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In this edition of the Weekend Preview presented by Three Chimneys, the gang overviews a busy weekend of racing from coast to coast, including all the stakes action at Keeneland's Fall Stars Weekend.

Tim Martin, the trainer of undefeated Iowa-bred Tyler's Tribe, joined this week's TDN Writers' Room presented by Keeneland. Elsewhere on the show, which is also sponsored by Coolmore, the Pennsylvania Horse BreedersAssociation, XBTV, Three Chimneys, West Point Thoroughbreds and Legacy Bloodstock, the Writers' Room unveiled its new lineup, which consists of Bill Finley, Randy Moss and Zoe Cadman.

On the racetrack, News Carver (Curlin) did not meet the lofty expectations set by his talented full-brother Vino Rosso, but the 3-year-old gelding has all the potential to one day become a star in a different arena. We talked to Anna Ford at New Vocations.

On this edition of The Weekend Preview Presented by Three Chimneys, the team takes a look at Grade I action at Santa Anita and Belmont at Aqueduct, including Life Is Good's final Breeders' Cup prep in the GI Woodward S.

Tattersalls Marketing Director Jimmy George joined this week's TDN Writers' Room ahead of the anticipated October Yearling Sale, which runs October 4-6.

Parx Racing takes center stage this weekend with five graded stakes on Saturday. In this Weekend Preview presented by Three Chimneys, the team breaks down all the action, including the GI Pennsylvania Derby and the GI Cotillion S.

Tony Lacy, the Vice President of Sales at Keeneland, joined this week's TDN Writers' Room as we approach the close of another historic edition of the Keeneland September Sale. The TDN Writers' Room is sponsored by Keeneland, Coolmore, the Green Group, the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association, XBTV, Three Chimneys Farm, West Point Thoroughbreds and Legacy Bloodstock.

In this edition of the Weekend Preview presented by Three Chimneys, the crew overviews racing at Belmont at the Big A this weekend, which features graded stakes turf action. They also handicap the upcoming GIII Iroquois S. on opening weekend at Churchill Downs.

Joe Harper joins this week's TDN Writers' Room to discuss the close of a Del Mar meet marked by a perfect safety record and record handle.

We visited Alpinista at Heath House Stables in Newmarket where she is fresh from her win in the G1 Yorkshire Oaks and preparing for a run in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. William Butler, assistant trainer at Heath House, and Annable Wilils, Alpinista's groom and rider, spoke to TDN about what she means to them.

On this week's episode of Bettor Things with Joe Bianca, the host welcomes Seth Merrow, a public handicapper for the industry-leading Capital OTB channel and administrator of Equidaily, a popular racing news aggregation and handicapping site. Merrow talks about growing up a half-hour from Saratoga and the way he's seen the track change over the years, the challenges of being a public handicapper, the current state of racing journalism and more. In his Breeders' Cup handicapping segment, Bianca lays out plays for Saturday's GII FanDuel Turf Sprint S. and GII...

This week on TDNtv, we caught up with the planning committee for the upcoming inaugural edition of the Horse Racing Women's Summit at Santa Anita. On this week's TDN Writers' Room, the writers visited with Kosta Hronis after Flightline's impressive win in the GI TVG Pacific Classic. Later this week, watch for our visit to Claiborne Farm, where we spoke with Walker Hancock on Catholic Boy and Demarchelier, both Claiborne stallions who will are represented by their first crop of yearlings this year.