Winning Ponies

This week’s show will be the tales of two Tom’s – both of them award-winning writers and avid handicappers. First out of the gate will be Tom LaMarra, who covers the Mid-Atlantic region, but hails from New Jersey and will be focusing on Monmouth Park on a day they feature five graded stakes races. The card is highlighted by the $1,000,000 Grade 1 TVG Haskell and horses searching to punch their ticket for the Kentucky Derby and the prestigious Grade 1 $300,000 United Nations. Tom Law will be our second guest. He is a key part of the team that produces the sensational coverage in the “Saratoga Special.” He will tell us about this “Special” meet that has many twists and turns in this bizarre year we are living through. He will weigh in on the schedule of the stakes due to the “Kentucky Derby Shuffle” and the effect of restrictions on the jockey colony. Tom will also tell us how a spectator-free meet is impacting the local community and the distribution of the “Saratoga Special.”