Training Picks up as Season Opener Nears - Episode #56
Emerald Downs Opening Day for 2022 is Sunday, May 15. The daily worktab is building toward the start of season #27 in Auburn. On the show - a recap of WTBOA award winners, admission specials for the upcoming season and some great shots of young foals (YouTube edition) by two new local sires - Barkley and Conveyance.
Guest Jon White has been a prominent Kentucky Derby historian and handicapper for several decades. He adds his expertise to the current three-year-old picture with his take of top stakes this Saturday at Gulfstream, Oaklawn and Turfway Park. Dan Jukich of Hastings Park speaks to the recent passing of Glen Todd. Todd, an owner, trainer, breeder, benefactor, sales purchaser and promoter, had been the single largest figure in B.C. Thoroughbred racing for the past 30-plus years. Also very prominent at Emerald Downs, Todd won the 2012 Longacres Mile with Taylor Said.