Going In Circles

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I discuss the weekends big events, the Florida and Arkansas Derbies, the controversy over the incorrect time initially given to Forte, disgust that Jimmy Jerkens isn’t training a barnful of good horses, some different ways that we look at races beyond the norm, respect for Age of Empire and a question mark about him going forward, kudos to the OP stewards for “doing something”, a lack of passion and just plain fatigue and how it plagues the sport, the TimeLord is an expert timer, why trash talk in sports is good and a lot of people are hypocritical about it and a whole lot more!

On tonight’s Going in Circle’s Big Monday show Barry and I talk about the Louisiana Derby and the FG Oaks, offer a suggestion for Hoosier Philly’s next race, Barry talks his day at Tampa Bay Downs for Florida Cup day and the stunning performance from Munnys Gold, the Japanese showing at the Dubai World Cup and why if they want to win the Kentucky Derby they should take a lesson from Bold Arrangement, betting strategies that go against the prevailing handicapping winds, 🚫 high ticket prices for big event days and a quick good luck for Snipers 4-3 in the Finals of the Joe Kristufek NBA fantasy league (Clydefrazierssuits was last 🤦🏼‍♂️) oh yeah we HISA’ed too. Check it out!

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry and I talk about the marathon Louisiana Derby card this coming Saturday, plus touch a little on the Dubai Cup races, how does the NCAA basketball tournament resemble racing, some Bullet Bob Meyer stories and a whole lot more!

On tonight’s Going in Circles show we recap the Tampa Bay Derby card with our impressions of Tapit Trice and the rest of the day for which Barry served as a guest TV analyst. We also talk about the lunacy of Dark day racing Twitter, how you can’t tell if horses are “juiced” by looking at a picture, choosing who might be clean and who might be cheating is folly, and how the solutions to racings ills aren’t what most think they are. Plus we talk about a whole lot more, my feelings on Arizona winning March Madness and a dissertation on why the new HISA testing rules can potentially be disastrous.

On tonight’s Big Monday show we talk about a wide variety of topics starting with the 3 triple crown preps from this last weekend, the Fountain of Youth that featured the return of 2yo champion Forte; the San Felipe that had 3 ex-Baffert runners yet Tim Yakteen won it with his own runner Practical Move and the Gotham which was a wild race in the mud, won by Raising Cain under a superior ride by Jose Lezcano. We also discuss the latest stewards screw up, the lack of true Derby trail contenders as we close in on 2 months to the first Saturday in May, why consolidation and the industry shrinking is bad, why tracks don't work together on stuff that we see yet they do many joint ventures behind the scenes when it suits them, and a whole bunch more!

On tonight’s Big Monday show we recap last Saturdays Rebel stakes, talk about the latest GIC Digest which is a grading of all the Derby preps run so far, preview the Fountain of Youth card Saturday from Gulfstream and a whole lot more!

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry and I have a long reaching conversation about a variety of topics including last weekends Risen Star day card at FG, the bizarre grass situation there, a need for night vision goggles, our obligatory Baffert conversation on who might go where, what can the game do better for players, why we can’t just be like Hong Kong or Japan, why industry insiders should stop with the tone deaf defense of trainers with gaudy records, thank you to Jordan Blair stable and more 🎙

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show Barry and I recap the weekend’s Derby Prep action, preview next Saturdays prep, the Risen Star from FG and some of the other stakes action. Barry also tells us about his day at Tampa Saturday where he acted as a guest handicapper for Sam Davis card and hear about some of the behind the scenes action! 🏇🏻🎙

On this weeks going in Circles Big Monday Show we take a look at last weekends Derby preps from Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park, plus some of the other undercard races, take a look ahead to Barry’s appearance with the Tampa Bay crew for Saturday’s Sam Davis day and say Happy birthday to Pete Nice and look forward to Gronk kicking a FG during the Super Bowl!

On tonight’s Going in Circle’s Big Monday show Barry and I recap the Pegasus card from Gulfstream Park, talk about his trip to the races and impressions of the afternoon. We also discus the disturbing trend of pricing out the day to day supporters of the industry on its big event days, the CA Derby prep (and other related) issues and some sad news of the passing of our friend and great racing fan Kerry Duplessis 😔