Breeders’ Cup renewals past and future and the richest turf race
in the world are the main topics this week on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

TV’s Amy Zimmerman and photographer Skip Dickstein are among the
very few people who have been to every Breeders’ Cup since the championships
began in 1984. They reminisce about the inaugural running at Hollywood Park and
some of their experiences since, including how their streaks were not
interrupted by COVID in 2020.

The Everest, a Group 1 sprint worth US$13 million, will be run late
night Friday into Saturday morning U.S. time at Royal Randwick in Sydney. Bella
Nipotina is one of the top contenders in the race. She is owned by partners led
by her breeder Michael Christian. Also a media personality and Australian-rules
football executive, he discusses the race and why it has been able to prosper
using the template established by the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1).

Horse Racing Nation handicapper Ed DeRosa takes an
early snapshot of next month’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar and also handicaps
weekend graded stakes at Keeneland and Woodbine.

Listener and reader feedback is focused on last week’s column
about why City Of Troy will not win the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

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