Winning Ponies

Nicholson provides an intriguing and thorough history of the Kentucky Derby, examining the tradition, spectacle, culture, and evolution of the Kentucky Derby—the brightest jewel of the Triple Crown in his recent book The Kentucky Derby : How the Run for the Roses Became America's Premier Sporting Event. He will also tell us how he got involved in writing about horse racing in the first place. James C. Nicholson recently received a PhD in history from the University of Kentucky. In the second half of the show. public handicapper Jude Feld will tell us how he got into the Sport of Kings and will join our host in handicapping the week-end stakes including the $200,000 G3 Coolmore Lexington at Keeneland and the $200,000 G2 Jerome Handicap at Aqueduct.