Down the Stretch for November 7, 2022

Warning: Don’t listen to this podcast if you don’t care for thrilling finishes, emotionally uplifting stories, or sensational performances by jockeys and harness drivers. From the Breeders’ Cup at Keeneland on the weekend, we have several race calls, including profitable finishes for trainer Roger Attfield and owner Charles Fipke. Cody’s Wish won the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile, which just added another wonderful chapter about the horse named after teenager, Cody Dorman. COSA President Bill O’Donnell gives his take on the Breeders’ Crown races the previous week at Mohawk. In a week in which hattricks abounded in the NHL, driver Doug McNair pulled off the natural hattrick at Mohawk. Have you ever heard of jockey Sofia Vives? We think you will. We talk with her after she won 3 of her first 8 races at Woodbine. And award winning horse writer Curtis Stock is about to release a book that tells the story of 5 Turcotte brothers from New Brunswick, all of whom were terrific jockeys, a ll of whom encountered tragedy in their lives.