Going In Circles

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show Barry and I discuss the holiday weekend that included a serious health scare, some two year old actions and football! We also discuss the winter meets kicking off this coming week at Turfway and Gulfstream. Check it out!

On tonight’s Big Monday show we discuss a wide variety of topics ranging from Chief’s Crown prepping for the Breeders Cup Classic in a grass allowance race to why TOBA is wrong for not throwing out the silly formulas and reworking the graded stakes schedule. Plus bizarre racing awards and why Pumpkin Spice might be illegal

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show Barry and I discuss the 60 Minutes segment on racing which turned out to be a pretty bland piece with nothing new at all. Plus what Mike Repole is going to have to do if he really wants to make substantial changes in the industry.

On tonight’s show Barry and I recap all 14 of last weekends Breeders Cup races.

The Going in Circles crew is joined by special guest handicapper Jay Beides as we take a close look at all the Breeders Cup events on Saturdays card at Santa Anita.

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show Barry and I talk about the Breeders Cup, the bizarre decision to hold the draw on Monday night, some of the trends that are getting worrisome, talk a bit about last weekends races and announce our involvement with the brand new racing themed website www. RCNGhub.com 🏇🏻

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show Barry and I talk about the latest developments concerning the Breeders Cup which is less than 2 weeks away. Plus the madness that is horse racing social media and the wasteland that it’s become.

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry and I talk about the mess in CA with the latest wagering debacle and ask who regulates the regulators after it’s found out that the CHRB doesn’t actually record or look at the pre-work vetting reports. Plus we run through some of the BC fields with who we know or think is running and a whole lot more

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show we talk about the weekends Breeders Cup Prep action, Mike Repole’s proposed ‘association’ of big owners and trainers that seems big on hype but short on details. Check it out! 🎤

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show we discuss the Breeders Cup preps from last weekend, talk opening of Keeneland Friday, the graded stakes from Aqueduct this Wednesday’s and a couple of stories from the old days! Check it out! 🏇🏽

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry and I recap the sparse action from last weekend, the Pa Derby and the fact that the winners connections are waffling at racing in the Breeders Cup despite its status as a championship event.

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show we discuss some of the fallacies that pass for critical analysis in racing. Plus take a glimpse back at the Woodbine Mile and the 2yo stakes at CD from this past weekend and a suggestion on how to prevent hopeless maidens from entering into graded stakes races.

On tonight‘s Big Monday show Barry and I talk the end of the summer racing season with Del Mar and Colonial Downs finishing up and Kentucky Downs with just one last card.

In tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show we wrap up the often traumatic Saratoga meet, discuss the new reality of not having fouls occur at the gate, talk Pacific Classic and a whole lot more!

On tonight’s show we talk about dealing with fallout from Saturdays disastrous Travers day and how we already have seen typical industry bandaid ideas tossed into the ring. Plus more tone deafness from a racing exec and why it probably won’t matter in the end anyway.

On the Travers week edition of the big Monday show Barry and I talk about the Big Race Saturday and some of the weeks other races including Race 2 on Thursday which is the Silks Race of the Week. We also talked about the Smarty Jones at Parx on Tuesday and some of the undercard races on a nice Tuesday program. Reviewed the Alabama and Lake Placid and how trips and pace can be the difference and be...

On tonight’s episode of the Big Monday Show we talk about a wide range of topics including horseracing social media madness, how factual coverage of racing is unjustly criticized, rebutting forcefully the absolute false narrative that changing the Triple Crown is a good idea and why looking at it from a racing standpoint only is just plain dumb, not to mention the negative impact that a move makes...

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I talk about the sad events of Saturday at Saratoga, plus a conversation about the older horse division versus the 3 year olds in terms of end of year awards and the BC Classic and a variety of other pertinent topics.

On tonight’s Looooooong Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry and I spend a lot of time discussing the Jim Dandy, the caller no call on the DQ, how the lack of any explanation to the public feeds into racing’s already dire issue of transparency which unfortunately isn’t even surprising. We also talk about steps to alleviate some of the long standing problems that could be the focus of racing lead...

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I discuss the Haskell, CCA Oaks, Shuvee and the rest of the racing action from around the country. Also talk why HISA is jackpot wagers for trainers, impressions of Saratoga, weak racing content and more…

On this weeks Big Monday Show Barry and I talk about the distressing news out of California that broke last Sunday afternoon that without any warning, TSG was closing Golden Gate Fields at the end of the year. We have some strong thoughts on that and the TSG and it’s leader. We also review Saratoga’s opening week, upsets galore in both two year old stakes and again in the Diana, uncertain weather,...

On the weeks Going in Circles Big Monday Show Barry and I discuss last weekends plethora of stakes races from around the country before we preview opening day at the Spa and the rest of the upcoming meet. Plus announce a weekly Twitter Spaces at noon on Wednesdays throughout the meet.

In tonight’s Big Monday show we discuss the latest salvo from Churchill Downs towards its chief nemesis Bob Baffert with the announcement that the Hall of Fame conditioner will be suspended from the track once again in 2024. It is tedious at this point but we have thoughts. We also look ahead to the Saturday card at Belmont and several of the excellent stakes including Red Carpet Ready vs Maple Le...

On this weeks Going in Circles Big Monday we talk about Two Phil’s and the extreme highs and lows of the game…and why Barry and I were anxious to bet against him in his next race that doesn’t seem like it’s gonna happen. Plus some commentary on why horse racing social media often misunderstands various industry roles and why not having an independent media is hurting racing in more than a few ways...

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show we are joined by special guest Mark Paul, author of the book “The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told” which centers on the great filly Winning Colors and her emphatic Kentucky Derby win in 1987 and the huge score that was made on her in the future book wagers. Plus we talk some racing issues and a little hoops on Draft week.