Winning Ponies

Mindy Coleman will be our first guest covering legal issues and efforts surrounding the Jockeys Guild. The Guild was founded in May 1940 and has approximately 1,270 members, including active, retired and permanently disabled riders. The purpose of the organization is to represent jockeys throughout the country and to monitor developments in local, state and federal laws affecting the racing industry, and in particular, the jockeys. In the second segment veteran writer Gary West who is very familiar with racing in New Orleans, will join us to cover Derby and Oaks BIG points races as we enter the period where the top four finishers collect points now based on totals of 100-40-20-10. We will examine the top contenders in the $600,000 Grade 2 Louisiana Derby and the $300,000 Grade 2 Fair Grounds Oaks at Fair Grounds and the $1,000,000 Grade 1 Florida Derby and the $300,000 Grade 2 Gulfstream Oaks both from Gulfstream Park.