Podcast Episodes

A visit to Fairmount and tips for Saratoga

Season 8 Episode 42

With Chicagoland racing on the decline, Fairmount Park near St. Louis has become the one track in Illinois where the sport is on the rise. This week the Collinsville venue plays host for this on-th…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Pop-up tribute to the late D. Wayne Lukas

Season 8 Episode 41

Hall of Fame trainer and racing icon D. Wayne Lukas is remembered on this special, pop-up episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

The late Hall of Fame trainer died Saturday at age 89. He appeared…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Why Scheinman is the mayor of Pimlico, old and new

Season 8 Episode 40

He balks at the idea that he is the mayor of Pimlico, but longtime Baltimore fixture John Scheinman easily could fill that role. He has been a regular in the old press box for decades in his roles …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tales and lessons from jockey super agent Ron Anderson

Season 8 Episode 39

Ron Anderson has been the jockey agent to the stars. In more than a half-century in racing, he has collected a lot of stories. He tells some of them on this week’s episode of the Ron Flatter Racing…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Future of Pimlico, Preakness and Maryland with Bill Knauf

Season 8 Episode 38

This is the summer when old Pimlico is scheduled to be torn down with a new racecourse grandstand being built in time for Preakness 2027. How will that concept become a reality?

On this week’s Ro…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Wolfendale, Shirreffs, Levitch talk Belmont Stakes

Season 8 Episode 37

The Belmont Stakes rematch of this year’s classic winners Sovereignty and Journalism is the focus of this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Maggie Wolfendale-Morley from New York Racing Association …

Published on 3 months ago

Hard-core handicappers pop up for Belmont Stakes

Season 8 Episode 36

Deep analysis of every horse in Belmont Stakes 2025 is ready to hear now from the hard-core handicappers in their latest pop-up episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Horse Racing Nation handica…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Mystik Dan, the Belmont & Monsieur Clément

Season 8 Episode 35

A preliminary look at next week’s running of Belmont Stakes 2025 and a preview of this weekend’s return of Kentucky Derby 2024 winner Mystik Dan to Churchill Downs are the centers of attention on t…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

How would you rule on Preakness 2025?

Season 8 Episode 34

The Preakness 2025 hangover has not been cured yet, and why should it? One of the great races of all time is subject to review as the Belmont Stakes looms on the horizon on the Ron Flatter Racing Po…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Preakness one more time at old Pimlico

Season 8 Episode 33

This weekend may be for the last time when Preakness 2025 is run at old Pimlico. It is the site for this week’s Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Michael McCarthy, the trainer of Journalism, discusses the ti…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago