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Episode Synopsis
The climactic weekend on the turf at Kentucky Downs is the focus this week of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Trainer Brendan Walsh has four horses in the multimillion-dollar weekend stakes. He discusses Spanish Eyes, New Century, Pondering and Z Z's and their strategies this weekend. Walsh also talks about Special Wan, who won for him at Kentucky Downs last Saturday in the Grade 3 Ladies Turf, and a couple of his standout 3-year-olds. Dr. Ronald Tang, the California oncologist who won last year's King of the Turf handicapping contest at Kentucky Downs, shares his basics for betting the boutique, all-turf meet on the Tennessee border. He is asked whether he will go all in again on Grand Sonata, the defender in the Grade 2, $2.5 million Kentucky Turf Cup who was key to his contest triumph last summer. Horse Racing Nation's Mark Midland offers weekend handicapping for Kentucky Downs and Colonial Downs. Co-hosts John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times and Keith Nelson of Fairmount Park join in the response to listener and reader feedback. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Firefox, iHeart and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.
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