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Barry "The Sniper" Spears, a successful handicapping tournament player, public handicapper, podcast host and influential voice in the world of horse racing Twitter, joined the latest episode of Bettor Things with Joe Bianca this week for a wide-ranging conversation on topics inside the sport and out. Later in the show, following up a profitable first week of his handicapping segment sponsored by the Breeders' Cup in which he gave out $17.60 Haskell winner Cyberknife (Gun Runner), Bianca lays out his plays for Saturday's GI Whitney S. at Saratoga, a star-studded...

Glennwood Farm's Tanya Gunther shares memories of Justify's latest winner Justique as a foal and introduces us to the TDN Rising Star's full sister.

This week on the TDN Writers' Room, the writers survey a massive weekend of racing at Saratoga headlined by the GI Whitney S., plus additional top-level racing across the country.

NYRA President and CEO David O'Rourke joined this week's TDN Writers' Room to discuss an exciting upcoming weekend of racing in Saratoga and the recent announcement that the 2022 Belmont Fall Meet will be held at Aqueduct Racetrack. The TDN Writers' Room is sponsored by Keeneland, The Green Group, Coolmore, XBTV, Lane's End Farm, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association,  West Point Thoroughbreds and Legacy Bloodstock.

Corniche has not seen the starting gate since his victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Champion, but will return this weekend in the GII Amsterdam S. at Saratoga. Zoe Cadman chats with Todd Pletcher about the 3-year-old son of Quality Road.

Country Grammer, Mandaloun, There Goes Harvard, and Express Train battle it out in the San Diego this weekend on the West Coast, while at Saratoga, 3yo colts will start their road to the Breeders' Cup in the Jim Dandy Stakes. Bill Finley and Jon Green are here with your preview of this weekend's races.

Fresh off his win in the GI Haskell S. with Cyberknife (Gun Runner), trainer Brad Cox joined the TDN Writers' Room presented by Keeneland Wednesday as the Green Group Guest of the Week. There was plenty to talk about as Cox's stable remains one of the hottest in the sport and he will send out GIII Ohio Derby winner Tawny Port (Pioneerof the Nile) in Saturday's GII Jim Dandy S. at Saratoga and 2021 GI Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun (Into Mischief) in Saturday's GII San Diego H. at Del Mar....

D. Wayne Lukas gives an update on Secret Oath as she prepares for the GI Coaching Club American Oaks and also gives a rundown of his Saratoga stable.

Michael Beychock, the 2012 National Handicapping Championship winner, has made plenty of headlines this year. A well-known, outspoken horseplayer, Beychok joined the latest episode of Bettor Things with Joe Bianca this week to talk about his class-action suit against Baffert surrounding the since-vacated 2021 Kentucky Derby victory of Medina Spirit, his vow to move his handle to sports betting in response to drug issues in racing, the approach to tournament play that helped him win the NHC, his day job as a political consultant and more.

Joe Bianca, Bill Finley and Jon Green preview a busy weekend of racing headlined by five graded stakes at Monmouth Park and the GI Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga.

With the first week of the 2022 Saratoga meet in the books, NYRA and Fox Sports TV analyst Andy Serling joined the TDN Writers' Room presented by Keeneland Tuesday as the Green Group Guest of the Week to talk about how Saratoga somehow continues to exceed its sky-high expectations. Elsewhere on the show, which is also sponsored by Coolmore, Lane's End, the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders, XBTV, West Point Thoroughbreds and Legacy Bloodstock, the writers previewed a big weekend of racing, remembered the great Kitten's Joy and called for more meaningful sanctions for Paco Lopez's reckless riding.

Tessa Bisha, an assistant trainer for Brad Cox, oversees the schooling of their stable's 2-year-olds every spring. We visited her at Keeneland and took a look at some of her most promising trainees.