Winning Ponies

John W. Ball Sr. is a retired Naval officer and lifetime horse racing fan. He graduated from the University of Louisville Equine program in 1989 and immediately started his own company Horse Star Cards Inc. creating trading cards depicting the winners of the Kentucky Derby. He later added Jockey Star Cards and Breeders’ Cup trading cards as products and served as the Jockeys’ Guild marketing director publishing The Jockey News and the annual Jockeys’ Guild Yearbook. He will take us through memory lane on his involvement with horse racing. Gary West, a frequent guest on this show will join John in examining all the stakes action this weekend from across the country highlighted at Fair Grounds with the $400,000 G2 Risen Star Stakes and the $300,000 G2 Rachel Alexandra Stakes both at Fair Grounds. They will also handicap the $250,000 G3 General George Stakes and the $250,000 G3 Barbara Fritchie Stakes both at Laurel Park. From the west coast we have the $200,000 G2 Santa Monica Stakes.