Winning Ponies

Mike Watchmaker is the national handicapper for Daily Racing Form. He first joined the Form in 1980, and was named New York columnist in 1983. He left the Form in 1991 to join The Racing Times, then worked for NYRA, where he was program handicapper and morning line maker before rejoining the Form in 1998. He will review his observations of Oaks/Derby weekend and the impact the Derby will have on upcoming Triple Crown races. In the second segment our own Ed Meyer will be our guest. He was its original host for over 2 1/2 years, beginning in December of 2008. He tackled this task while he was Publicity Director at River Downs. For those of you who missed his blog on Derby eve, he gave out ORB as his top pick. He will join John in analyzing some of the main stakes races this week-end: at Belmont The $200,000 Gr.2 Peter Pan Stakes; at Betfair Hollywood Park the $100,000 Gr.3 Senorita Stakes and the $70,000 added Came Home Stakes; and finally at Woodbine the $150,000 Queenston Stakes.