The Harness Racing Alumni Show.

Jeff Gural the owner of the Meadowlands Racetrack, Tioga Downs & Vernon Downs, joins Freddie, Trade and Bob on this week's Harness Racing Alumni Show. Jeff expresses his opinion of the recent eye-opening Andy Cohen article that was published in the Paulic Report. He shares his insight into the Adrienne Hall testimony that helped convict dope dealing vet, Dr. Seth Fishman. Gural talks candidly abou...

Andy Cohen returns as this week's special guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show and gives his candid opinion on the sensational doping trial. Cohen feels that our sport is not covering this important case as closely as it should be and he shares so much more for our listeners on this week's broadcast…!!! Don’t miss it.

Doping trial updates on this week's Alumni Show…!!! Besides the mysterious death of the well-known vet, Dr. Connors…., Freddie, Trade and Bob discuss the recent developments in the horseracing doping trials. They also talk about the Grasso indictment that includes Louis Grasso, Donato Poliseno, Thomas Guido III, Richard Banca, and Rene Allard. Don’t miss this informative broadcast…..!!!

New Jersey Assemblyman Ron Dancer is this week's Harness Racing Alumni Show’s guest. The former driver/trainer and the son of the legendary Hall of Fame driver/trainer Stanley Dancer, talks about the recent New Jersey bill that he sponsored and got passed. It requires Standardbred racetracks with sports betting to present at least 151 days of live racing each year. Ron gives much credit for the pa...

January 13, 2022, - Marty Irby returns as this week's guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Marty, who was for the third year in a row named Washington D.C. Top Lobbyist, shares with Freddie, Trade and Bob his positive visit that he recently had at Rosecroft Raceway. Irby then discusses the status of the HISA and USADA fall-out and his thoughts on the future of horse racing. Don't miss this inf...

January 6, 2022 - Don Tiger, the owner of 4-year-old pacing sensation Charlie May, is this week's returning guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Don gives Freddie, Trade and Bob an update on the progress of his litigation involving his horse Charlie May’s disqualification in the 2021 Meadowlands Pace. He also gives his insight regarding the recent positive of Perfect Sting and shares with us t...

Greg Peck…., Standardbred trainer and corporate advisor, is this week's guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. He discusses with Freddie, Trade and Bob recent news and views on HISA, USADA, Navarro's sentencing, Gaitway Farms future and Bob Baffert's current situation. All on this week's informative broadcast. Don’t miss it….!!!

Doctor Sammy Barbera, one of the top cardiologists in the world, is our guest on this week’s Alumni Show. Barbera’s family has been involved in harness racing since the mid 70's. Sammy’s dad (Joe) and uncle (Vinny) have owned in partnerships some of the sports top horses including this year's Fast as the Wind, Abuckabet Hanover & Rockyroad Hanover. His cousin is Dr. J (Bridgette Jablonsky) of Hano...

Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit’s recent death is the main topic of discussion by our guest, Larry Rolla. The former driver-trainer (Of harness horses & thoroughbreds) who is also the author of the book, “Against All Odds” …., returns as this week's special guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Larry lends us his expert opinions on why horses are having heart attacks, the use of detention b...

Judy Bokman, the co-founder of the Standardbred Retirement Foundation, returns as this week's guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Judy gives an update of the SRF's upcoming Christmas and various holiday festivities. She also discusses how important it is to the welfare and safety of our standardbreds to maintain freeze branding. Your financial support towards the upkeep of these magnificent r...

Alex Kraszewski, the PR Director of Dover Downs and Don Tiger, the owner of the sensational racehorse, Charlie May, are this week's guests on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Alex shares with Freddie, Trade, Bob and Don Tiger his thoughts on the Dover Downs Progress Pace. Tiger gives a brief up-date on the legal standings of his lawsuit regarding the Meadowlands Pace disqualification. He also prais...

Don Tiger returns as this week's guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. He shares with Freddie, Trade and Bob his story of how his faith in God led to him to purchase a two-thousand-dollar mare that he bred to Mcardle which resulted in the creation of the sensational Charlie May. He then continues to explain an update of the litigation surrounding Charlie May's disqualification from the Meadowla...

This week’s guest, Joe De Francis, is a board member of the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Authority and the former majority owner of both Pimlico and Laurel Racetracks. Joe gives us an update stating that the HISA documentation will be released very shortly to the public for review. De Francis tells Freddie, Trade and Bob about the positive virtual meeting that took place between HISA and some of...

Ellen Harvey returns as this week's guest on the 133rd edition of the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Ellen gives special updates on the USTA annual district meetings that she attended because she’s still trying to convince them of the importance of continuing with freeze branding in conjunction with micro-chipping the horses. She contends that not having the freeze brands could cost the lives of many...

Noted standardbred owner/breeder Andy Cohen returns as our special guest on this week's Harness Racing Alumni Show. Andy shares with Freddie, Trade and Bob the details of last week's two meetings of harness racing stakeholders which included Jeff Gural & John Campbell that they had with HISA's Charlie Scheeler (Chairman of the board), Joe De Francis (board member) and Hank Zeitlin (Executive Direc...

Winners Circle Racing Stable founders, Charlie Longo and Matt Zuccarrello, are this week's guests on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. The amateur drivers tell Freddie, Trade and Bob how they met and formed their ‘fractional owner’s stable.’ This year’s expected earnings could exceed 2 million. Matt and Charlie explained how anyone can join them and become a partner in their exciting racing stable v...

Don Tiger, owner of the sensational racehorse Charlie May…, is this week's returning guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Don gives Freddie, Trade and Bob an update on the court proceedings involving Charlie May’s questionable disqualification in the Meadowlands Pace. He discusses his reasons and frustrations in supplementing Charlie May for $60,000 in the recently raced $500,000 Tattersall in...

Ellen Harvey, harness racing's PR wizard and Marty Irby, a top Washington DC Lobbyist who is also the CEO of the Animal Wellness Action joins Freddie, Trade and Bob on this week's Harness Racing Alumni Show. Ellen discusses the importance of her rule change proposal that she has submitted to the USTA. She’s requesting for them to include freeze-branding along with the addition of micro-chips in re...

Steve Stewart of Kentucky's Hunterton Farm is this week's guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Steve shares with Freddie, Trade and Bob many inside details of the new and forthcoming lucrative Kentucky Sires Stakes program. Steve believes it will make the state of Kentucky the most desirable place to race standardbreds in North America. He also shared lots of insight on Hunterton’s upcoming Oc...

The 2021 Meadowlands Pace was decisively won by Don Tiger’s ‘dream horse’, Charlie May, who is the foal of a rescued mare that was stated to go to the killers. Unfortunately, Don’s fast steppin’ steed was disqualified for very questionable ‘interference’ reasons and placed dead last by the track judges. On this week’s broadcast, Don shares with Freddie, Trade and Bob the details of his legal appea...

Guilty or guilty…??? Indictments galore…!!! On this week’s Alumni show, Bob Marks questions Freddie and asks why do we have indicted trainers still training horses? Freddie predicts more arrests coming soon. Eric Poders of the Horsemen's Voice, who attended the case’s conference along with Freddie on September 15th, calls into the show and gives the details of the discussion including the fact tha...

Harness racing driver-trainer Robbie Siegelman is this week’s guest on the Harness Racing Alumni Show. Robbie who recently cut back on his racing and training is now concentrating on equine therapy to help our veterans. He tells of an interesting story where some of the veterans adopted a very large gelding that was rescued from a kill pen by the Standardbred Retirement Foundation. He speaks of th...

This week, we congratulate Judy Bokman and her Standardbred Retirement Foundation as she thanks all the wonderful people and organizations for donating to save so many Standardbreds (Almost 61) from being slaughtered a few days ago. Judy also explains the plans for the future of these great horses who raced and earned so much money for their owners, trainers and drivers. Tune in to this heartfelt...

Former noted trainer-driver, Larry Rolla whose book, “AGAINST ALL ODDS” (about RACE FIXING and the MOB) is soon to become a major feature film. Rolla discusses the true nuts and bolts of Lasix and other often used drugs & medications. What he says, will “blow the doors off” of the ‘see no evil’ positions adopted by many currently in the racing hierarchy. We will be having Larry back in the near fu...

Harness Racing Alumni Show - URGENT REPORT..!!! 61 Standardbreds are currently tagged for slaughter. Judy Bokman, the co-founder of the Standardbred Retirement Foundation, joins Freddie, Trade and Bob to give the details on this horrific situation. She discribes what immediately needs to be done in order to rescue these 61 precious and retired racehorses from a brutal death. Judy explains it all i...