Down the Stretch for December 25, 2023

In this episode we review the most outrageous, unpredictable and certifiably insane moments in horse racing. Included in this delicious buffet are: + 5 straight races in which the #1 was the winner + A night of harness racing where it seemed only the Millers could win + A horse that paid $1,000 to show + The night Ken Middleton teased Maple Leafs fans only to have it turn badly on him + The easiest horse racing question ever on Jeopardy that all the contestants got wrong + Pete Aiello’s self-deprecating race call at Gulfstream + A dead heat between brothers + A race in which Somebody was coming late in the lane + The 4th place horse that was placed 1st + Katie Davis winning a race with her brother 2nd, her husband 3rd and her sister 4th + Driver Doug McNair carving out the sign of the devil one night at Mohawk + The track scraper who had one job....and did it during a race + Frank Mirahmadi’s entertaining impressions + How we worked in the Beatles and Chuck Berry into a story about a mare with a 17-race win streak