S7E9: Celebrate with the DeVaux and Blasi families

Siblings in racing are in the spotlight on this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Trainer Cherie DeVaux and her assistant and younger sister Adrianne DeVaux talk about their relationship and how it has grown into working together in a stable that is coming into its own with graded-stakes success.

Scott Blasi, the longtime assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen, and his older brother Greg Blasi, an outrider at Churchill Downs, discuss growing up together around horses and how they see their roles today.

Ed DeRosa handicaps the Remington Springboard Mile, the Los Alamitos Futurity and, at Turfway Park, the Prairie Bayou Stakes.

Listener and reader feedback touches on last week’s interview with Mike Repole and on last week’s column about the 2024 Belmont Stakes* and how it has been shortened to 1 1/4 miles.

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S7E8: Mike Repole, Bayou breds & symposium elevators

Entrepreneur and horse owner Mike Repole is the featured guest this week on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Repole discusses his creation of the National Thoroughbred Alliance and why he believes he was right to name himself the commissioner of horse racing. He also answers questions about how likely he is to prevail with his rewriting of the way the sport carries out its business.

Highlights and impressions of the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz., are reviewed.

Super Screener creator Mike Shutty offers handicapping of some of Saturday’s races on Louisiana Champions day at Fair Grounds.

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S7E7: Cigar Mile, Claiming Crown and zebras

The Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct and the Claiming Crown at Fair Grounds share center stage on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

TV analyst Maggie Wolfendale Morley from the New York Racing Association and Fox Sports previews the graded stakes at Aqueduct that will be highlighted by the Cigar Mile.

Eric Hamelbach of the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association shares insight on his organization’s role in the Claiming Crown as well as some highlights in the making this weekend in New Orleans.

Paddock Prince handicapper David Levitch has tips for betting Aqueduct as well as the Hollywood Derby at Del Mar.

Reader and listener feedback includes opinions about the retirement of Kentucky Derby winner Mage.

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S7E6: From turkeys to horses to tuchuses

The final days of the fall meet at Churchill Downs and a prep for Kentucky Derby 2024 are the focus of the Thanksgiving week episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Trainer Dale Romans and jockey Tyler Gaffalione talk about their entries in the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes as well as some of their other stakes horses this holiday weekend.

Rich Perloff, who just left FanDuel TV, talks about the most contentious Eclipse Award categories and what he may do next in his career.

Ed DeRosa handicaps three graded stakes this long weekend at Churchill Downs, and new co-host John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times provides an added voice for listener and reader feedback.

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S7E5: Teach a sports bettor how to love racing

Can a career sports bettor be convinced to venture into playing the horses? That is the question for podcast pioneer Gill Alexander. He raises questions about how to play the races, especially as someone who does not play pari-mutuels. Was his curiosity satiated to the point of taking a plunge into playing the races? Find out on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation. It is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.

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S7E4: The two old men in the balcony from the Muppets

A look back on Breeders’ Cup 2023 and a freewheeling conversation between two aging turf writers fills this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Friend of the show John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times joined Ron in a look-back at the two-day meet while sitting in the dining room of the media hotel in Pasadena, Calif. As is the usual wont of these two, the talk wandered off in all directions while still touching on such topics as who should be the horse of the year. Hear horse-racing media’s version of an old, married couple on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation. It is available via free subscription from Apple, Google and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.

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S7E3: Breeders’ Cup: Look who I found at Clockers’ Corner

From Santa Anita, Breeders’ Cup 2023 is the focus of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Trainers Bill Mott, Todd Pletcher and Brad Cox discuss their top prospects in the 14 championship races Friday and Saturday.

World Horse Racing’s Naomi Tukker offers her point of view about the top matchups of the week and how defections have made the Breeders’ Cup Classic a potentially wide open race with longer odds on so many starters.

New York radio personality Brad Blanks has a snapshot of the Breeders’ Cup scene and his plans to race back to his native Australia for next week’s Melbourne Cup.

Super Screener creator Mike Shutty talks about some Breeders’ Cup trends that may be the foundation of winning bets this week.

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Check out this week’s hard-core handicappers episode featuring Mark Midland, Ed DeRosa and Johnny Avello previewing and analyzing all 14 Breeders’ Cup races:

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/Flatter_Pod_Breeders_Cup_hard_core_handicappers_pop_up_123

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