Winning Ponies

Gary Stevens, who won 2 stakes this past weekend, has returned to the saddle in January of this year after being away for over seven years. On January 12, 2013, Stevens won the first race of his comeback. He will tell us about his fabulous career as a jockey and everything else which he engaged in until his comeback to the saddle this year. He was a racing commentator for HRTV and NBC Sports. He was an actor and television personality and became a regular cast member on the short lived HBO television series Luck. In the second segment, NTRA Media Director Eric Wing will talk about news of the NTRA and the Handicapping contest, and will join John in handicapping some of this week-end stakes races: the $150,000 Gr. 2 El Camino Real Derby from Golden Gate; the $200,000 Gr. 2 Santa Maria Stakes from Santa Anita; the $150,000 Gr. 2 Barbara Fritchie from Laurel and the $150,000 Gr. 2 Turf Mac Diarmida Stakes from Gulfstream Park.