TDN Podcast

The Thoroughbred Idea Foundation was formed to cultivate and put forth independent ideas for the benefit of Thoroughbred racing. In this edition of the TDN Writers’ Room podcast, TIF Executive Director Pat Cummings talks to Joe Bianca, Bill Finley, Jon Green and Alan Carasso about their new white paper on the sustainability of racing.

Drew Mollica started his career in racing as a jockey agent, but had an epiphany at the age of 47: he was miserable. While keeping his day job, Mollica enrolled in law school, and today, is the most popular and affable lawyer on the New York Racing circuit. Mollica joins Joe Bianca, Bill Finley, Brian DiDonato and Jon Green to talk about Ahmed Zayat and other legal issues in this edition of the Writers’ Room.

Gulfstream’s Mike Lakow joins the TDN Writers on the podcast to talk about the upcoming Pegasus Stakes and the rest of the Gulfstream meeting. Lasix, safety, Thoroughbred retirement and more on this week’s TDN podcast.

As the writers came on the air, the Breeders’ Cup released a 25-page report on Mongolian Groom’s injury, ushering in what may be a new era of transparency in horse racing. The writers talk about that, and have owner Willis Horton on as a guest. That and more on this week’s Writers’ Room podcast.

Taylor Made Farm will offer the largest consignment at next week’s Keeneland January Sale and today, Mark Taylor is our Green Group Guest of the Week on the Writers Room horse racing podcast. The possible closing of Arlington Park, economic indicators for racing and Eclipse Award finalists are among the topics we discuss.

In hindsight, the trust and fidelity that have united Rick Nichols and his patron over the past 35 years were transparently available within the first 35 seconds they had anything to do with each other. Sheikh Hamdan was then making his first bold incursions into the international bloodstock market.

In our last podcast of the year, host Joe Bianca, Jon Green, Bill Finley, and Alan Carasso host Green Group Guest of the Week Peter Brant, who talks about his decision to keep Sistercharlie in training in 2020. The writers also cover the year in review, their favorite races, and the tumultuous events of 2019.

In this week’s podcast, Joe Bianca, Brian DiDonato, Bill Finley and Jon Green talk about Maximum Security’s Cigar Mile, and chat with the Green Group Guest of the Week Jeremiah O’Dwyer, trainer of the promising two-year-old Shotski, who won the Remsen Stakes at Aqueduct Saturday. All that and more on the TDN Writers’ Room podcast.

In a wide-ranging discussion that covers the whip, horsemen’s groups, USADA and more, Terry Finley stops in to Patty Wolfe’s Orlando studios to be the first guest on Thoroughbred People, the TDN’s new podcast series. Listen to the stream here or subscribe to our podcast app on Apple podcasts.

This week on the TDN Writers’ Room, Joe Bianca, Bill Finley, Jon Green and Steve Sherack welcome Al Stall, fresh off of his GI Clark H. victory with Tom’s d’Etat (Smart Strike), as the Green Group Guest of the Week. Stall talks about finally getting a talented animal who has had his share of physical issues to the top of his game and what it meant to win such a big race for the Benson family after patriarch Tom Benson’s passing last year. Then, the writers recap the rest of the holiday week’s action, look forward to Saturday’s big card at Aqueduct and follow up on last week’s discussion of a suspension-inducing breakdown at Delaware. Click here to listen or search for the TDN Podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.