineteen straight years between 1959 and 1977, Jack Van Berg was the leading trainer at Ak-Sar-Ben Racetrack in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1976, he set a record for the most wins in a year with 496 and was also the U.S. Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings. The trainer of Gate Dancer, he was voted the 1984 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and in 1985 he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In 1987 he received the Big Sport of Turfdom Award. He is also an inductee of the Nebraska Racing Hall of Fame. On July 15, 1987 Jack Van Berg became the first trainer to win 5,000 races, and by the end of September 2008, he ranked second all-time in career wins among American Thoroughbred trainers. Jack Van Berg is best known for training Alysheba who won the 1987 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and the 1988 Breeders' Cup Classic. He has mentored many top trainers, including Hall of Famer Bill Mott and Frank Brothers, both of whom started off as assistants to Van Berg. View Guest page
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Pete Aiello
A native of South Florida and a graduate of the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program, Mr. Aiello is currently in his fifth season in the booth at River Downs. He also has called the Quarter Horse meetings the last three years at Hialeah Park, a racetrack that was integral in Aiello’s introduction to racing as a youngster. Aiello got interested in announcing as a child growing up and playing a computer game that simulated races but did not have an announcer. He called his first full card of races while working as an intern at Finger Lakes in New York in 2006. He called races at “bush tracks” in Arizona after that before landing a job as assistant racing secretary, paddock judge, and identifier at Evergreen Park in Alberta, Canada, in the summer of 2007. View Guest page
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Steve Andersen
Steve Andersen has been with the Daily Racing Form since 1994. His Background is in Quarter Horse racing in California and New Mexico. Steve grew up in Dallas, joined Dallas Morning News sports department in the summer of 1984 between his junior and senior years in high school as a copy boy. He stayed on with the Dallas Morning News until 1989. He also was Ruidoso Downs' Publicity Director in 1989, Currently he is a correspondent for Southern California, a correspondent for California Quarter Horse, and international racing contributing writer. View Guest page
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Frank Angst
Thoroughbred Times senior writer Frank Angst has covered sports for more than 20 years and has earned numerous awards for his writing, including twice receiving the best news writing honor from American Horse Publications. Besides covering races, Frank has been handicapping races, somewhat successfully, since graduating from Butler University in 1990. A Cincinnati native, the first tracks he ever attended were Turfway Park and River Downs. Frank has always done well at turf races and pace handicapping and recently has turned his focus to tracking surface biases. In 2011, Angst touted Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom as the best longshot wager. Frank lives in Lexington, KY, and after 10 years was one of the survivors of the Thoroughbred Times debacle. He now write for The Blood-Horse. View Guest page
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John Asher
John Asher, vice president of communications at Churchill Downs, has worked in the thoroughbred racing industry as a journalist and a publicist for more than 20 years. Asher joined Churchill Downs in January 1997 and has served in his current position since March 1999, overseeing communications and public relations efforts at the home of the world-famous Kentucky Derby and the flagship operation of Churchill Downs Incorporated. As a radio journalist at WHAS-AM and WAVE-AM in Louisville, Asher earned five Eclipse Awards for Outstanding National Radio Coverage of Thoroughbred Racing. His work on other issues earned such recognition as a National Headliner Award; a Scripps-Howard Award; and honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio and Television News Directors Association, and the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, and was honored as the Best Reporter in Kentucky Large-Market Radio seven times, and recognized as Public Relations Practitioner of the Year by the Western Kentucky University School of Journalism and Broadcasting in 2003. A native of Leitchfield, he had earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from WKU and lives in Louisville with his wife, Dee and three daughters. View Guest page
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Julie Balog
Julie Balog is the Director of Communications at the Keeneland Association, the world’s largest Thoroughbred auction company and a world-class Thoroughbred race course, where she joined in 1999. She has led Keeneland’s media outreach relations efforts. Prior to joining Keeneland, Balog was director of business development and account management at Preston-Osborne, an award-winning public relations firm in Lexington, KY. She also worked at Host Communications, the world’s largest collegiate sports marketing firm, as Assistant Director of Marketing. Balog graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1991 with a degree in Marketing and minor in Economics. She and her husband Mike reside in Lexington, KY with their children Cecilia and Sean. View Guest page
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Mike Battaglia
Mike Battaglia is an American horse racing analyst, race caller and television broadcaster. He is most closely associated with Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. Battaglia has worked most of his career at Churchill Downs and Turfway Park. He has set the morning line odds at Churchill since 1974, and was the race announcer there from 1977 to 1997. He also has worked as announcer at Latonia Park. Besides Churchill, he also has set the morning line odds at many other tracks. He left his position as analyst for simulcast racing in 2008. Battaglia has been a member of the NBC Sports broadcast team for the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes since the network gained broadcast rights in 2001. He also worked the Belmont Stakes for NBC from 2001 through 2005, the Breeders' Cup from 1993 through 2005, and various other races televised by NBC from 1993 onward. Mike has been publishing his selections for years, and is considered one of the best handicappers in the game. View Guest page
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Dr. Tom Beckman
Dr. Tom Beckman D.V.M. a graduate of Auburn University has been practicing veterinary medicine for 45 years. He specializes in the treatment of Thoroughbred horses and other large animals. Dr. Beckman is the "On-Call" vet for large animals at the Cincinnati Zoo. View Guest page
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Jason Beem
Jason Beem just began his 7th season as the track announcer at Portland Meadows in Portland, Oregon. A Northwest native, Beem grew up attending the races at Longacres with his father Mark as a young child and dreamed of becoming a jockey when he got older. Unfortunately, he outgrew them by age 9, so he turned his attention to the other fascination he had at the track, the announcer. Beem has been a lifelong handicapper and took his first job in racing at Emerald Downs in 2004 working as a turf writer and media assistant. He was hired in 2006 to be the announcer at River Downs Race Track in Cincinnati. Halfway through his first season at River, he was offered the announcing position at Portland Meadows. The two tracks ran opposite seasons so for two years Beem drove across the country twice a year. In 2008 he accepted a year round position at Portland Meadows doing media and guest services work. Beem is also working on a Masters Degree in Mental Health Counseling and Addictions at Lewis and Clark College in Portland. He has hosted a weekly horse racing show in Portland called "The Winning Ticket" as well as filled in on the weekday sports talk shows on 750am the game sports radio. View Guest page
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Remi Bellocq
Since October 2011 Remi Bellocq has served as the Executive Director of Equine Programming for Bluegrass Community and Technical College which, since 2006, remains North America’s most successful accredited vocational racing school and home of the North American Racing Academy (NARA). NARA is quickly becoming a key workforce provider offering certificate and degree programs for those seeking careers as either riders and/or horsemen in the horse racing and breeding industries. To date, NARA Jockey Pathway students have won over 1,800 races and nearly $29 million in purse earnings. Likewise, Horseman Pathway students regularly find employment as grooms and assistant trainers with top U.S. trainers such as Todd Pletcher and Ken McPeek. Prior to his current position, Remi was Executive Director and CEO of the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association. And before moving to Lexington in 2001, Remi spent 18 years working in various management positions at race tracks across the country – most notably Santa Anita Park. A native New Yorker, Remi is a 1984 graduate from the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program and currently lives with his wife Bridget and son Alex in Lexington where he also dabbles as a cartoonist – a pastime he inherited from his father, the noted Daily Racing Form cartoonist Pierre “PEB” Bellocq. View Guest page
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Michael Beychok
Michael Beychok As a part of the Eclipse Awards festivities, and to salute horse players throughout North America, the Eclipses honored Michael Beychok, who won the $1 million first-place prize and title of 2012 Daily Racing Form/National Thoroughbred Racing Association Handicapper of the Year last January at Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The National Handicapping Championship is the pinnacle of all tournaments for horse players and is the culmination of a yearlong series of NTRA-sanctioned local tournaments conducted by racetracks, casino race books, offtrack betting facilities, and horse racing and handicapping websites. The NHC has enjoyed tremendous popularity over the past decade. The first NHC in 2000 had a total purse of $212,000. The total purse of this year's NHC 14 will be $1,750,000. Michael Beychok is a 49-year-old political consultant from Baton Rouge, La., and longtime friend of popular political commentator James Carville. He won last year’s NHC in the most dramatic finish in the history of the event. His final score of $238.60 edged Dave Flanzbaum of Rolling Meadows, Ill., who finished with $237.60. Beychok never led the 480-person competition until the contest was over, scoring with Golden Gate Fields winner Glorious Dancer ($8.20 to win, $3.80 to place) in the event’s final race to slip past Flanzbaum by only $1. Glorious Dancer won that Golden Gate race for Beychok by just a nose. In March, Beychok claimed Glorious Dancer for $6,250 from a race at Golden Gate and later had her shipped to Louisiana, so he could ensure that the filly that changed his life would always have a good home. View Guest page
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Dede Biles
Dede Biles is the bloodstock sales editor for The Blood-Horse. She has worked for The Blood-Horse for nearly 30 years. She is a native of North Carolina and she graduated from UNC - Chapel Hill with a degree in journalism and recreation administration. Dede worked for newspapers in North Carolina and South Carolina writing sports before coming to The Blood-Horse. In her last job before coming to The Blood-Horse, she was the sports editor of the Aiken Standard and it was while she was there started writing some about Thoroughbred racing covering the Aiken Training Track, a well-known Thoroughbred training center. Dede covers the current September Sales at Keeneland and has been a great predictor of many of the top sales-toppers. You can find them on the Blood-Horse website. September Stars: These Select Horses Could Shine. View Guest page
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Michael Blowen
Old Friends' founder and President Michael Blowen discovered his unique bond with Thoroughbreds while working as a volunteer groom at Suffolk Downs during the 1990s, eventually buying and racing a small stable of claiming-level horses before leaving his position as Arts & Entertainment reporter and film critic for The Boston Globe to become operations director for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. > That move to Kentucky gave Michael an even greater appreciation for plight of older, displaced Thoroughbreds and led him to the idea of creating a permanent retirement home in the Bluegrass for horses who need a place to go when their working days are over. View Guest page
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Donna Barton Brothers
Donna Barton Brothers, born April 20, 1966 in Alamogordo, New Mexico, now serves as an horse-back riding reporter and analyst for NBC Sports' Triple Crown coverage and a reporter and analyst for TVG Network, at Churchill Downs and the Fair Grounds. She also exercises horses at Churchill Downs. She is one of the most decorated female jockeys of her time, retired in 1998 with more than 1,100 career wins and still ranks third on the money list. Brothers hails from a family of riders, including her siblings, as well as her mother who was, in 1969, one of the first women to be licensed as a jockey. She resides in Louisville, Kentucky. Brothers began her professional riding career in 1987. She was one of D. Wayne Lukas' first call jockeys in the 1990s and rode numerous stakes winners, at the time making her the second leading female jockey money earner of all time. Barton retired in 1998, married trainer Frank Brothers, and then became involved in television broadcasting. She started as an interviewer at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, then as an on-air racing analyst for Churchill Downs. She started in 2001 covering NBC Breeders' Cup as their only reporter on horseback. She attended college from 2002-2005. Presently she covers Keeneland's Spring and Fall meets for TVG. In 2011 she released the book, "Inside Track: Inside Guide to Horse Racing". View Guest page
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Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960 in Covington, Kentucky) is an American jockey. The son of a trainer and a farrier, he grew up in Walton, Kentucky around horses, which (along with his small size) made race-riding a logical career choice. He rode his first race on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs; he finished last, riding King of Swat. He rode his first winner (Red Pipe) less than a week later. His rise to prominence was meteoric; he was the nation's leader in race wins in 1977 with 487. In only his second year of riding, he became the first jockey to win $6 million in a single season. He won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey and the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in the United States and was selected as Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, as well as being named as ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year. In 1978 he became the youngest jockey to ever win the U. S. Triple Crown, riding Affirmed. He was voted the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1984 that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing. However, as he left his teens and matured, he had increasing problems making weight. In 1979 he moved to England, where jockeys normally compete at higher weights, and became a highly successful rider there. He married his wife Amy, also a Kentucky native, in 1992 and they have three daughters. View Guest page
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Greg Charkoudian
Greg Charkoudian is Multimedia Projects Manager for Thoroughbred Times. A native of Springfield, Massachusetts and graduate of SUNY Morrisville's Equine Racing Management program, he worked as an assistant trainer in both Standardbred and Thoroughbred racing prior to joining Thoroughbred Times in 2000 as an advertising copywriter. Greg's interest in audio/visual production stemmed from a working relationship with renowned equine photographer Tony Leonard, which eventually landed him in his current position. Along with Thoroughbred Times Managing Editor Tom Law, Charkoudian won the 2011 Eclipse Award in the multimedia/Internet category for Thoroughbred Times' "On the Scene" coverage of the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs. View Guest page
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Indian Charlie
There are no sacred cows in the sport of thoroughbred racing when it comes to the pen of the legendary “Indian Charlie.” He has been publishing his humorous and sometimes scathing newsletter since 1994. He works the backstretch, sales rings and press boxes for any and all inside information on the movers and shakers of the sport – and everybody is fair game. As he states on the masthead of his publication –“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story!” View Guest page
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James R. Chiapetta
James R. Chiapetta, D.V.M., J.D., serves as Senior Patent Counsel for Boston Scientific Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for managing a three quarter billion dollar patent portfolio including management of patent prosecution and litigation in the U.S. and internationally. He also conducts clearance investigations for new products and processes as well as due diligence investigations of technology acquisition targets. Prior to this engagement, Dr. Chiapetta was an Intellectual Property Attorney at Merchant & Gould, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, USA for seven years. He serves on the board of directors for Andx Inc., WinEase LLC, and Integrative Genomics LLC. He has served on the External Advisory Board for the Food Animal Biotechnology Center and the Equine Program Audit Improvement Board, both at the University of Minnesota. Prior to his legal career, Dr. Chiapetta practiced equine medicine for eight years. He holds numerous accreditations through the US Patent and Trademark Office, the US District Court, and the Supreme Court of Minnesota. He holds a J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law; and D.V.M. and B.V.M. from the University of Minnesota. View Guest page
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Sean Clancy
Sean Clancy is a critically acclaimed writer and former champion jockey who's had a lifelong association with horses. Sean's father, Joe Clancy Sr., trained flat and steeplechase horses and instilled in sons Sean and Joe Jr. a love of racing. Sean had quite a career as a jockey, riding steeplechase races professionally for 13 years, winning a total of 152 races and a national championship in 1998. He was the 10th highest winner of all time upon his retirement in 2000. Clancy is the author of Saratoga Days and co-author of The Best of the Saratoga Special. He has also written for the Daily Racing Form, The Blood-Horse, Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred and Newsweek among others. Clancy is editor/publisher of ST Publishing, based in Fair Hill, Maryland. ST Publishing produces The Saratoga Special, Steeplechase/Eventing Times, The Special at Keeneland, Thoroughbred Racing Calendar, and other projects. View Guest page
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Patricia "P.J." Cooksey
Patricia "P.J." Cooksey is a trailblazer for women in the sport of racing. The Ohio native started in the leaky-roof circuit of West Virginia and made her way to the Kentucky Derby and became the first woman to ride in the Preakness Stakes. A leading rider at several tracks in the Midwest, Pat Cooksey reigned as the top female rider in North America before Julie Krone assumed that mantle. View Guest page
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Ben Creed
Ben is a red-hot bug rider at Turfway Park. He is a graduate of the North American Racing Academy in Lexington, Kentucky for Chris McCarron. Mr. Creed won his first race at Indiana Downs this summer, and even though he is an apprentice, he won the Turfway Park fall riding championship. View Guest page
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Steven Crist
Steven Crist, who has more than 30 years of experience as a racing journalist, was a New York Times reporter and columnist from 1981 through 1990; founding editor-in-chief in 1991 of The Racing Times, which introduced statistical innovations that have since become industry standards; and a vice president of the New York Racing Association from 1995 to 1997. In 1998, he formed an investment group that purchased Daily Racing Form, where he was CEO until 2002 and continues to serve as its Editor & Publisher Emeritus, and a columnist and blogger. He is also a longtime member of the Hall of Fame Nominating Committee and the Eclipse Awards Steering Committee. Crist is the author of the books “Offtrack,” “The Horse Traders,” “Betting on Myself,” and “Exotic Betting.” View Guest page
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Steve Davidowitz
Steve Davidowitz, a veteran reporter, columnist and handicapper who has worked at racetracks from coast to coast, is a passionate lover of the racing game – and an equally passionate critic of its shortcomings. Davidowitz takes aim at its rascals and reprobates and at an industry that too often fails to address and resolve its most troubling issues. He is the author of "Bettin Thoroughbreds" and "The Best and Worst of Thoroughbred Racing". View Guest page
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Ed DeRosa
Ed DeRosa grew up going to the track with his grandfather, who pretty much taught him to read (words and past performances) by letting him flip through the Daily Racing Form when he was done with it. He got into journalism in college, working for the school paper and eventually the small-town daily near his school. He recalls "I loved the rush of telling a story" and hoped that one day he would be able to combine his profession and hobby. Thoroughbred Times expanded its editorial department with the addition of Thoroughbred Times TODAY in spring 2002, and that's when DeRosa joined the paper. Ed DeRosa is Director of Marketing for Bloodstock Research Information Services (BRIS) and a lifelong Thoroughbred racing enthusiast and astute handicapper. Ed joined Churchill Downs Inc. following nine years as a writer and editor with Thoroughbred Times. View Guest page
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Ramon Dominguez
Ramon began riding horses at age 16 in Venezuela, despite the strong disapproval of his father, who wanted him to become a doctor. At his father’s suggestion, he started to learn show jumping instead, but after about a year he slipped away to a nearby training center, where he began getting on racehorses. After about a week, his father found out and ended up “being very supportive.” Dominguez, however, had to promise to finish high school. He came to the United States from his native Venezuela in 1995, and began riding in 1996 at Hialeah Park. First win was aboard Solo Moondance in March of that year. More recently he won the 2009 Spring/Summer Belmont Park riding title with 98 wins, 27 more than Rajiv Maragh, also led the Saratoga standings with 45 wins, and was also the leading earner with $2,734,486. On October 2, he became only the fifth jockey in history to win 300 races in one year at New York's Aqueduct, Belmont Park and Saratoga. The other riders to accomplish the feat were Angel Cordero Jr., Steve Cauthen, Mike Smith and Eibar Coa. Mr. Dominguez met his wife Sharon at Delaware Park, where she galloped horses in the mornings and ponied in the afternoons. They married the day after the 2001 Belmont Stakes, but delayed their honeymoon until January of 2002 because of the opportunity to win the national riding title. Although leading rider at Delaware Park for 2004-2007, Ramon finally switched his tack permanently to New York in 2009. View Guest page
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Tom Drury
Tom Drury has been a licensed trainer for the last 22 years. He has 55 stalls at Skylight Training Center, where he usually keeps between 45 and 55 horses, along with an additional 8 horses stabled at River Downs. He was a board member for 3 years and still serves as an active adviser to Second Stride Racehorse Adoption Program. Drury covers a variety of services at the training center such as breaking, and starting young horses. He supervises horses coming out of surgery rehab as well as laying up older horses needing a break from the racetrack environment. His clients include trainers such as Bill Mott, Neil Howard, Al Stall, Steve Asmussen, Mike Maker and Doug Cowans, as well as owners such as Claiborne Farm, and Longfield Farm. The Drury Stable was involved in the early conditioning of G1 winners Hansen and Madcap Escapade and numerous other graded stakes winners including G3 winners Delta Princess (dam of Royal Delta), Drilling For Oil, and Golden Sonata. View Guest page
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Bob Ehalt
Bob Ehalt has been an avid fan of Thoroughbred racing since that day in June of 1971 when he and his father walked from their Queens Village, N.Y., home to Belmont Park to see Canonero II fall short in his bid for the Triple Crown. A veteran sports writer and correspondent for Thoroughbred Times magazine, Bob has covered horse racing for more than 20 years and has won three awards in the Associated Press Sports Editors national writing contest for his coverage of the sport. Now working at the New Haven Register in Connecticut, Bob has also owned Thoroughbreds since 1995 and was a member of the syndicate that raced Tale of the Cat. He also writes a racing blog for ESPNNewYork.com. View Guest page
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Richard Eng
Richard Eng covers the Horse Racing industry. "Handicapping for Dummies" is one of the many handicapping books he wrote. He also is a writer for Las Vegas Review Journal and the Daily Racing Form. View Guest page
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- "Winning Ponies" Presents Marketing and Communications Director Jen Roytz and Writer/Handicapper Rich Eng
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Back Michael Blowen and Richard Eng
- Derby/Oaks Edition: : "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Back Jennie Rees, Rich Eng and Ed Meyer
- Winning Ponies welcomes Margo Flynn and Rich Eng
- Winning Ponies welcomes Michael Blowen and Richard Eng
Jude Feld
Jude Feld has loved Thoroughbred racing since his youth. He began his horseracing career in 1978, making charts for the Daily Racing Form at Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky under the tutelage of legendary trackman Jack Valentine. After a stint as assistant trainer to Doug Udouj in the Bluegrass State and to Julio Canani in California, Jude took out his own trainer’s license in 1980. Retiring from training in 2000, Jude became a racing publicist, public handicapper and bloodstock consultant. In 2003, he was honored with an Eclipse Award, alongside G.D. Hieronymus, for their collaboration “If it was easy…everyone would do it”, which he wrote and G.D. produced for Keeneland. He won another Eclipse Award as part of the Horse Racing Radio Network broadcasting team for their coverage of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic. View Guest page
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Bill Finley
Bill Finley is a veteran freelance writer for the New York Metropoltian newspapers and radio host. He won the 2010 Media Eclipse Award and writes for ESPN.Com Finley is known for his articulate opinions on the sport of racing. View Guest page
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Margo Flynn
Margo Flynn is currently the Vice President of Marketing at Tampa Bay Downs. She joined their staff in December of 1995, as the Director of Public Relations and spokesperson for the track. She was then promoted to Vice President in 2001, where her duties covered the spectrum from advertising and marketing to day-to-day operations of the track. Prior she held a similar position at Rockingham Park, NH, for several years where her duties included handicapping, media, horseman and customer relations, marketing, sponsorships & special events, promotions, seminars, and also production and on-camera television work for the racetrack. Margo has been involved with the thoroughbred and harness industry her entire life, first as an assistant for her father for a number of years, and then as a trainer on the New York and New England racing circuits between 1983 and 1993. She currently is a part owner of several thoroughbreds racing in Florida and Monmouth Park. View Guest page
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Anna Ford
Anna Ford from New Vocations will be our first guest. She is the program Director in charge of the Thoroughbreds & Adoption Office. This program starting this week, will produce the simulcast television feed for Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race which will run informational slates that feature retired racehorses available for adoption. The slates will include a photo of the horse, biographical info, what they will be most suitable for in retirement (ie. trail riding, show jumping, etc…) and contact information for the farm where the horse is located. All of the featured horses will be from recognized racehorse adoption and aftercare organizations, such as the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program and CANTER. “It is very important to utilize as many promotional avenues as we can to help provide good homes for our retired racehorses,” said Dan Silver, director of racing operations at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course. The informational television slates are a joint venture between Penn National Race Course and the Pennsylvania HBPA. “Our simulcast feed reaches thousands of viewers around the country and is a natural platform for informing people about horses available for adoption. We will continue to work with the Pennsylvania HBPA to find new and unique ways to raise awareness for thoroughbred adoption and aftercare.” View Guest page
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Bob Fortus
Bob Fortus has been the Turf Writer for The Times-Picayune for over two decades. His writing talents are not limited to the Crescent City. He covers the national racing scene and in 2009 he was presented with the Old Hilltop Award for covering racing with excellence and distinction. The following season he won the 2010 New York Racing Association's Joe Hirsch Memorial writing contest recognizing the best print coverage of the Belmont Stakes. View Guest page
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Brad Free
Brad Free is based in Southern California covering Santa Anita, Del Mar, Fairplex, and Hollywood Park. He joined Daily Racing Form in 1992 and is the author of "Handicapping 101: Finding the Right Horses and Making the Right Bets." Brad provides a daily analysis of the races. Each day during the meet, Brad Free offers his insight and analysis of the entire card. View Guest page
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Jim Gluckson
Senior Communications Consultant at Breeders' Cup Ltd., he currently is the owner at Jim Gluckson Communications. In the past he was a Senior Director of Communications at Sports Marketing & Television International (SMTI), and Public Relations Manager at Pepsi-Cola Company. Education: Skidmore College, Miami University. View Guest page
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Jim Goodman
Previously Publicity Director at River Downs and currently Assistant to Simulcasting Director Jim Goodman at Keeneland and in charge of their new ADW wagering system "Keeneland Select", Mr. Ed Meyer was the host for this show for about a bit over 2 years and contributed greatly to its success. View Guest page
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Jeff Greenhill
In an age where many horses are retiring at 3, Jeff has the unique ability to keep horses sound. El Bomba ran until he was 13 and won in his 100th start, while T.K.'s Turn won 6 in a row as a 10-year-old. He has had two stakes winners in the past three weeks and has a multiple track-record setter in his stable. Greenhill is big on putting together partnerships and taking advantage of state-bred programs. A graduate of Auburn University he was a Chemical Engineer, who retired at 38 to pursue his dream of training race horses. He started as a hotwalker for D. Wayne Lukas. You can learn more about him at JeffGreenhill.com. View Guest page
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David Grening
David Grening is the most recent winner of the Walter Haight Award presented by the National Turf Writers and Breeders. This award is about the most meaningful award a racing writer can earn during his career because it signifies the admiration of his colleagues. Previous winners include Andrew Beyer, Steven Crist, Jay Hovdey, Bill Nack and the legendary Joe Hirsch. Grening joined on with the Daily Racing Form in 1998 and is considered one of their top writers and handicappers covering the New York racing scene and he is an integral part of the paper’s Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup coverage. View Guest page
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Marty Grunder
Horse owner Marty Grunder discovered his entrepreneurial spirit as a young man with a lawn mower and grew that passion into a multi-million-dollar company. Along that journey, his success story was amplified by The New York Times and acknowledged with numerous honors, including three “Entrepreneur of the Year” awards by various institutions. He continues to serve as CEO of Grunder Landscaping Co. in Dayton, Ohio, employing and leading more than 40 individuals, but Marty’s true passion lies in working with other CEOs, organizational leaders, and business owners to help them drive results. Marty began owning thoroughbreds in the early nineties and raced primarily in Ohio. He lives in Dayton, Ohio, with his wife Lisa, three daughters Emily, Kathleen and Lillian, and son Grant and is active as a volunteer in his community. View Guest page
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Kendall Hanson
Dr. Hanson is the breeder and majority owner in Eclipse Award winner Hansen. He is a graduate of Indiana University and its School of Medicine, paying for most of his first year of medical school with money he made betting horses, a pursuit he learned from a co-worker while working at a Ford plant in Indianapolis. Dr. Hanson moved to Kentucky in 1988 because of his love of thoroughbreds and is head of Interventional Pain Specialists in Crestview Hills. He has owned racehorses for about 30 years. View Guest page
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Steve Haskin
Steve Haskin (born 1947 in New York) is an award-winning American horse racing journalist and author. A former Wall Street employee, Haskin was entranced by the "Sport of Kings". He gained recognition for his annual coverage of the Kentucky Derby, and worked as a national correspondent for the Daily racing form before joining The Blood-Horse thoroughbred magazine, as a senior editor. Steve Haskin is the author of several books on Thoroughbred horse racing and its personalities to name a few: "Baffert: Dirt Road to the Derby" (1999), "Dr. Fager" (2000), "John Henry" (2001), "Horse Racing's Holy Grail: The Epic Quest For The Kentucky Derby" (2002), and "Kelso" (2003). View Guest page
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John Hennegan
Before Hennegan Brothers took flight, John worked in various creative environments in television, radio, print and film, with a special focus on writing and physical production. The Hennegan Brothers wrote, produced, filmed and edited "First Saturday In May", one of the greatest racing documentaries ever created. It chronicles the journey of a diverse cast of six hard-working trainers as they jockey for position along the 2006 Kentucky Derby trail. In addition to providing and inside look at the amazing people who dedicate their lives to the sport of horse racing, the film features never-before-seen footage of a young Barbaro – the horse who captured the fascination of the world. After attending the University of Virginia, John now calls Brooklyn, NY home with his wife and two children. In between trips to the racetrack, they foolishly root for the Mets, Giants and Rangers. View Guest page
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Mark Hennig
Mr. Hennig got his start in horse racing while working for his father, trainer John Hennig. While attending Grove City High School, he worked before and after school helping at the barn. He graduated from high school in 1982, and studied veterinary medicine at The Ohio State University. During the summers he returned to horse racing, and went to Saratoga with trainer Neil Howard in 1984. He then went to work for Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg in Southern California in May 1987 at age 22. Hired by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas in September 1987, he became his assistant in New York for two years, and was thereafter entrusted with his own division at Churchill Downs, Keeneland, Gulfstream Park and various other racetracks. In 1995 he moved his stable to New York, and began training horses for Edward Evans, but have since split. View Guest page
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Brian “B.J.” Hernandez
Brian “B.J.” Hernandez has always been considered a quality rider since he vied for the Eclipse Award as leading apprentice in 2004. One of the many graduates of the Louisiana School of Hard Knocks, Hernandez is well respected on the Kentucky riding circuit and has worked for many of the top trainers. A smart thinking, hard-working, quality jockey who has “flied under the radar,” he was the early pilot of Horse of the Year Rachael Alexandra and most recently won the Grade 1 Whitney Stakes aboard Fort Larned, a potential Handicap Horse of the year. View Guest page
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Marcus Hersh
Daily Racing Form columnist Marcus Hersh will be our guest handicapper. He concentrates his efforts on the Fair Grounds and Chicago racing scene. Hersh has worked for the Daily Racing Form for over a decade and is the co-international correspondent and a Daily Racing Form features writer. View Guest page
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Jay Hovdey
Jay Hovdey has been executive columnist for Daily Racing Form since 1998. Previously, he covered horse racing for The Blood-Horse and the Thoroughbred Record, and his work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Reader's Digest. He will talk about the racing game in general, will tell us why the HBO racing show "Luck" got cancelled and will give us some insight into the upcoming Pacific Classic. In the second segment Tom LaMarra, news editor from the Blood-Horse and a guest many times on this show will join our host in handicapping some of the most important stakes races to be run this week-end, most notably Saratoga's Mid-Summer Derby the $1million Grade 1 Travers Stakes and Del Mar's $1million Grade 1 Pacific Classic Stakes. View Guest page
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Dan Illman
Dan Illman is the DRF.com Handicapping Editor and host of the Daily Racing Form News Desk. He joined Daily Racing Form in 1998 and was promoted to handicapper two years later. Illman's “Spa Babies” and “Keeneland Babies” columns are also featured on DRF.com during the Saratoga and Keeneland meets. Prior to DRF, Illman worked as racing writer, analyst, and handicapper for Sports Eye Inc. In 2005, Illman authored the book Betting Maidens and Two-Year-Olds, and he released the DVD Trip Handicapping in 2008, both for DRF Press. He also co-hosted the weekly New York City-OTB TV show “Out of the Gate” from 2007-2010. Illman lives in Brooklyn, New York. View Guest page
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Les Instone
Les Instone has been involved in the Thoroughbred industry since 1984 as a handicapper and horse owner. Originally from Chicago, Les attended Georgetown College falling in love with the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky. Currently, Les is VIP Customer Service Manager with Twinspires.com online wagering service, a division of Churchill Downs based in Lexington. He previously held positions with Bloodstock Research Information Services and BrisBET which are now owned by CDI. He also worked for two years at Mare Haven Farm in Lexington. Les has conducted handicapping seminars since 1984 including handicapping seminars at Keeneland during the live meet on Saturday mornings in the Paddock (saddling area) for 13 years, as well as for other tour groups attending Keeneland or other racing events such as the Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup. He is also an occasional guest on sportstalk radio shows, "That Handicapping Show" on bloodhorse.com, and was the substitute announcer for "Post Time Race Results" radio show on WLXG 1300 AM for 15 years. View Guest page
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Allen Jerkens
Nicknamed “Giant Killer” (which he does not like) for the many upsets of champion horses Mr. Jerkens has orchestrated, and “Chief” for his remarkable horsemanship and knowledge. His given name is Harry. Mr. Jerkens has been involved with horses his entire life. His father, Joseph, was a captain in the Austrian cavalry before emigrating to the United States. Mr. Jerkens was going to the barn with his father, who took care of H.T. Peters' polo ponies, hunters and jumpers, when he was a pre-schooler. Later his father bought a riding academy and would always fool around with an old racehorse. Mr. Jerkens wanted to be a jockey but grew too big. During the summer of 1945, at the age of 16, he galloped horses for trainer Steve Lawler at the old Aqueduct Racetrack. The following year, Mr. Jerkens tried steeplechase riding on horses his family owned. He did not return to school after he turned 16. He and his father went into business together at Aqueduct. The Jerkenses started with five horses, some of which they acquired in a sheriff’s sale. Mr. Jerkens got his license in 1950 at the age of 21. An owner named Larry Gottlieb offered him some horses to train. Joseph Jerkens died in 1951. His first winner was Populace at Aqueduct on July 4, 1950. In 1975 at the age of 45, Mr. Jerkens became the youngest trainer elected to the Hall of Fame of the National Museum of Racing. View Guest page
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Corey Johnsen
Corey Johnsen is the President of Kentucky Downs, the European-style race course located in Franklin, Kentucky, and the Vice President and Partner in Richland Hills, Inc. Since graduating from Arizona State University, 30 years ago, Johnsen has been involved in the horse racing industry. Prior to investing in the Kentucky horse racing and breeding industries, Johnsen was the President of Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, which hosted the 2004 Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. Mr. Johnsen has received numerous national honors. From 2005-2007, he was the President of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations, an organization which represents 43 of the most successful Thoroughbred tracks in North America. He has worked at Lone Star Park, Remington Park, Arlington Park, Louisiana Downs and Turf Paradise during his career. View Guest page
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Billy Johnson
Since late 2000, Billy Johnson became the jockey agent for Deshawn Parker. They have made a great team ever since with Deshawn becoming the Leading Rider in the North America wins for 2010 & 2011. They are currently in the top 5 in wins for the 5th straight year, an impressive accomplishment. Billy started going to the racetrack with his father when he was 5 years old. When he was 15, he followed in his brother’s footsteps working in various positions until he became his assistant trainer. He worked as a racing official at Beulah Park where he held several job titles including entry clerk, clocker, placing judge and identifier. He left Beulah in the early 1990’s going to Mountaineer Park getting his start as a jockey agent for Maureen Andrews (currently a state steward at Mountaineer Park). View Guest page
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Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson's first experience with horse racing was a visit to Arlington Park in 1971. His love affair with the sport, however, began after watching Secretariat win the Triple Crown in 1973. For nine years, Dan worked as a reporter for a suburban Chicago newspaper and was a correspondent and photographer for Blood-Horse Magazine and the Thoroughbred Times. For the past 22 years, Dan has covered horse racing at Prairie Meadows for the Des Moines Register. He was inducted into the Prairie Meadows Hall of Fame in 2006 for his award-winning journalism. View Guest page
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Dave Johnson
Dave Johnson has been a working member of the Thoroughbred and Standardbred horseracing industry for more than forty years. Starting at Cahokia Downs and Fairmount Park in Southern Illinois in 1965, Johnson has been Track Announcer, Journalist, Television and Radio Producer and Broadcaster. For a quarter century, Dave was the "Voice of The Triple Crown" for ABC Sports. When those races moved to NBC television, Dave moved to radio. He has been a member of the broadcasting teams for Premiere Radio, Westwood One and Clear Channel, calling The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for national radio audiences for more than 10 years. Over the years, Johnson has served as Track Announcer for Hialeah, Cahokia Downs, Fairmount Park, Aqueduct, Belmont Park, Saratoga, Marlboro and Santa Anita. Dave is a 1966 American History graduate of Southern Illinois University, and now lives in New York City. View Guest page
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Gary Johnson
Professional Handicapper Gary Johnson has seen the sport of racing from many sides. An accomplished trainer, he won 26 meets at Thistledown and one at Mountaineer Park. In 2001 he finished 7th nationally in number of wins with 205 victories, in 2000 he was ranked 13th and in 2002 18th. Gary has also worked as a jockey agent, chart caller for Equibase and is the current track handicapper for Beulah Park. A consummate handicapping contest competitor, over the past several years Gary has consistently qualified for the National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas. View Guest page
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Jeff Johnston
Johnston wrapped up at age 41 his 20-year career as a jockey based in Kentucky and Ohio, to become the Midwest Regional Manager for the Jockeys Guild. He covers most states in the Midwest, New York and New Jersey. He began riding at the age of 12 at the bush tracks in Iowa. When he did turn 16, he won his first race in Hastings, Nebraska at Queen City Downs. Johnston, an Iowa native, has a B.S. Degree in Business and Equine Administration from the University of Louisville, and now lives in Northern Kentucky with his wife, Jo Lynn, the former marketing director at River Downs and their children. Johnston has won more than 1,500 races in his career and more than 20 stakes at River Downs, where he has won several riding titles. View Guest page
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Dan Kenny
Dan was born in Johnstown, PA. He graduated with a BA from Loyola University in New Orleans. In 1972, Dan jumped from journalism to the bloodstock arena of the Thoroughbred world. In addition to being a bloodstock agent, Dan is an auction sales announcer, appraiser, consultant, breeder, handicapper, and has 23 years experience as a television commentator with NBC, ESPN and CBC. He also produced a documentary about racing and breeding in Russia, entitled "Sport of Kings in the Land of the Czars." Dan currently resides in Lexington, and is owner of Sunny Blossom Farm. View Guest page
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Byron King
Byron King, a native of Louisville, Ky., is the Kentucky handicapper and columnist for Daily Racing Form. A graduate of the University of Arizona Racetrack Industry Program, he initially worked as the paddock host and morning-line odds maker for Sam Houston Race Park before joining DRF in 1995. Since that time, he has covered racing from across the country for the Form, with his primary focus now being on the Kentucky circuit, and Churchill Downs in particular. In addition to his handicapping and reporting duties for the Form, he is a horse owner and breeder, and has helped identify numerous eventual stakes winners for private purchase for clients. View Guest page
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- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes NARA Executive Director Remi Bellocq and DRF Columnist/Handicapper Byron King
- "Winning Ponies" Presents Jockey Shane Sellers and Writer/Handicapper Byron King
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Writer Dede Biles and Handicapper Byron King
- Winning Ponies welcomes Terry Meyocks and Byron King
Mark Klein
Mark Klein makes laughter his living and horses his hobby. A professional comedian for 30 years in venues ranging from cruise ships to comedy clubs, this veteran headliner now entertains at corporate events, country clubs, and dinner theaters. He is a partner in No Joke Stable, based at Churchill Downs, and handicaps the old fashioned way - sipping an Old Fashioned. Mark was a frequent guest handicapper on The Regular Guy television show. Mark lives in Louisville Kentucky. He is a husband, father, and official walker of the "dumbest dog in the world." View Guest page
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Willie Koester
Mr. Koester is currently Chair of the Association of Racing Commissioners International, and also a current member of the Ohio State Racing Commission, of which he was the former Chair. He has been involved as an owner/breeder of thoroughbreds for over 30 years, and studies bloodlines and breeding of thoroughbreds. He currently owns 3 mares, 2 2year-old and 1 yearling after selling one at Keeneland in January. He has traveled inspecting stallions throughout Europe, including Coolmore Ireland. Mr. Koester believes that all race day drugs should be eliminated in North American Racing, as they are hurting the breed. He is a firm believer that the sport someday must stand on it's own, without the benefit of casino money. Mr. Koester is a life long resident of the west side of Cincinnati. View Guest page
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Joe Kristufek
Joe Kristufek is a self-proclaimed "horse racing ambassador", currently serving as the racing writer for the Daily Herald newspaper in Chicago, where he has been the area's leading published handicapper for seven of the last 10 seasons. Joe who is a member of the National Turf Writers Association, is also Arlington Park's morning-line maker and program comments writer, and is involved in several horse-racing related educational projects within the Chicago horse racing industry. He also does guest television appearances with track analyst Jessica Pacecho over the Arlington airwaves. Together with Horse Player NOW partner Jeremy Plonk, Kristufek launched the highly successful "Night School" Monday on-line fan education program earlier this year. Currently housed on more than 30 industry websites, Night School tackles a fresh topic each week, and features high profile guest panelists. View Guest page
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Julieann Louise "Julie" Krone
Julieann Louise "Julie" Krone (born July 24, 1963, Benton Harbor, Michigan), is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair. In 2000 she became the first woman inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Julie Krone appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated for the issue of May 22, 1989. She is one of only eight jockeys so recognized (the others are Willie Shoemaker, Bill Hartack, Eddie Arcaro, Johnny Longden, John Sellers, Robyn Smith and Steve Cauthen). Krone also was the only woman to win riding championships at Belmont Park, Gulfstream Park, Monmouth Park, The Meadowlands and Atlantic City Race Course. Krone retired for the first time on April 18, 1999, when she embarked upon a broadcasting career in horse racing. From 1999–2000 she worked as an analyst for TVG Network, then worked as a paddock analyst for Hollywood Park from 1999–2002. She came out of retirement at Santa Anita Park in November 2002. After a good start to the 2003 season, she fractured two bones in her lower back and spent the next four months recovering. She returned to lead the 2003 Del Mar jockeys in purse earnings, then went on to become the first woman jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race when she rode Halfbridled to victory in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita. Her mother, Judi Krone, was an accomplished equestrian who died a few days before Christmas of 1999. Krone has an autobiography entitled "Riding for My Life", which also serves as the basis for the upcoming feature film on Julie's life, entitled "The Boys Club". View Guest page
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Tom LaMarra
Tom LaMarra, a native of New Jersey, has been a racing fan since the mid-1970s. He graduated from Rutgers University, got a job as a newspaper reporter, and eventually landed at Daily Racing Form. He and his wife, Karen, moved to Lexington, Ky. in 1994, and have been there since. Mr. LaMarra has been the News Editor of The Blood-Horse magazine for more than 10 years. He is an award winning writer and is featured on their website with his weekly video handicapping segment of the race of the week. View Guest page
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- "Winning Ponies" Presents Hall of Fame Trainer Jack Van Berg and Editor/Handicapper Tom LaMarra
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes BC Classic Winning Jockey Brian Hernandez and Handicapper Tom LaMarra
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Sports Writer Jay Hovdey and Handicapper Tom LaMarra
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Media Relations Jim Gluckson and Handicapper Tom LaMarra
- Winning Ponies" welcomes Frank Mitchell and Tom LaMarra
Tom Law
Tom Law is the Managing Editor of ST Publishing, Inc., the award-winning publishing company that produces The Saratoga Special and Steeplechase Times. He is expected to assist in marketing, sales, and editorial efforts at a satellite office in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. in early 2013. Law, a native of Saratoga Springs and current resident of Lexington, Ky., is currently the vice president of the National Turf Writers And Broadcasters, which he served as president of from 2006 to 2012. The former longtime managing editor for Thoroughbred Times, Law was recognized in 2011 with the Eclipse Award in the Multimedia/Internet category for coverage of the 2011 Breeders’ Cup. He is a two-time winner of the Bill Leggett Breeders’ Cup Writing Award and the winner of the Red Smith Kentucky Derby Writing Award. View Guest page
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- "Winning Ponies" Previews the 138th Preakness Stakes
- "Winning Ponies" Presents Former Jockey/TVG Analyst Chantal Sutherland and Writer/Handicapper Tom Law
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Back Writer/Editor Tom Law and Handicapper/Host Ed Meyer
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes DRF Chief Photographer Barbara Livingston and Thoroughbred Times Managing Editor Tom Law
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Media Relations Dan Silver and Handicapper Tom Law
Tom Leach
15 years as "Voice of the Wildcats" for University of Kentucky football and 11 seasons for men's basketball, Tom Leach has been honored by his peers as Kentucky Sportscaster of the Year four times. He was also two-time winner of the Eclipse Award for coverage of thoroughbred racing. In his free time he wrote "Rich Tradition", a book about Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks and his turnaround of the Wildcat football program. Tom is a native of Paris, KY and is married to former Lexington TV news anchor Robyn Rabbeth. They have two children: Connor, 19 and Caroline, 13. You can follow Tom's coverage of the Cats at " tomleachky.com " and follow him on twitter @tomleachky. View Guest page
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Dave Litfin
Dave Litfin is Daily Racing Form's handicapper for New York and the author of "Dave Litfin's Expert Handicapping," a comprehensive treatment of the pastime that is especially insightful regarding how speed figures should be related to other fundamentals of handicapping -- form, class, pace and trainers. Besides his daily analysis, Litfin writes weekly columns on the Big Apple racing scene that alerts all of us to track biases, track profiles and hot/cold trainers. He is good copy on just about any topic on handicapping and wagering. Before joining Daily Racing Form in 1990, Litfin wrote a handicapping column for the New York Daily News. He lives in Wilton, NY. View Guest page
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Barbara Livingston
Livingston was just ten when, in 1971, she first aimed a camera toward the Thoroughbred world. Two years later, she photographed greatness as Secretariat whisked past in a Saratoga workout. By the next year, when she watched Ruffian dominate the 1974 Spinaway, she had decided upon her goal: to record racing history. Livingston studied the work of the great equine photographers of yesteryear: Skeets Meadors, Bert Clark Thayer, Allen Brewer, C.C. Cook. She graduated from Syracuse University (1984) with a degree in Experimental Photography. Soon after graduation, Livingston's first Blood-Horse cover appeared. Livingston is the author of five books published by Eclipse Press in Lexington, Kentucky. FOUR SEASONS OF RACING (1998), OLD FRIENDS, VISITS WITH MY FAVORITE THOROUGHBREDS, (2002), BARBARA LIVINGSTON'S SARATOGA, (2005), MORE OLD FRIENDS (2007), and HORSES: IN LIVING COLOR (2009). The world-renowned Daily Racing Form writer, Joe Hirsch, said of Livingston, "Racing is a colorful enterprise that lends itself to photography. But few have the sensitivity and skill to capture mood and feeling with camera the way the great artists do in oil and bronze. Livingston does." View Guest page
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C.P. McBride
C.P.(Mac)McBride a member of the DMTC media staff at the seaside racecourse since 1981, has been in the racing industry since 1971, including stints with The Morning Telegraph and Daily Racing Form. A native of the New York/New Jersey area, he previously worked as a newspaper man, freelance writer and editor after graduating from Loyola University in New Orleans and serving a tour as an officer in the Marine Corps. He and his wife, Mary, have been married since 1974 and have lived in San Diego since 1977, where they raised two sons. View Guest page
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Chris McCarron
Winner of the Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice jockey in 1974 and the Eclipse Award as outstanding jockey in 1980, Chris McCarron led North America by races won three times and by money won four times. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1989. Not one to rest on his laurels, he founded the North American Racing Academy in Lexington, Kentucky. Chris is a wealth of knowledge of the sport on so many levels and his enthusiasm is infectious. He has won 6 Triple Crown races: - Kentucky Derby 1987 on ALYSHEBA, 1994 on GO FOR GIN, - Preakness 1987 on ALYSHEBA, 1992 on PINE BLUFF, - Belmont 1986 on DANZIG CONNECTION, 1997 on TOUCH GOLD. After 28 years in the saddle, he was color analyst for major races, including Triple Crown events and the Breeders’ Cup, on ABC, NBC, ESPN, HDNet and TVG. View Guest page
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Matt McCumber
Matt McCumber a long-time lover of horse racing who first got hooked on the sport traveling the county fair circuit as a kid with his grandfather’s standardbreds, became an avid fan and horseplayer during the early days of Cigar’s great streak in the mid-90’s. He has been part-owner in a few thoroughbred syndicates, a Thoroughbred Club of America member, a strong advocate for the sport on many levels and most importantly, a dedicated handicapper and horseplayer (although mostly weekends since the day job gets in the way). While the day job hinders his handicapping at times, it also includes lots of travel perks that allow him to frequent some of the premier races and race meets around the country (& a few in Australia). View Guest page
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John McDulin
Mr. McDulin currently writes for the Daily racing Form. He also creates the charts for Equibase. He has called races, set the morning line at various tracks, held the role of Stakes Coordinator at two tracks, and worked on radio as a professional handicapper. View Guest page
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Marty McGee
Mr. Marty McGee has been covering the Kentucky and Florida circuits for the Daily Racing Form since 1992. He has also been with Thoroughbred Racing Industry for the last 26 years. Marty McGee graduated from the University of Kentucky. View Guest page
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- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Back DRF Editorial Director Mark Simon, DRF Writer/Handicapper Marty McGee and Trainer Jeff Greenhill
- "Winning Ponies" Covers the 2012 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita
- Triple Crown Edition - "Winning Ponies" welcomes Multimedia Manager Greg Charkoudian and Writer/Handicapper Marty McGee
- Special Encore Presentation: Winning Ponies Covers the 2011 Breeders' Cup
- Winning Ponies Covers the 2011 Breeders' Cup
John McKee
McKee's father, David, had been a jockey in the late 1970s and early ’80s. ... John was inspired to become a jockey after seeing his father’s win pictures. He grew up in the Cincinnati area where he was always around horses, learned to ride at an early age, and was a star wrestler in high school … His parents tried to discourage his desire to become a jockey but at 17 he got his start with Thoroughbreds at Poplar Creek Farm near Bethel, Ohio, and learned to be an exercise rider. At his father’s suggestion, McKee became acquainted with legendary jockey’s agent Eddie Campbell, best know for launching the career of Racing Hall of Fame rider Steve Cauthen … Campbell served as his early mentor and first agent when McKee rode his first race on March 15, 2002 at Turfway Park. By the end of the River Downs meeting, he won 114 races to break Cauthen’s 1976 record for an apprentice at the track and led the jockey standings. He then took the fall riding title at Turfway Park in 2002. John was a finalist that year for an Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice, and became a journeyman rider on June 6, 2003. In 2004, he was leading rider at Oaklawn Park and at Churchill Downs' fall meeting. In 2007, he returned to Turfway to win the Holiday Meet title. John followed Pat Day’s career when he was a youngster and the two later became good friends. “He’s set a lot of examples for me,” McKee said several months prior to Day’s retirement in 2005. “I try to copy him and be the person and the jockey he is now. There’s so much to learn from somebody like him.” John McKee earned his 1,000th win March 30, 2008, at Turfway Park. View Guest page
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Kiaran McLaughlin
Mr. McLaughlin currently has a barn of just over 120 horses. He was introduced to racing through his friendship with trainer James Burchell's son, Greg. He worked for the Lukas operation until February of 1992 to become the agent for jockey Chris Antley until November of 1993 when he started training for Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum in Dubai. Early on he had worked for trainers James Burchell, John Hennig, Mark Casse, Dave Kassen and Tim Muckler before joining the D. Wayne Lukas stable at age 24. His large stable doesn’t leave Mr. McLaughlin with much time for hobbies, but he does manage to get some poker playing in now and then. McLaughlin nearly made it through Day 2 of the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. View Guest page
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Kenneth G. McPeek
Kenneth G. McPeek was born August 2, 1962 in Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and was raised in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Tates Creek High School and then the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. He obtained his trainer’s license in 1985. Kenny has won over 115 stakes in his career, with over 40 of them graded. In 2002, he won the Belmont Stakes with Sarava. He has won back-to-back Spinster Stakes' with Take Charge Lady in 2002 & 2003 and back-to-back Gulfstream Park Turf Handicaps with Hard Buck (BRZ) & Prince Arch in 2004 & 2005. Other Grade 1 victories include the Florida Derby, Ashland S., Blue Grass S. and most recently the Darley Alcibiades S. with Dream Empress for the third time in his career. Kenny is currently involved in creating a racing app through Horseracesnow and will be explaining the creation and the many uses of this innovative racing tool. View Guest page
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Ed Meyer
Mr. Meyer is no stranger to this show, as he was its host for over 2 1/2 years, beginning in December of 2008. He tackled this task while he was Publicity Director at River Downs. He had some memorable guests on this show, and was instrumental to its original success. He also wrote insightful blogs for Winning Ponies during that span which are greatly missed. Ed Meyer is currently the player services administrator for Keeneland Select, Keeneland's Advance Deposit Wagering (ADW) service. His job includes providing expert picks, and servicing the needs of its customers. View Guest page
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- "Winning Ponies" Presents DRF Handicapper Mike Watchmaker and WP Blogger Ed Meyer
- "Winning Ponies" Presents Blogger/Handicapper Ed Meyer and Writer/Pedigree Analyst Matt O'Neil
- "Winning Ponies" Presents Owner/Breeder Kimpton Williams and Blogger/Handicapper Ed Meyer
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Back Writer/Editor Tom Law and Handicapper/Host Ed Meyer
- "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Horse Trainer Jeff Greenhill and Show Host/Publicity Director Ed Meyer
- Derby/Oaks Edition: : "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Back Jennie Rees, Rich Eng and Ed Meyer
- Winning Ponies welcomes Dave Johnson and Ed Meyer
- Winning Ponies welcomes Claire Novak and Ed Meyer
Terry Meyocks
Mr. Meyocks is currently the National Manager of the Jockeys' Guild Inc. Prior to forming MORE (Meyocks and O'Hara Racing Entreprises, Inc.), he has worked within the thoroughbred industry since graduating from Loras College in 1972. In April of 2004 Meyocks was named special assistant to the commissioner of the National Racing Association (NTRA) and later served as Vice-President for the NTRA Racing & Industry Memberships. In December of 1996 he was named Chief Operating Officer of New York Racing Association and remained with NYRA until April of 2004. Prior to that Meyocks was hired in 1979 as Racing Secretary for Calder Race Course, then in 1991 was hired at Gufstream Park to become Director of Racing and he stayed at both tracks until 1993. Other tracks where he served in different capacities include Oakland Park, Arlington Park, Hawthorne, Churchill Downs, Hialeah Park, Delaware and Liberty Bell. View Guest page
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Katie Mikolay
Mikolay’s first exposure to racing came at a young age, attending Arlington Park with her family. In 2001 Mikolay secured an internship at Arlington, which she parlayed into another job as co-host of Horsin’ Around on Fox Sports Chicago. A graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago, she is the racing analyst at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots for the second year. A 32-year-old native of Elk Grove Village, Ill., Mikolay has performed similar duties at Hawthorne Race Course in Chicago and Presque Isle Downs in Erie, Pa, which she still works at during their summer meet for four seasons. In addition to hosting the daily Churchill Downs Simulcast Network production of live Fair Grounds racing, Mikolay co-hosts the pre-race Fair Grounds Today show. She also contributes to FairGroundsRaceCourse.com as both a handicapper and blogger. View Guest page
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Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell is author of "Racehorse Breeding Theories", as well as the book "Great Breeders and Their Methods: The Hancocks". In addition to writing the column "Sires and Dams" in the Daily Racing Form for nearly 15 years, he has contributed articles to Thoroughbred Daily News, Thoroughbred Times, Thoroughbred Record, International Thoroughbred, and other major publications. In addition, Frank is a private consultant to breeders on pedigrees, matings, and conformation. View Guest page
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Bill Mooney
Bill Mooney is the author of "The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing", which is an authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference. The book tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inceptions to the present day. It provides essential information on all the top jockeys and the leading owners and trainers and the famous horses. Every personality (human and equine), event and issue of importance in the history of both flat racing and steeplechasing will be referred to somewhere in the book. In addition, the off-track world of racing will be explored through the chapters dealing with gambling, scandals and disasters, social and cultural aspects, media coverage and the business of the racing. Bill Mooney won his second Eclipse Award for magazine writing in 2007. He served as associate editor of the old Thoroughbred Record and The Thoroughbred Times, and contributed to a number of horse racing programs on ESPN. View Guest page
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Paul Moran
For 30 years, more than 22 at Newsday, in New York, Paul Moran has covered thoroughbred racing on its highest level. During that time, he has covered 30 Triple Crown series, every running of the Breeders' Cup Championships, 23 race meetings at Saratoga, won two Eclipse Awards, a Red Smith Award for coverage of the Kentucky Derby and other writing awards from the National Society of Newspaper Editors, Long Island Press Club, Society of Silurians (the oldest press club in New York), Long Island Veterinary Medical Association, Florida Magazine Publishers Association. In 2002, he was named New York's best thoroughbred handicapper by the New York Press in its annual "Best of Manhattan" edition. His work has appeared in virtually every racing publication published in the United States and most major American newspapers. He is a licensed owner of thoroughbreds in New York. View Guest page
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William Nader
William Nader joined he Hong Kong Jockey Club as Executive Director of Racing in April 2007. He is responsible for all aspects of the racing product with specific oversight of Race Planning and Handicapping, International Racing, Operations, Stipendiary Stewards, Equestrian Affairs, Racing Registry, Veterinary Services, Racing Laboratory, Simulcasting and Sponsorship. Mr. Nader is Asia’s representative (Vice Chairman) on the International Racing and Planning Advisory Committee also serves as Chairman of the Asian Racing Federation’s Asian Pattern Committee. Prior to his current position, he worked for The New York Racing Association from 1994 - 2007, holding the title of Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer before joining the Hong Kong Jockey Club. View Guest page
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Rosie Napravnik
Anna Rose "Rosie" Napravnik was born February 9, 1988 in Morristown, New Jersey. The daughter of a farrier and a show horse trainer, she has been around horses all of her life. In 2005 she took out her jockey license and since then has been among or at the top of riders in Maryland racing and the top female rider in the United States. In 2006, it was her breakout year when she finished 31st in the national earnings title and was runner-up to Julien Leparoux for the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey that year. She was the leading rider at Delaware Park in 2010 with 126 wins. She became the first woman to win a riding title at Fair Grounds. This season she became the first woman to win the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks when she rode the aptly named filly Believe You Can for trainer Larry Jones, one of her biggest fans. Rosie has moved her tack to the New York circuit where she is currently being sought after to ride for some of the top trainers at Belmont and Saratoga. View Guest page
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Bobby Neuman
Born in 1969 in Los Angeles, CA, Bobby Neuman attended UC Santa Barbara, then University of Arizona (Race Track Industry Program). Bobby Newman started his career in racing as a hot walker and groom for Charlie Whittingham then for Bobby Frankel. He then became a pari-mutuel clerk. His first announcing job was on Arizona Fair circuit (Duncan, Safford, Douglas, Sonoita and Globe), then worked at Sandy Downs (Idaho Falls, ID), The Red Mile, Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and Thistledown. Started at Calder in 1999 as Paddock/Television Host and became full-time announcer there in 2005. Married with 1 daughter 9 years old. View Guest page
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Joe Nevills
In 2008, Joe began an internship with Thoroughbred Times, highlighted by the on-site coverage of Horse of the Year Curlin's victory in that year's Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. When he returned to finish his education at Central Michigan University, he founded The Michigan-Bred Claimer, a blog focused on flat racing of all breeds in Michigan. Upon graduation, Joe expanded into regular freelance gigs with publications including Thoroughbred Times, Midwest Thoroughbred, Arabian Finish Line, Louisiana Thoroughbred and more. His experience in turf writing includes Thoroughbred, Quarter Horse, Arabian and Paint Horse racing at tracks across the country. Joe joined Thoroughbred Times in August 2011 and has maintained his "Making Claims" column for Arabian Finish Line since March 2011. As one of many in the industry who came up through one of racing's less heralded circuits, he knows first-hand the impact that small tracks have on the sport. Since last on our show he is no longer with the Thoroughbred Times but now with the Daily Racing Form as staff writer on their DRF Breeding. View Guest page
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James Nicholson
Nicholson provides an intriguing and thorough history of the Kentucky Derby, examining the tradition, spectacle, culture, and evolution of the Kentucky Derby—the brightest jewel of the Triple Crown in his recent book "The Kentucky Derby : How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event". He will also tell us how he got involved in writing about horse racing in the first place. James C. Nicholson recently received a PhD in history from the University of Kentucky. View Guest page
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Ron Nicoletti
Nicoletti, a native of Corona, N.Y., worked for 19 years as Gulfstream's analyst and handicapper. He also worked as television host at Hialeah Park and Calder Race Course and had South Florida's only handicapping show. Ron took time off in 2010 to work on a number of acting projects, including several episodes of USA Network's 'Burn Notice' and the upcoming movie, 'The Killing of a Japanese Bookie'. View Guest page
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Rich Nilsen
Rich Nilsen has qualified 9 times for the National Handicapping Championship (NHC) and is the only player to finish in the top 10 twice in the history of the event. A former executive with Churchill Downs, Rich is the publisher of a new book entitled "Keeneland Winning Trainer Patterns - 2011 fall meet edition" which is now available at his website www.agameofskill.com. View Guest page
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Claire Novak
Ms. Novak is one of Thoroughbred racing’s most recognizable writers. A Chicago native, she has covered racing for some of the nation’s best-known outlets, including The New York Times, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, the Associated Press, NBC Sports, and Athlon Sports. She is a former staff writer and current correspondent for The Blood-Horse Magazine, and has also served as a guest correspondent for Lady Luck, the seasonal television show produced by horse racing’s leading television network, TVG. In 2009 she was recruited to become the youngest member of that year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships' notes team, a position she maintains to this day. She is a lifelong equestrian and is therefore intimately acquainted with the sport she covers. She is also a member of the Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM), the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association (NTWAB), and the Lexington Young Professionals Association. View Guest page
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Matt O'Neil
Matt O'Neil is one of four co-founders of the Fantasy Horse Racing game www.MyFantasyStable.com. Orginally from upstate New York, Matt got hooked on the ponies at an early age after a trip to Finger Lakes Racetrack in 1983. Since then he's worked in a variety of thoroughbred industry capacities from hot walker and groom at Saratoga, Keeneland and Churchill Downs to Pedigree Analyst with Werk Thorougbhred Consultants. He's also served stints at Taylor Made Farm and with TrueNicks. In addition to overseeing the development of MyFantasyStable.com, he is currently a freelance writer/pedigree analyst and handles the marketing for Adena Springs Farm. Matt has also proudly and excitedly attended every Kentucky Derby since 1992. View Guest page
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Douglas F. "Doug" O'Neill
Douglas F. "Doug" O'Neill (May 24, 1968) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer. He was born in Dearborn, Michigan, and resides in California, where he trained the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, I'll Have Another. Based at Hollywood Park Racetrack, O'Neill and his family reside in Santa Monica, California. In 1986 he began working in Thoroughbred horse racing as a stable hand and eventually a training assistant. In 1994 he obtained his professional trainer's license and since the early 2000s has been a major figure on the California racing scene, with the largest stable in Southern California and one of the largest and most successful in the United States. He gained national attention for his Breeders' Cup wins and international recognition for winning the 2003 Japan Cup Dirt at Tokyo Racecourse. Two horses trained by O'Neill, Liquidity and Great Hunter, raced in the 2007 Kentucky Derby. This was O'Neill's first and second start in the Kentucky Derby. Canadian owned 'I'll Have Another' won the 2012 Kentucky Derby on May 5, 2012. O'Neil recently won the Santa Anita Derby with 'Goldencents', who is considered one of the favorites for next week's Kentucky Derby. View Guest page
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Daryl Parker
Exercise rider, pony boy, and jockey agent, Mr. Daryl Parker eventually became the first black Racing Official in the U.S. He is currently the State steward in Ohio. His son DeShawn Parker, won more races than any other jockey in 2010. View Guest page
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Ray Paulick
Ray Paulick has published the Paulick Report (paulickreport.com) since June of 2008. He was the VP/Editorial Director and Editor in Chief of Blood-Horse Publications from 1992 to 2007. He was the Racing Times' Midwest Editor from 2001 to 2002, and the managing Editor at the Thoroughbred Times from 1988 to 2001. He started as a copy editor in Chicago for the Field Newspaper Syndicate in 1975, which he left to go to the Daily Racing Form in 1980. Recipient of the Charles Engelhard Award, Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders/Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, in 2000, Mr. Paulick is on the Board of directors of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation since 2007 and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (filling non-veterinary board seat) from 2003 to 2006. View Guest page
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Mike Penna
Mike is the current president of HRRN and also serves as the anchor for all of its broadcasts. Last year, HRRN broadcast more than 100 of the nation’s best thoroughbred races. In early 2011, Mike and HRRN received an Eclipse Award for coverage of the 2010 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. This year HRRN will provide complete coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. Derby coverage will be carried on more than 50 affiliate stations across the country as well as on SiriusXM satellite radio. The coverage will also be broadcast to our service men and women around the world on the American Forces Network and streamed worldwide on the HRRN website. Mike’s passion for racing spans more than 2 decades. In 1989, he stood alongside the rail at historic Saratoga Racecourse and watched as Easy Goer won the Travers Stakes. After cashing his winning ticket on the heavy favorite, he was hooked for life. A native of Pittsfield, MA, Mike and his wife, Michelle, relocated to Lexington in 1997. Mike worked at The Jockey Club, Thoroughbred Times, and Keeneland’s racing office before pursuing his interest in broadcasting. View Guest page
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Tyler Picklesimer
Mr. Tyler Picklesimer is currently Racing Secretary for Colonial Downs, and Turfway Park. Prior to his present duties, he was Racing Official at Keeneland, and Churchill Downs, as Certified Racing Steward and Placing Judge. He has been in the racing business in the Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia racing circuits for over 20 years. View Guest page
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Jeremy Plonk
Jeremy Plonk has written for all the major horse racing outlets including The Horseplayer Magazine, where he was editor from 2004-2008. He has been lead researcher for major networks NBC Sports and ESPN, to such noted sportscasters as Bob Costas, Jack Whitaker, Charlsie Cantey, Tom Hammond, Chris Fowler and more. He remains on the NBC Sports Triple Crown team today. He has also charted races for Equibase, both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse events, and is a respected handicapping/statistical consultant to Keeneland Racecourse, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club and Oaklawn Park, and a television handicapper for The Racing Network, England's At The Races, and Remington Park, where he was also a public handicapper. In 2011, he joined Horseplayernow.com partner Joe Kristufek in launching the Night School national fan education online program for the horse racing industry. View Guest page
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Rodney Prescott
Rodney Prescott who has attained his 3,000th career win, is having an eventful December. Earlier this month, he was one of five jockeys nominated for the 2013 George Woolf Memorial Award. Nominations are made and votes cast by members of the Jockeys Guild. The George Woolf Award nomination is not the first time Prescott has been recognized by his peers. As leading apprentice at River Downs in 1994, he was honored with the Rodney Dickens Award, presented by the River Downs jockey colony to the rider who shows outstanding sportsmanship and ability during his first season. Prescott, 38, grew up around horses in his hometown of Portland, Ind., and as a youngster competed in barrel races, chariot races, and pole bending contests. After graduating from high school, he was introduced to racing when Quarter Horse rider Carter Rilie showed him around bush tracks in Illinois and helped him land his first job galloping horses. Prescott first worked with Thoroughbreds at River Downs as a groom for the late Barbara Holbrook, for whom he rode his first mount. A month later, in June 1994, he rode his first winner, also for Holbrook at River Downs. Riding primarily in the Midwest, Prescott was the nation’s second-leading rider by wins in 2005. He holds multiple riding titles from Hoosier Park, where he is the Indiana track’s all-time leader, and also has leading rider titles from Indiana Downs and Turfway Park. He has earned purses totaling more than $35 million. Prescott makes his home in Cincinnati with his wife, Beth Anne, and their children, Anna and Austin. View Guest page
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Jay Privman
Jay Privman covers the Southern California circuit plus such national events as the Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup. He is the author of "Breeders' Cup: Thoroughbred Racing's Championship Day" and a contributor to "Champions," and is a six-time winner of the Red Smith Award for best Kentucky Derby story, among numerous other writing honors. He joined Daily Racing Form in 1998. View Guest page
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Tom Quigley
Solid evidence of Southern California racing's investment in Twitter is Tom Quigley's evolution from railbird to salaried Tweeter. Long a fixture on the rail near the paddock at Del Mar, Tom Quigley has parlayed his perfect attendance at the races into a full-time, year-round job. For a number of years, Quigley could be seen at the same spot on the rail adjacent to the paddock at Del Mar. It became known as Quigley's Corner and now has a sign in place during the race meet. For several years, he has tweeted racing information as @Quigleys_Corner from all three Southern California tracks, Santa Anita, Del Mar and Hollywood Park. Each racing day, he tweets live paddock reports, which horses he likes, links to jockey and trainer standings, Pick 6 updates and other helpful handicapping information. Even before Twitter gained in popularity, Quigley was already known to handicappers as the publisher of HorsePlayer Magazine, which he has published since 1994. The publication's focus has been to help fans improve handicapping skills offering articles geared to all levels of handicappers from novice to expert. A little more than one year ago, in January of 2012 Quigley was named the VIP Player concierge at Santa Anita and tasked with helping to lure out-of-state big bettors to Santa Anita. View Guest page
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Jennie Rees
For the last 28 years Jennie Rees has been associated with the Louisville Courrier-Journal as a turf writer. Prior to that, she had a stint of 2 years with the Rochester Times-Union as a sportswriter copy editor. She had graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, with an A.B. in Journalism and Forensic Studies. She was a member and former president of the National Turf Writers Association. Among the many awards she had received, the Eclipse Award for outstanding newspaper and magazine writing, both in 1988 and 1993. She was also a key member of team that won Eclipse Award for on-line/multi-media coverage, in 2008. View Guest page
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- "Winning Ponies" Presents the 2013 Oaks and Derby Preview
- "Winning Ponies" Covers the 2012 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita
- Derby/Oaks Edition: : "Winning Ponies" Welcomes Back Jennie Rees, Rich Eng and Ed Meyer
- Winning Ponies welcomes Jennie Rees and Mike Penna
- Special Encore Presentation: Winning Ponies Covers the 2011 Breeders' Cup
- Winning Ponies Covers the 2011 Breeders' Cup
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts is a native Clevelander who grew up in Willowick, an eastern suburb. He knew he wanted to be a sportswriter when his father took him to an Indians game and he asked who those guys were typing on a counter top behind home plate in the upper deck of old Municipal Stadium. "They're sportswriters," said his dad. "That's their job." Roberts began his career at the Mentor Morning Monitor before heading over to The News-Herald where he was named sports editor in 1970 at the age of 22. Roberts was hired by The Cleveland Press in 1973 and returned to The News-Herald when The Press folded in 1982. The Cleveland Plain Dealer hired Bob in 1985 and he remained there for over 20 years before accepting a buyout in 2006. Roberts is a multiple award-winning writer who has covered racing for the Cleveland Press and Plain Dealer for over 40 years. His duties included his daily selections. Roberts covered every Kentucky Derby from Secretariat to Barbaro and is an avid handicapping contest participant. View Guest page
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Darren Rogers
Darren Rogers has publicized the sport of horse racing for nearly two decades. He joined Churchill Downs Racetrack as Senior Director of Communications & Media Services in March 2008 after spending nine years as Director of Media Relations at Lone Star Park and 4 ½ years in the Hollywood Park and Santa Anita publicity offices in his native Southern California. View Guest page
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Randy Romero
Romero who was inducted into Racing’s Hall of Fame in 2010, made an amazing comeback as a jockey after being severely burned over 2/3rd of his body in 1983. He went on to win numerous graded stakes races and three wins in Breeders’ Cup, most notably his amazing ride aboard Personal Ensign in the 1988 Breeders’ Cup Distaff. In that race he caught Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors in the final stride, keeping Personal Ensign’s perfect record intact. Romero has battled health issues caused by years of self-induced weight reduction regimen to maintain his riding weight. HRTV recently received the 2011 Media Eclipse Award for the production of “Inside Information: Randy Romero.” His family life with his father Lloyd Romero, a horse trainer, was the basis for the movie “Casey’s Shadow.” View Guest page
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Jen Roytz
Marketing and communications director Jen Roytz joined the Three Chimneys team in 2008 and oversees all advertising and marketing, including television and print advertising, social media endeavors, the annual stallion brochure, the web page, public relations, media relations and special events. She also handles all of the farm's equine aftercare efforts and outreach. Jen is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and has a background in both thoroughbreds and performance horses. She earned her BA in advertising and public relations from Morehead State University and completed her MA in Integrated Communication at the University of Louisville. Jen sits on the board of the Make A Wish Foundation’s Kentucky chapter, is on the advisory board for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and is involved with the Ronald McDonald House of the Bluegrass and The Race For Education (a scholarship organization for college-bound kids from racing/breeding families or who have a keen interest in the Thoroughbred industry). View Guest page
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Shane Sellers
Sellers was raised in the small town of Erath, Louisiana, where he discovered his passion for horses at the young age of 11. He received his jockey license when he was 16 and instantly became one of the leading thoroughbred riders in the country. In a career of 26 year career, Shane rode in 14 consecutive Kentucky Derbies, won over 4,000 races, and earned more than $122 million in purses. Even more impressive is Shane’s constant drive to improve the horse racing industry, as he fought for his fellow jockeys and strived to make the sport the best it could be. After a racing injury at Churchill Down in late June of 2012, Sellers saw many of his main clients switching to other riders and rather than go to the Fair Grounds, he elected to stay in Kentucky this winter. He partnered up with trainer Patrick Huffman working on a farm in Lexington, breaking yearlings and working with horses on lay-ups. Sellers emphasizes he is not retiring. As if to highlight that point, he rode one race at Turfway Park last Saturday of this insertion, where he captured the $50,000 Prairie Bayou Stakes with Huffman-trained Night Party. View Guest page
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Andy Serling
Andy Serling host of a couple of shows ('Trips and Traps' and 'Talking Horses'), was passed the torch from the legendary Harvey Pack as the lead handicapper for the NYRA. He grew up in Saratoga Springs and is in his element during the month of August. He is recognized as one of the leading handicappers on the east coast. View Guest page
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Jason Shandler
Jason Shandler has been a racing writer with Blood-Horse since 2004. He hosts the popular blogs "Triple Crown Talk" and "Breeders’ Cup Chat" on BloodHorse.com. He also appears on video weekly on BloodHorse.com's "That Handicapping Show" with Tom LaMarra which airs on Thursday afternoons. View Guest page
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Jonathan Sheppard
Born on Dec. 2, 1940 in Ashwell England, near Newmarket, the son of a 40 year British racing official, Mr. Sheppard attended Eton College before arriving in America in 1961. One of the first people he met, was legendary steeplechase trainer Burley Cocks. For the next nine months, Mr. Sheppard worked at Cocks' farm in Unionville, Pa. After a brief return to England, he spent the next two years riding races for Cocks, and may have won on about 25 of 250 rides. Mr. Sheppard then turned to training, and soon had a string of six horses. One of his initial clients was Mr. George Strawbridge Jr., owner of Augustin Stable, and one of steeplechasing's most successful owners. They have been together for 43 years. Mr. Sheppard has enjoyed great success both with flat and steeplechase runners and is one of only two trainers (the other being Hall of Famer Sidney Watters Jr.) to be able to do so. View Guest page
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Bobby Shiflet
This is the 40th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown and no one captured his essence on film over the years other than photographer Tony Leonard. After his passing last year, many in the industry thought Leonard's work would be broken up, but through Shiflet's efforts he has ensured that his work will be preserved for posterity. Shiflet's goal is to preserve and provide access to his body of work and to keep the memory of of the historic horses he immortalized alive for future generations to enjoy. Secretariat's final time for the Preakness was changed to a track record after review of the tapes this year. Bobby Shiflet put together a partnership to protect photographer Tony Leonard's legacy, and help his widow. View Guest page
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Lenny Shulman
A resident of Lexington, Kentucky, Lenny Shulman is a features editor of The Blood-Horse magazine and an Emmy Award-winning TV writer. He also wrote " Ride of Their Lives: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Today's Top Jockeys", a book about how our current top jockeys deal with the pressure of riding horses at top speeds day in and day out, the reality of injury, and the issue of weight. View Guest page
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Dan Silver
Dan Silver has been with NYRA since January 2008, first serving as marketing communications manager before being promoted to director of communications and media relations in April 2009. He previously was director of broadcasting and play-by-play broadcaster for the Missouri River Otters minor league hockey team from 2003 to 2006. Dan has a BA from Haverford College and Masters degrees from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and the University of Arizona's Race Track Industry Program. View Guest page
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Mark Simon
Advancing its two-prong mission to move beyond the “Horseplayer’s Bible” while accelerating its transformative “Digital First” agenda, Daily Racing Form announces the creation of a new position of Editorial Director, appointing Mark Simon to lead DRF’s editorial operation reporting to John Hartig, CEO of Sports Information Group/Daily Racing Form LLC. Mark Simon joined DRF in October, 2012 from Thoroughbred Times to lead DRF’s newest business venture “DRF Breeding”, a comprehensive package of editorial coverage and new products created to serve the Breeding and Sales segment of thoroughbred racing. In the role of Editorial Director, Simon will continue to oversee “DRF Breeding” but will also lead DRF’s national editorial and content operation that publishes racing news, analysis, handicapping tools and past performance offerings that span DRF’s multi-channel platforms. View Guest page
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Ralph Siraco
Ralph Siraco is a former track announcer who became a turf writer. He currently hosts the racing radio show "Race Day Las Vegas", broadcast on KSHP AM 1400 in Las Vegas, and streamed live through warpradio.com. Ralph Siraco has been actively involved in racing communications and programming since 1977 including stints at Hollywood Park, Garden State Park, Fairplex Park and Turfway Park. The "Race Day Las Vegas" shows feature Thoroughbred racing news, handicapping, features, and guests from across the country. View Guest page
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Austin Smith
Trainer Austin “Kep” Smith has been flying under the radar in thoroughbred racing, but is finally getting the recognition he deserves with Nates Mineshaft who recorded a smashing track record in the $400,000 Grade II New Orleans Handicap over some of the top handicap performers in the country. Smith was born into the racing family of George Smith who founded Woodburn Farm in southern Ohio with his partner Dr. Wilburn Johnston. After attending Ohio State University, Austin worked under the tutelage of trainer Richard Lundy for five years before branching out on his own. He will be moving his stable to Keeneland for the upcoming meet so he can be closer to the Pine Club in Dayton, Ohio for their legendary Scallops and Filet Mignon. View Guest page
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Ellis Starr
Ellis Starr, also known as “Ubercapper”, has been studying horse racing and handicapping for over 35 years. Ellis also puts his money where his mouth is by participating in Handicapping Tournaments, recently winning the Derby Wars $30,000 Belmont Shootout. In addition, 2012 marks the seventh straight year Ellis qualified to join an elite group to qualify for the Keeneland Tournament of Champions. Ellis is the National Racing Analyst for Equibase, The Thoroughbred Industry’s Official Source for Racing Information, writing a widely distributed “Race of the Week” story covering the biggest races in North America, which also appear on the racing industry’s fan site, America’s Best Racing, at followhorseracing.com. View Guest page
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Gary Lynn Stevens
Gary Lynn Stevens (born March 6, 1963 in Caldwell, Idaho) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, actor, television personality and sports anchor who works for both HRTV and NBC Sports as a horse racing analyst. Although forced to wear a hip brace for nineteen months due to a degenerative disease of the hip, Perthes syndrome, at age 7, Stevens began working for his horse trainer father, Ron, as a groom at age 8. By the time he was 14, he was riding American Quarter Horses. Stevens dropped out of high school, after an all-star wrestling season, to become a full-time jockey. He began his career in 1979 at Les Bois Park in Boise, Idaho, and in his first start had a winner Thoroughbred. From there he soon became a leading rider in Washington. He then moved down the coast into California, becoming part of the leading competitive jockey groups there. In 1993, Gary Stevens became the youngest jockey to surpass $100 million in earnings. Stevens has been in the winner's circle at the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes three times, and twice at the Preakness Stakes. He won the Santa Anita Derby a record nine times, and he's won eight Breeders' Cup races, making him the fourth-leading money winner in Breeders' Cup history so far. On November 27, 2005, Stevens announced his retirement. After a jockey's career of 27 years, he started working in January 2006 as a racing analyst with TVG. Also that month he joined NBC Sports. Gary Stevens has won numerous awards including the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1996. In 1997, Stevens entered the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and in 1998, he was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in the United States. In 1999, he was voted the Mike Venezia Memorial Award for "extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship". In the 2003 film Seabiscuit, Stevens played jockey George Woolf. In 2011 he became a regular cast member on the HBO television series "Luck" produced by avid horse racing fan and Thoroughbred owner David Milch, starring as an on-the-skids jockey named Ronnie. He returned to the saddle in January of 2013. View Guest page
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Chantal Sutherland
Former jockey Chantal Sutherland Kruse, who in 2011 became the first female jockey to win the Santa Anita Handicap when she piloted Game on Dude to victory, joined TVG, America’s Horseracing Network, for its coverage of Big Cap Day on March 2. Chantal, who retired from riding last October, joined Greg Wolf, Todd Schrupp, Simon Bray and Matt Carothers as part of the team that provided ramped up coverage of the big race. Because of the historical nature of her Big Cap victory, Chantal will forever be linked with the event and Game on Dude, a repeat winner in this year’s race. In addition to the Santa Anita Handicap, Chantal also rode Game on Dude in two other Grade I wins, the 2012 Hollywood Gold Cup and the 2011 Goodwood, as well as to a heartbreaking second place finish in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Classic. She also won a pair of Grade II stakes aboard the Bob Baffert trainee. “We are very excited to have Chantal join our Big Cap coverage team,” said Kevin Grigsby, TVG’s Vice President of Production. “She not only offers a unique perspective of this iconic event, but also can deliver great insight into Game on Dude.” “I’m excited to be working with TVG and their fantastic production team,” said Chantal. “This is especially exciting because it will bring back wonderful memories! Chantal, who has served as a TVG promotional spokesperson, appeared in the HBO drama, “Luck,” and the Animal Planet reality series, “Jockeys.” While riding, she launched a modeling career, highlighted by a provocative Vanity Fair photo spread. View Guest page
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Sen. Damon Thayer
Going to a third ballot, Republican Sen. Damon Thayer was named Republican floor leader of the Kentucky Senate in an election held Tuesday night, November 27 replacing Sen. Robert Stivers of Manchester, KY. Sen. Stivers was elected Senate President and replaces Sen. David Williams who was recently named to a judgeship in Southern Kentucky and had an infamously adversorial relationship with Kentucky's horse industry over the issue of expanded gaming. Thayer supported a measure in a bi-partisan effort with Gov. Steve Beshear earlier this year that would have put the issue of expanded gaming on the 2012 ballot allowing the people of Kentucky to vote on the issue. Thayer works as a marketing consultant in the horse industry and has previously held positions with the Breeders' Cup and Turfway Park. View Guest page
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Milt Toby
Milt Toby is an attorney, author, and photographer with a lifelong involvement in the horse industry. He has been writing professionally about horses since 1972, first as a staff writer and photographer for The Blood-Horse and since 1984 as a freelancer for a number of publications. His sixth book, Dancer’s Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby, was published in 2011. His earlier books include The Complete Equine Legal and Business Handbook, and Ruffian. Milt’s equine law blog, "Horses and the Law" appears weekly at www.thehorse.com. Milton also maintains a website called www.miltonctoby.com. Since last on our show his book "Dancer's Image: The Forgotten Story of the 1968 Kentucky Derby" is an Award winner. View Guest page
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Rick Violette Jr.
Rick Violette Jr. Rick started showing hunters and jumpers on the East Coast circuit. He first started galloping race horses part-time but eventually chose racing over show horses. Rick graduated from Lowell University in Massachusetts and began working on the backstretch at Suffolk Downs. He was assistant to for Emile Allain at Woodbine Race Track in Canada for 2 years and then went to New York to be an assistant to trainer David Whiteley. He started his own public stable in 1983. Rick has served as Chairman of the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund for more than a decade and has been the President of the National Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and a member of the Board of Directors of NYTHA for many years. Rick performed an invaluable role for NYTHA in the formation of programs such as: English as a second language and the Groom Development Program for backstretch employees. He has developed many New York and Graded Stakes winners including Read the Footnotes, Man from Wicklow, March Magic, Dream Rush and High Finance. View Guest page
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Elliott Walden
Before taking out his first training license in 1985, Mr. Walden worked under trainers such as Leroy Jolley, Dennis Ebert, John Godsen. Elliott was a three-time leading trainer at Churchill Downs, as well as two-time leading trainer at Keeneland. In July 2005, Elliott changed roles within the organization, going from private trainer to Racing Manager. In December of 2005, Walden was elevated to the role of Vice President of WinStar Farm, and in November of 2010 he was promoted to President and CEO of WinStar Farm. View Guest page
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Terry Wallace
Wallace retired as track announcer at Oaklawn earlier this year after a 37-year run. Wallace was named “Man of the Year” by the Arkansas Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and after calling his 20,000th consecutive race, and Hot Springs Mayor Mike Bush declared it “Terry Wallace Day.” Terry Wallace, who has been called the “most recognizable voice in Arkansas,” will receive the Mr. Fitz Award during the 52nd annual NTWAB Awards Dinner at the Louisville Slugger Museum in downtown Louisville. Presented annually to an individual or group for typifying the spirit of horse racing, the Mr. Fitz Award is named for the late Hall of Fame trainer Jim “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons. Past winners of the Mr. Fitz Award include 2010 recipient Richard Migliore, Luke Kruytbosch, Calvin Borel, Robert and Beverly Lewis, and Joe Hirsch. View Guest page
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Mike Watchmaker
Mike Watchmaker is the national handicapper for Daily Racing Form. He first joined the Form in 1980, and was named New York columnist in 1983. He left the Form in 1991 to join The Racing Times, then worked for NYRA, where he was program handicapper and morning line maker before rejoining the Form in 1998. He lives on Long Island with his wife and two children. Mr. Watchmaker handicaps races from all over the country and writes the weekly feature “Weekend Warrior” in the Saturday edition of the Daily Racing Form. View Guest page
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Gary West
Gary West is a regular columnist for the Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star Telegram. The son of a jockey, West was a college teacher before returning to the racetrack and writing about horse racing. He has appeared as a commentator on racing on ESPN and on CNN, and has hosted his own radio program on racing. He wrote several books about horse racing, and notably "Razoo At The Races: Diary of a Horseplayer" which is one of the funniest books ever written about the racetrack and horse racing. Gary West entertains readers with wit while imparting horseplaying wisdom and insight. West was the President of the National Turf Writers Association 2005-2006. View Guest page
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Kimpton Williams
Kimpton Williams In what could become a trend in the years ahead, a Kentucky-based Grade 1 stakes winner is relocating to Ohio, where the state’s racing and breeding program looks to benefit from the addition of Video Lottery Terminals at seven racetracks and three land-based Casinos. The Cliff’s Edge winner will now stand at Fair Winds Farm in Waynesville, Ohio. Established in 1982 by Kim and Lori Williams, Fair Winds Farm was voted the 2009 Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders State Breeders Award. The farm is also home to Mercer Mill, the state’s leading stallion for eight years. Kim, who is also a board member with the Ohio H.B.P.A. View Guest page
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Eric Wing
Eric Wing is currently the Senior Director of Media Relations for the NTRA. He is an avid horseplayer and has also dabbled in ownership. By far, his most successful wagers over the years have been future book bets -- both in racing and in sports. Prior to joining the NTRA in 1999, Wing worked for 13 years as an editor at Reader's Digest. His work experience thus far has supported the old adage that a bad day at the racetrack beats a good day anywhere else. View Guest page
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Vic Zast
Vic Zast was a Thoroughbred breeder and owner during 30 years he spent as a fragrance industry leader. He is the author of the award-winning book "The History and Art of 25 Travers" and the keeper of the "Saratoga Diary" at bloodhorse.com, which begins tomorrow and runs every racing day during the Saratoga meet. Vic also just wrote this week’s cover story for Thoroughbred Times about three generations at Saratoga. It’s a must-read for anyone who’s been to the Spa or learned about horse racing from his dad. He invented the concept of rewarding a cash bonus to the owners of horses that swept a series of races. He created a publishing company that produced souvenir magazines for horse racing’s biggest races, before anyone thought to make special events a marketing focus for the sport. Vic’s ideas about how to improve horse racing are enlightening and unusual, and often, controversial. As someone who has spent a lifetime marketing products that nobody needs but everyone wants, he rests his opinions on emotion and reaches conclusions through experience. Vic’s attended every Breeders’ Cup - something not many people have done, and this summer will mark the 47th year in a row that he’s been in Saratoga. View Guest page
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Brian Zipse
Brian Zipse has been a passionate fan of horse racing since birth. Taken to the races at a very young age, he has been lucky enough to see all the greats in person from Secretariat and Ruffian through Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta. His first memory at the races was seeing Secretariat become a Triple Crown champion by winning the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths. Currently the Managing Editor of Horse Racing Nation, the fastest growing racing news site on the Internet, Brian also authors a daily column as Zipse at the Track, or ZATT for short. As a partner of parent company, Horse Racing Labs, Brian is also involved with the management of Derby Wars, an exciting new online handicapping tournament site. You can also find Brian regularly on most of the social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. View Guest page
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Winning Ponies welcomes Dave Johnson and Ed Meyer
March 1, 2012
Hosted by John Engelhardt
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Dave Johnson who has served as Track Announcer for various racetracks over the years, will tell us how he got started in the horse racing industry. He was the "Voice of The Triple Crown" for a quarter of a century. In the second segment, previous host of this show, Ed Meyer will join John Engelhardt to handicap for us this weekend major stakes races from around the country. We are delighted that Ed Meyer's insightful blogs are back on WP website.
Winning Ponies
Thur 5 PM PT on VoiceAmerica Sports Network
On the show we will talk about the Sport of Kings. We will delve into the different features of the WinningPonies.com website. John Engelhardt will talk about the issues of the day that affect horse racing, such as synthetic surfaces, medication rule changes, the fate of the industry as a whole, VLTs and Casinos, and human interest stories of triumph and defeat. You will also hear our spot play of the week, where John will handicap the feature races for the upcoming weekend, and will give out his best plays. We will keep you abreast racing’s big events. Featured on the show will be guests (trainers, jockeys, jockey’s agents, owners, and celebrity handicappers). Promotional giveaways will be featured, such as brand merchandise and free WinningCredits.
"Winning Ponies" is broadcast live every Thursday at 8 PM Eastern/5 PM Pacific on the VoiceAmerica Sports Channel.
John Engelhardt
You may recognize him as "Racing's Regular Guy." For ten years, John Engelhardt hosted the informative and sometimes irreverent handicapping show from his base at River Downs in Cincinnati, Ohio. He developed a passion for thoroughbred racing as a youngster at Saratoga, and has been able to make his love of the sport his life's calling.
Engelhardt, a native of Syracuse, New York is a graduate of the University of Dayton. His professional career in racing began as the track photographer at Beulah Park in 1983 and he has worked in racing ever since. John produced "The Stretch Run" for eight years, which aired on the CBS affiliate WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. For four years Engelhardt co-hosted "The Regular Guy Handicapping Show on HOMER 1530-AM in Cincinnati with former "Winning Ponies" host Ed Meyer.
John served as the President of the Turf Publicists of America in 2009 and 2010, after serving several years as the Midwest Vice-President of that organization. He is currently a consultant for Pinnacle Entertainment handling publicity, public relations, marketing, advertising and special events for River Downs. Under the "nom-de-course" of Heart of an Angel Stable, he has bred and owned thoroughbreds for 18 years.
"Racing's Regular Guy" has been exposed to racing on many levels and greets the sport with enthusiasm and well-rounded knowledge. Tune in Thursdays at 5PM PT, as he welcomes nationally recognized guests, who will help you find those "Winning Ponies.”
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