Down the Stretch for August 24, 2020

When Peter Gross started the Down The Stretch Podcast in February, he got to a point in March when he had no actual horse races to run. Now he has an embarrassment of riches. This podcast has multiple Stakes events from Woodbine and Mohawk and another win at Ajax Downs for the amazing Country Boy 123. Will there be a Canadian horse in the Kentucky Derby next month? Looks like it, as Darren Rogers at Churchill Downs tells us. A rare moment for track announcer Robert Geller who almost never misses at the finish line....but...Down The Stretch loves jockeys and we find out from Marklee Z Buchanan not only what it was like to win 4 races on one day at Fort Erie, but also what the ‘Z’ stands for. And just to top that, Justin Stein captured 6 races last Friday at Woodbine and we have the call of all of them. Teenagers are going at each other’s throats in the Leamington Raceway Handicapping Challenge... and how did Peter get both Mike Myers and Wayne Gretzky into this episode? If you listen, you’ll find out.