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Trainer Todd Pletcher joins this week's TDN Writers' Room after pulling the upset in this past weekend's GII Wood Memorial with Bourbonic to talk on his top Derby contenders, improving track safety and more.

Within the same week that Thady Gosden joined his father John on the joint-training licence at Clarehaven, across town a metaphorical baton was passed from father to son at one of Newmarket's most historic stables, Park Lodge. This has been both home and place of business to James and Gay Eustace for a little over 30 years and the time has come for their eldest son Harry to convert his extensive and diverse apprenticeship into becoming a trainer in his own right. James has thus stood aside for Harry to...

Late last year, retired Hall of Fame jockey Ramon Dominguez came across some revealing statistics. According to a Pew Research analysis, nearly six in ten Hispanics living in the U.S. are Millennials or younger. In addition, a Nielsen report revealed that 94% of Latino males are sports fans and 56% consider themselves to be avid fans. This data inspired him, along with sports analyst Jose Francisco Rivera, to partner up in creating Exacta Box, a YouTube channel dedicated solely to Spanish-speaking horse racing enthusiasts.

Former NHL player and Xpressbet racing analyst Eddie Olczyk joins this week's TDN Writers' Room to give his top picks going into the last few rounds of Derby prep races and to share his story on beating stage 3 colon cancer.

Thoroughbred People with Sebastian Hutch

Niall Brennan is riding high heading into this week's Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale as this year, a pair of his program's graduates have developed into two of the hottest colts in training early on in the season with recent GI Dubai World Cup winner Mystic Guide and top Kentucky Derby contender Essential Quality. We spoke with Brennan on some of his top graduates and his consignment heading to the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale. Read more on the TDN: https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/niall-brennan-stables-keeping-the-stars-coming/

Joe Migliore never really considered a career outside of racing. With an Eclipse Award-winning jockey as a father and a mother who worked as an assistant trainer, to him, the sport was always more than just a popular topic at the dinner table. This year, the 30-year-old has gone out to form his own bloodstock agency. Read more on the TDN: https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/joe-migliore-goes-all-in-as-bloodstock-agent/

Farrier Tales: Problems in the Feet with Jude Florio.

Trainer Mike Stidham joins this week's TDN Writers' Room fresh off a win with Godolphin-owned 4-year-old Mystic Guide in the GIII Razorback H. Stidham recaps the victory and talks on his relationship with Godolphin, the demise of Arlington Park and more.

Thoroughbred People with John O'Connor

In this episode of Farrier Tales, Jude Florio gives step-by-step instructions on how to properly remove a shoe, explaining the proper setup that must happen to the hoof beforehand and common misconceptions when it comes to removing shoes.

In straitened times for British racing's finances, there has already been one trainer leave Newmarket for Kentucky, but the balance has been restored somewhat by the return to the town of Sean Woods, some 20 years after relinquishing his license in the UK.The trainer bought the historic La Grange Stables at the age of just 26 and, 10 years later in 2002, left British racing's headquarters to train in Hong Kong where, among his rival trainers, was his cousin Caspar Fownes. There he remained until 2016, but in the intervening...