Hundreds of 2-year-old horses are in the picture for next year’s Kentucky Derby. Horse Racing Nation’s Matt Shifman helps us sort them out on this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Also, professional horseplayer Chuck Grubbs of Kentucky talks about the strategy he used to win this year’s Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge. The “Racehorses by the Letters” feature continues with the best horse starting with the letter “B.” The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher.

Will Accelerate or Justify be the 2018 Horse of the Year? It is a prime topic of discussion from last week’s Breeders’ Cup in Louisville on The Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Turf writer John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times co-hosts, offers his thoughts about the just-completed Breeders’ Cup and tells how digital media have changed the way he covers the sport. Trainer John Sadler offers his point of view on Accelerate’s season that culminated in a Breeders’ Cup Classic victory that was his first in 45 tries. The new feature “Racehorses by the Letters” names the best horse that had a name beginning with the letter “A.” The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher.

The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is on the road at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. Stanley Cup winner, horseplayer, broadcaster, cancer survivor – Eddie Olczyk brings a lot to the table as he helps us preview this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup, especially how the wet weather may impact the races and how to gauge the specifics of European invaders. Brad Cox trains the Distaff favorite Monomoy Girl and offers insight on her and his other three Breeders’ Cup horses. The Racing Flashback remembers the match race 80 years ago between Seabiscuit and War Admiral. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher.

If it’s a big race day (or two), it must be time for a pop-up edition of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. No features. No commentary. Just nuts ’n’ bolts handicapping of the 14 Breeders’ Cup races with VSiN betting expert Dave Tuley, Gaughan Gaming bookmaker Vinny Magliulo and South Point racing handicapper Patrick McQuiggan. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher. The RFRP and VSiN’s coverage of the Breeders’ Cup are sponsored by Xpressbet.

On the first show of the second year of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod, the Breeders’ Cup comes into sharper focus with Lord Teddy Grimthorpe of Juddmonte Farms and Zoe Cadman of XBTV. Grimthorpe discusses the unique path that two-time Arc winner Enable has taken to be the odds-on favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Turf. Cadman looks at the pre-entries and offers some early handicapping for the 14 championships that will be run next week at Churchill Downs. The racing flashback recalls Tiznow’s thrilling repeat victory in the 2001 Breeders’ Cup Classic. There is also a preview of Winx’s bid early Saturday in Australia to become the first horse ever to win four consecutive runnings of the Cox Plate. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher.

Stewards’ decisions coming out of objections and inquiries have been under the microscope recently. Controversial decisions in the Cotillion Stakes, the Wood Memorial, the San Felipe Stakes, the Los Alamitos Futurity and, of course, the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic have lit up social media. So what’s going on? It’s the subject for a special round table on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Stewards Bernie Hettel from Kentucky and Jon White from California join Eclipse Award-winning horseplayer Paul Matties in a wide-ranging discussion that identifies problems and offers solutions. Also, the Caulfield Cup in Australia and Champions Stakes in England are previewed, and the racing flashback remembers a pioneering race that was started 66 years ago. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher.

The Ron Flatter Racing Pod originates from Paris – where the road to the Breeders’ Cup includes the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and three challenge races. It also includes a stop at the Santa Anita Sprint Championship – another Breeders’ Cup “win and you’re in” race. European racing journalist and advisor Liz Price co-hosts and helps us preview Sunday’s Arc card. Trainer Peter Miller talks about Roy H, the favorite for the Santa Anita Sprint Championship. A historic Arc victory is recalled in the racing flashback, Ron has a few words about the Shadwell Turf Mile and the Champagne Stakes, and we talk about the career move of Las Vegas’s best horse-racing oddsmaker Johnny Avello. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher. The RFRP and VSiN’s coverage of the road to the Breeders’ Cup are sponsored by Xpressbet.

The road to the Breeders’ Cup continues with this weekend’s Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita and the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. Veteran handicapper Jeff Siegel of XBTV helps us preview them, and we break down all of Saturday’s Grade 1 races. Tom Ludt of the Phoenix Thoroughbreds ownership group discusses his top horses, including Gronkowski and his bid to win the Jockey Club Gold Cup. The racing flashback recalls Curlin’s final victory 10 years ago. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher. The RFRP and VSiN’s coverage of the road to the Breeders’ Cup are sponsored by Xpressbet.

The road to the Breeders’ Cup continues with Saturday’s Pennsylvania Derby and Cotillion Stakes at Parx. Trainer Mike McCarthy discusses Axelrod’s climb to be a contender in the Penn Derby. Former jockey turned XpressBet expert Richard Migliore breaks down both races and also discusses his methods for grading his former peers as he handicaps the horses. The startling exit of Good Magic, Instagrand, Roadster and Poet’s Word this week from Breeders’ Cup consideration is also discussed as is the split of the Pegasus World Cup purse into two big-money races next winter at Gulfstream Park. The racing flashback remembers the last time we saw Spectacular Bid race – sort of. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod is available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts and Stitcher. The RFRP and coverage of the road to the Breeders’ Cup are sponsored by XpressBet.