by Horse Racing Nation
Featuring handicapping tips and insight from insiders, the Ron Flatter Racing Pod is posted every Friday morning via HorseRacingNation.com. Check out the interviews with owners, trainers, jockeys, racing journalists, handicappers and celebrities. The pod is hosted by HRN managing editor Ron Flatter, who has been covering horse racing around the world for more than 35 years.
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April 18, 2025
<p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> From Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby 2025 talk intensifies on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Two-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox discusses Grade 1 Florida Derby winner Tappan Street and Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) victor Final Gambit, his two horses for the Derby. He also talks about undefeated Good Cheer, who will be the favorite in the Kentucky Oaks (G1).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> FanDuel TV’s Scott Hazelton offers his early thoughts on handicapping the Derby, especially the horses he has watched in the flesh as well as Luxor Café and Admire Daytona, the two colts from Japan who he will be seeing for the first time. He also talks about Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert’s return to the race that he has won six times and whether he sees a seventh trophy going back to Southern California.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Horse Racing Nation</span><span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">’s Mark Midland handicaps two Preakness qualifiers at Oaklawn and Laurel Park as well as the graded stakes Saturday at Keeneland. He also has some early thoughts about the Kentucky Derby.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Co-host John Cherwa joins to field listener and reader feedback and throw his $2 worth into the Derby conversation.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Firefox, iHeart and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.</span></p>
April 11, 2025
<p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Three weeks before Kentucky Derby 2025, America’s biggest race dominates the discussion on this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Brian Zipse, the longtime co-host of HorseCenter, makes his first appearance since he was sidelined with severe hearing loss. Thanks to technology, he is able to field questions about the Derby, his trip Saturday to see Thorpedo Anna in the Grade 1 Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn and how he has been doing.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> U.S. and Canada hall of famer Mark Casse talks about the horses he is training in the Derby and the Kentucky Oaks (G1), namely Arkansas Derby (G1) victor Sandman and Ashland (G1) winner La Cara. He also touches on some of the political issues facing horse racing.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Ed DeRosa offers some broad brushstrokes about his betting strategy for the Kentucky Derby and specifics on how he is playing three graded stakes this weekend at Keeneland.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Co-host John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times checks in from Florida to hlep field listener and reader feedback.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Firefox, iHeart and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.</span></p>
April 4, 2025
<p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> With only four weeks left until Kentucky Derby 2025, the last three major qualifying preps have the attention of this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Derby-winning trainer Rick Dutrow discusses Captain Cook, one of the top contenders in what is expected to be a wet running Saturday of the Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. Dutrow talks about whether the weather will benefit his colt and how the race will be run. He also talks about the two years he has been back in racing after his 10-year suspension ended.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> FanDuel TV analyst Joaquin Jaime looks at the overall Kentucky Derby picture, including the showdown between consensus futures favorite Journalism and Eclipse Award winner Citizen Bull in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) on Saturday. There also will be conversation about the Wood and about Tuesday’s Blue Grass (G1) at Keeneland.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> Super Screener creator Mike Shutty zeroes in on each of the three Derby qualifiers, and co-host John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times checks in from California to field listener and reader feedback.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"> The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Firefox, iHeart and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.</span></p>
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