Winning Ponies

Lawrence Scanlan lives in Kingston, Ontario and is the author or co-author of more than two dozen books. They include: 'The Horse God Built' (about the life of Secretariat, with a focus on the horse's groom, Eddie Sweat); 'Wild About Horses' (the history of the horse-human relationship), and 'The Man Who Listens to Horses' (the memoir of horse trainer Monty Roberts).He will tells us what is keeping him busy these days. Jonathan Lintner is the editor of the popular racing website Horse Racing Nation. A timely service for news it provides recent updates on all things racing – feature races of the week; racing dates and closures (including the recently announced Preakness date); horses making comebacks or heading to the sidelines; the ever-changing jockey colonies this year and top contenders on the Derby trail. Jonathan with join the show this week to cover all of the topics above and all that goes into putting together the all-encompassing website Horse Racing Nation.