Winning Ponies

Kenny McPeek is not cut from the same bolt of cloth as many of today's trainers. A graduate of the University of Kentucky with a degree in business administration, McPeek, now 50, interviewed on Wall Street before deciding to make a go of it as a Thoroughbred trainer. Concerned with the sport's flagging popularity, he helped developed an iPhone app, HORSE RACES NOW, which permits fans to watch races without paying a fee. Mr. McPeek has discovered and/or trained such quality racehorses as Kathmanblu, Tejano Run, Harlan’s Holiday, Repent, Leah's Secret, Einstein (BRZ), Sarava and Curlin, among others. In the second segment Dan Illman of the DRF will join the host in analyzing some of the important stakes races for the week-end. This week it will be the $250,000 Gr.3 Gotham Stakes and the #150,000 Gr.2 Top Flight Handicap both from Aqueduct, the $750,000 Gr.1 Santa Anita Handicap from Santa Anita and $150,000 Gr.3 Swale Stakes from Gulfstream Park.