Winning Ponies

Mr. Elliston has been president and CEO of Turfway Park since June 1999, shortly after the track was purchased by Keeneland Association, Harrah's Entertainment, and GTECH Corporation. An avid horse racing enthusiast his entire adult life, Mr. Elliston currently serves as executive chair of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Board of Directors and is treasurer of the Kentucky Equine Education Project(KEEP)Board. He will cover the upcoming meet, and discuss issues in Kentucky. Al Stall Jr., (Blame's trainer) 49, has been involved with racing for most of his life. His father, Al Stall Sr., served on the Louisiana State Racing Commission for more than 25 years, including 18 as chairman. He also was a prominent horse owner and breeder.When Al Jr. was in high school at Newman, he would work with horses in the Fair Grounds barn of Frank Brothers, who trained Al Sr.’s horses and was the assistant in charge of trainer Jack Van Berg’s stable in New Orleans. When Al Jr. went on to LSU, he would work for Broth

Mr. Elliston has been president and CEO of Turfway Park since June 1999, shortly after the track was purchased by Keeneland Association, Harrah's Entertainment, and GTECH Corporation. An avid horse racing enthusiast his entire adult life, Mr. Elliston currently serves as executive chair of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Board of Directors and is treasurer of the Kentucky Equine Education Project(KEEP)Board. He will cover the upcoming meet, and discuss issues in Kentucky. Al Stall Jr., (Blame's trainer) 49, has been involved with racing for most of his life. His father, Al Stall Sr., served on the Louisiana State Racing Commission for more than 25 years, including 18 as chairman. He also was a prominent horse owner and breeder.When Al Jr. was in high school at Newman, he would work with horses in the Fair Grounds barn of Frank Brothers, who trained Al Sr.’s horses and was the assistant in charge of trainer Jack Van Berg’s stable in New Orleans. When Al Jr. went on to LSU, he would work for Broth

The son of a trainer, Dale Romans grew up around horse racing at Churchill Downs. At age eighteen he embarked on a career as a trainer, getting his first winner on February 15, 1987 at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky. Among his most successful horses was Kitten's Joy. 2004 was his big break as Kitten's Joy was named American Champion Male Turf Horse honors and Roses in May provided him with the biggest payday of his career to date when he won the $6 million Dubai World Cup in 2005. He collected his first Breeders' Cup win in 2009 when Tapitsfly won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.

Mr. Engelhardt is the President of the Turf Publicists of America, and also currently the Publicity Director at River Downs. As last year, John and Ed will again go over all the Breeders' Cup card for both days.

Mr. Mcgee covers the Kentucky and Florida circuits for the Daily Racing Form. This week Mr. Mcgee will be talking about the closing of Keeneland, the opening of Churchill Downs, and the Breeders' Cup.

Based in California, Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset. In 2007, another Shirreffs-trained horse scored a major upset when Tiago, a half-brother to Giacomo (both out of the mare Set Them Free) won the Santa Anita Derby. He is also the trainer of champion Zenyatta, unbeaten in 19 career starts and winner of the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic in 2008 and Breeders' Cup Classic in 2009. In November 2009, Shirreffs became the first trainer to conquer both the Ladies' Classic and Classic in the same year, as Life Is Sweet romped home in the former and Zenyatta defeated males in the latter. Shirreffs will be discussing super-mare Zenyatta and the upcoming Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs, where she will attempt to win her 20th straight race.

British-born Roger Attfield has made a name for himself as a first-rate trainer, based at Woodbine in Toronto. He has won an unprecedented six Sovereign Awards as Canada’s leading trainer, most recently in 2002. He’s won Canada’s Triple Crown three of the six times it’s been accomplished. And he has trained six Canadian Horse of the Years—Norcliffe, 1976; Play the King, 1988; With Approval, 1989; Izvestia, 1990; Peteski, 1993; and Alywow, 1994. He’s won Canada’s most prestigious race, the Queen’s Plate, six times. From 1976 through June 1, 2008, Roger Attfield earned 1,467 wins and earnings of $67,954,827.

Ben Huffman, the Racing Secretary at Keeneland, will cover the final big weekend of stakes racing heading into the Breeders' Cup, and will cover the entire meet as well. Previous to beginning his career in the racing office management, Huffman attended Western Kentucky University and the University of Louisville and was an assistant to his father for three years.

Chad Brown, a Mechanicville, NY native, got into horses early at an upstate New York track. He was an understudy to Hall of Fame trainer Robert Frankel. In November 2007, Brown went out on his own. He picked up his first Breeders' Cup victory with a 2-year-old filly named Maram to win the inaugural $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf by a nose at Santa Anita Park in 2008. Brown competed in his first Saratoga Race Course meet in 2008 and won with the very first horse he entered, Star Player, on opening day. Brown went on to win a total of 6 races during the 36 day meet. In 2010, he had a smoking hot meet at Saratoga, finishing 3rd in the trainer standings, with 17 winners saddled. Anytime DeShawn Parker reflects on his success, he is quick to point out that his career might not have been possible were it not for his father, Darryl Parker. The elder Parker, has experienced virtually every facet of racing since 1964 and in '86 became the first African-American steward in racing history when he took u

Mr. Forbeck is Marketing Coordinator at Santa Anita, and Director of Communications and Marketing at Turfway Park. He has qualified for the NTRA finals in Vegas this year. Mr. Forbeck has done radio with the host in the past and will give a good perspective on what we should have done, and what needs to be done in racing, as someone who has been full circle from fan to intern to management and back to fan.

Mr. Jerardi is a regular contributor to the Daily Racing Form, a Daily News Sports Columnist, and one of the country's last sports reporters to cover racing. Dick Jerardi has been at the Daily News since 1985 as their lead college basketball and horse racing writer. He writes two columns per week during basketball season, and has covered 14 Final Fours, every Triple Crown race since 1987 and every Breeders' Cup race since 1986. Mr. Jerardi has covered events as varied as the Summer Olympics, the NBA Finals, American League playoffs, NFL playoffs and the Rose Bowl. He writes columns, features, game stories and takeouts on topics ranging from how the football betting line is formed to a portrait of the jockey who rode Secretariat.

Mr. Picklesimer, who has been many times on this show, this week will be Racing Secretary Tyler Picklesimer at Turfway Park. He works Turfway, and makes his way to Keeneland and Churchill. He will talk with our host about the upcoming meet there, and what is on the horizon for Kentucky for Instant Racing.

Longtime publicity Director at River Downs, and President of the Turf Publicists of America, Mr. Engelhardt a friend to this show, will talk about this weekend's big races for 2 yr-old colts and fillies, and will do some serious handicapping of both The Cradle and the Bassinet with the host. Mr. McDulin who writes for the Daily Racing Form, and holds the role of Stakes Coordinator at two tracks, will discuss the upcoming changes for the state of Ohio as slot machines are coming, and he could give our listeners some behind the scene hints, from the racing office, with this being the end of Ohio racing for the season.

Patricia (also known as Patti or P.J.) Joen Cooksey (born February 25, 1958 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American horse racing jockey. She first won with Turf Advisor at Waterford Park (now Mountaineer Park) in 1979. She is a four-time Turfway Park leading rider. Cooksey has won 2,137 wins since beginning her career in 1979. She was the all-time leading female jockey by number of victories before Julie Krone overtook her. In 2004, she became the first ever female jockey to be voted the NYRA's Mike Venezia Memorial Award, an honor given annually to a jockey who exemplifies extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship. Patricia now lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her daughter, Chelsea Neal. She is retired from racing and currently works for the Kentucky Racing Commission. In 2006, she was a horse-back riding reporter for ESPN's coverage of the 2006 Breeders Cup. Our host will also go over the 141st running of the Travers Stakes to be run this Saturday, August 28, at Saratoga. Dating back to 1864, this one-and

Longtime publicity Director at River Downs, and President of the Turf Publicists of America, Mr. Engelhardt a friend to this show, will talk about the industry in general, and will go over some serious handicapping with the host.

For those of you who do not recognize the name, Andy is one of the greatest minds in the thoroughbred racing industry. While attending Harvard in the 1960s, he decided to pursue his passion -- beating the horse races. Over the past four decades, his research and insights have revolutionized and legitimized the industry. Using his math skills, Mr. Beyer created a new way to rate the speed of a horse in a race. The formula he created, known as the Beyer Figures, has allowed horse enthusiasts around the world to better gauge how well a horse ran in previous races and from this information, deduce the potential speed of the horse in future races. In a sense, they are like momentum ratings in our industry.

In continuation of our previous segment, Winning Ponies' host Ed Meyer will go in details over how to use WP website efficiently, maximizing your winning returns at your favorite track. He will also do some handicapping on this weekend's major races across the country.

Eric Wing is the Senior Director of Media Relations for the NTRA. He is an avid horseplayer and has also dabbled in ownership. By far, his most successful wagers over the years have been future book bets -- both in racing and in sports. Prior to joining the NTRA in 1999, Mr. Wing worked for 13 years as an editor at Reader's Digest. His work experience thus far has supported the old adage that a bad day at the racetrack beats a good day anywhere else.

Mr. Mcgee covers the Kentucky and Florida circuits for the Daily Racing Form. This week Mr. Mcgee will talk Kentucky racing, and about the dropping of the Kentucky Cup at Turfway, and the Keeneland purse cuts.

Graham Motion: Born on May 22, 1964, in Cambridge, England, Mr. Motion's father Michael was internationally recognized as the representative for Tattersalls, the British sales company. So he was around horses early in his life, accompanying his father to the sales. Mr. Motion worked for Jonathan Sheppard from 1985-90, briefly for Jonathan Pease in France, and Bernie Bond after his return to the United States in 1991. Mr. Motion notched his first training victory with Bounding Daisy at Laurel Park in 1993. He won his first career Grade I winner when Film Maker won the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland on October 11, 2003. He won his first Breeders' Cup race with Better Talk Now who was victorious in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Lone Star Park in 2004. Rosemary Homeister: Born on July 5, 1972, in Hollywood, FL, Homeister started her life with horses at a very early age, her mother Rosemary, is a trainer and her father was an exercise rider. “I just fell in love with it because my mother and father we