Lifelong owner/trainer Barry Abrams (not to be confused with the podcast host) loses his 15-year battle with throat cancer a month before his most successful horse - Mo Forza - runs in the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Plus, Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Happy Saver comes from a dynastic, iconic family whose story involves cunning, seduction, unspeakable violence, and one of the most iconic brand names in the world...the House of Chanel

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Trainer Ken McPeek sends out 4-time graded stakes winner Swiss Skydiver against Kentucky Derby winner Authentic in the Preakness. Plus, how will the Kentucky Supreme Court's ruling on so-called "historical horse racing" impact racetracks' ability to sustain themselves?

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Will the star-crossed Maximum Security continue his push toward the Breeders' Cup when he tackles stablemate Improbable in the Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita?

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Who will win the 146th Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks? Plus, jockey Manny Franco has the best seat in the house for the Derby - aboard the Belmont Stakes winner, Tiz The Law.

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Trainer Tommy Drury finds himself in the unlikely position of saddling formidable Kentucky Derby contender, Art Collector. Plus, a leading owner/breeder in Libya rebuilds after a rebel militia ransacks his farm and kidnaps his horses.

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Co-owner Captain Autry Lowry is even braver than his Kentucky Oaks-bound filly. Plus, should American racing replace the claiming system?

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Owner Sol Kumin bids for a 2nd Ky. Derby win with Authentic. Plus, among those not in attendance on Derby/Oaks day are school kids who rely on those days to help fund their schools' sports.

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Tiz The Law takes on Uncle Chuck and other contenders in the Travers Stakes. Plus, Blue Grass Stakes winner Art Collector looks to solidify his Kentucky Derby status in the Ellis Park Derby. Molly Jo Rosen analyzes.,

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Leading Kentucky Derby contender HONOR AP runs his final Kentucky Derby tuneup in the Shared Belief Stakes at Del Mar. Plus, jockey Umberto Rispoli, who is in his first year of riding here in the United States, leads the Del Mar jockey standings.

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Presumed Kentucky Oaks favorite Gamine fails a drug test in May, then wins the Grade I Acorn Stakes by 18 lengths in June. Should she have been allowed to run at all? Plus, a revolutionary new kind of betting on horse racing - fixed-odds wagering - is about to roll out in the United States.

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