Down the Stretch for December 6, 2021

Woodbine CEO Jim Lawson talks about a completed thoroughbred racing season, single game betting, the best date for the Queen’s Plate and whether or not a podcast host can be comped at the new hotel on the racetrack site. Braiden Reibeling chose the best time to score his first harness racing win – he did it on his 21st birthday. Emma Christoforou is only 19, but she trained a winner at Mohawk. Jack Darling tells us how his great and versatile pacer, Bulldog Hanover is going to manage racing and reproducing at the same time. New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association President Joe Applebaum explains how his state passed a bill banning horse slaughter. How did a dog get into a horse race at Monticello? And there was a great and emotional night at the Meadowlands when brilliant race caller Larry Lederman returned to the announcer’s booth.