Winning Ponies

Remi Bellocq will talk a little about what keeps him busy at Equine Programming for Bluegrass Community and Technical College these days, which he joined after 18 years in various management positions at racetracks across North America, notably Santa Anita in southern California. Remi will tell us about their trip to Abu Dhabi in Nov. 2012, and all the fund raising efforts to support their teaching horses at the College. He will brush over the new online course offerings, summer classes in the field of horse racing, and talk a little about the Equine Industry Workforce Certificate obtained by its graduates. He will give us a feel of what a typical day is like for NARA students. He will go over some NARA statistics and how we can get in touch with that organisation. In the second segment DRF columnist Byron King will be our guest handicapper. He will help John analyze the Doubledogdare Stakes on Friday and the Coolmore Lexington on Saturday, both at Keeneland; and the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne and the Santa