Winning Ponies

Brian “B.J.” Hernandez has always been considered a quality rider since he vied for the Eclipse Award as leading apprentice in 2004. A quality jockey who has “flied under the radar,” he was the early pilot of Horse of the Year Rachael Alexandra and has most recently won the Grade I Whitney Stakes aboard Fort Larned, a potential Handicap Horse of the year. He will tell us about his journey to where he is today. In the second segment, David Grening, the most recent winner of the Walter Haight Award presented by the National Turf Writers and Breeders, will share the handicapping duties with our host of the main stakes races to be run this week-end, possibly the $150,000 Grade II Four Star Dave, the $150,000 Grade II Adirondack Stakes, the $150,000 Grade II Saratoga Special Stakes, to be run at Saratoga, and the $250,000 Grade II(T) John C. Mabee Handicap, and the $150,000 Grade II(T) La Jolla Handicap both to be run at Del Mar.