Going In Circles

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I discuss last Saturday’s Lecomte stakes from Fair Grounds and what impact it may have on the Derby Trail. We also look forward to this weekend’s Pegasus Day card and also take a quick look at Saturday’s Southwest stakes card at OP where the superpowers collide with a Brad Cox trio facing off against Bob Baffert’s Arabian Knight. We also talk about the difficulties modern day bettors face and how sifting through the readily available information and deciding what really matters and what isn’t is vitally important. Shorter show than usual but hopefully still worth a listen

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show, Barry and I are joined by special guest Sid Fernando! In a wide ranging conversation about many different racing issues. We first talk about how Sid got into racing, his various roles and jobs in the game including bloodstock and consulting with his company Werk Thoroughbreds and his writing career with DRF, Thoroughbred Times, Trainer Magazine, TDN and other places. Frank discussions about racing including financial responsibility and how it has affected the game, media coverage changes, racings presentation conundrum, how the sales game/commercial market has changed breeding and stallions, Sid’s overview on the best stallions of the last 50 years, what they have in common (surprisingly) and a whole lot more! It’s long but it’s good!

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I discuss the latest Going in Circles Digest piece which is a Wishlist for racing in 2023. We talk about our hopes for racing in the new year, what changes we’d like to see and a whole bunch of other ideas that we have. We also recap last weekends races that might have some impact on the Kentucky Derby trail including the Sham from Santa Anita, the Jerome from Aqueduct and an allowance race from Gulfstream Park. Check it out and let us know what your wishes for the new year are!

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I kick off our 4th season which makes me laugh considering I wasn’t sure that we’d even make it through one! We talked about 2022 and many of the racing topics and issues that were the big stories, a quick recap of some of last weeks stakes action and had a frank conversation about all sorts of things that we hope to see changed in 2023 and beyond including a real focus on growing the sport via its actual customers, the ones that would be willing to spend time listening to a podcast like this. Happy new year everyone!

On the final edition of the Going in Circles Big Monday show of 2022, Barry and I talk the opening day card at Santa Anita, what the results told us, a little coverage of GP, a look back at the 2022 year and where we might be heading as we make it to 2023!

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry is back from his one week absence, we talk about some of the latest racing headlines including an upset in the Los AL Futurity, graded stakes downgrading and how the industry still continues to not be forward thinking in connecting various stakes in series and how the Breeders Cup can assist, the GP turf Sprint mystery, why racehorse aftercare is so difficult and what a massive undertaking it would be to put together a comprehensive national program, register disgust that a permanent funding solution hasn’t been found for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund and Barrys Christmas plans! Check it out!

On tonight’s show special guest Eric Smith will share stories from his days as an assistant to trainer Neil Howard during the 90’s when they were a barn to be reckoned with. We reminisce about some of the great horses that we were around including Holy Bull, Summer Squall, Sky Beauty and a whole host of others. Plus hear Eric’s view of how modern day racing has changed since he was on the backside and how that affects the way we see things. Barry will be back next week and we will be featuring our “Worst of 2022” awards in various categories such as “worst ride” and worst DQ” among others. Let us know if you have a category that deserves recognition!

On this mega-edition of the Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry and I review some of the big stakes from last weekend including Mind Controls swan song in the Cigar Mile, Julia Shining and Dubyuhnell in the 2yo stakes at Aqueduct, how to rate slow fig performances by talented horses and why betting against is the long term play, a rant against HIWU/HISA and the “new rules” discused in a TDN story today, which feel like a giant disaster waiting to happen for racing by adding sharks to already murky waters, talk complete misconceptions about horsemans organization’s and the power that they hold (not much) and why the Knicks need a new direction

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I discuss the Thanksgiving weekend action including the upset in the Clark, as the famed Derby winner Rich Strike was defeated (as usual), the possibly Derby Trail aspirations for Golden Rod winner Hoosier Philly, Instant Coffee overcoming a soft pace when winning the KY Jockey Club plus handicap racing and the mistake racing made when it eliminated so many of them. Plus Turf at GP, no turf at FG, hoping for spring turf at CD, the potential weak fields for the Cigar Mile and Remson, (which I may witness in person), is Bol Bol the greatest basketball player ever and my frustration with the New York Knickerbockers (the Time Lord section).

On this week’s edition of the Big Monday Show Barry and I touch on a plethora of topics including some meaningful stakes action from Churchill, the Clark featuring Rich Strike, why his winning it shouldn’t be a factor in 3yo Eclipse talk, the 5th circuit court’s decision that HISA is unconstitutional and the typically over the top reaction by its supporters, what SHOULD happen re:regulation including a different checklist of items that need addressing that weren’t covered and why that is important to the industry in general, a quick Chad Brown vs Swifthitter Twitter battle recap (pay money to see them in the ring for charity) and touching on Gary West’s odd one horse crusade against racing people that don’t “put racings interests first” (which would seem to disqualify most everyone) and other assorted nonsense! Appreciate if you do listen in! We also will be on the Game of Silks Twitter Spaces Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 eastern, we will post links so you can find us!🎙️