Summertime stakes at Saratoga and Del Mar and concerns about rider safety are the hot topics on the table for the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Fox Sports and New York Racing Association TV analyst Sara Elbadwi checks in from Saratoga to discuss this weekend’s Jim Dandy Stakes and Vanderbilt Handicap.

Jockeys’ Guild president and CEO Terry Meyocks provides updates on the safety concerns raised in the past week at Del Mar, Saratoga and at Finger Lakes, where riders refused to continue racing Wednesday after a gate accident.

Ed DeRosa handicaps the big Saratoga races as well as the San Diego Handicap and Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar.

Listener and reader feedback focuses on the permanent closing this fall of Golden Gate Fields.

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