This week on Rail Talk! It’s our most highly-anticipated episode yet, featuring the great debate between Mike Repole and Tinky aka Tony Cobitz. This conflict has been simmering on horse racing Twitter for months, and the two agreed to get in the ring together for a verbal showdown on our podcast. No topic is off limits, as the outspoken billionaire owner and self-proclaimed commissioner of racing squares off against the industry veteran and pseudonymous online critic.Subjects covered include: the durability of the modern racehorse, shuttered racetracks, potential changes to the Breeders’ Cup, marketing the game, improving the product for horseplayers, HISA, stallion mare caps and much, much more. There’s plenty of animosity and feistiness, but also areas of agreement, understanding and even the potential to work together as a result of this debate. You don’t want to miss it!Joe Bianca and Jon Green also celebrate the likely demise of the Florida decoupling bill, crediting the industry for its organization (!) and spinning it forward to figure out what comes next.This episode is exhibit A for why you need to be subscribed to Rail Talk! Smash that button on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Major shoutout to our sponsors Epic Insurance, The Green Group, Fasig-Tipton and Taylor Made for giving us the platform to have these crucial conversations about racing and its future.

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