Winning Ponies

Mary Rampellini is a correspondent and handicapper for the Daily Racing Form. She is a native of Hartford, Connecticut, and grew up in a racing family. Her father, Ralph Rampellini, was the racing manager for Nelson Bunker Hunt in the 1980s'. With a big Day at Prairie Meadows on Saturday she will cover for us the trio of Grade 3 races - the $250,000 Iowa Derby; the $200,000 Oaks and the $300,000 Cornhusker Hcp. In the second segment Brad Free who is based in Southern California covering Santa Anita, Del Mar, and Fairplex for the Daily Racing Form and the author of Handicapping 101: Finding the Right Horses and Making the Right Bets, will talk about the return of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah to California and look at the main races at Santa Anita for this Saturday - Grade 1 $500,000 Gold Cup and $300,000 Triple Bend S. and Grade 2 $200,000 Royal Heroine S.