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TDN Look Podcast Archive

Welcome to the new TDN Podcast page, which features a weekly racing discussion—the TDN Writers' Room—along with stories from the TDN Look and longer stories in the TDN which have been made into podcasts.

Previous Podcasts

Newmarket: A Place of Wonder for the Racehorse

07.16.19

It has been 400 years since the first Spring Meeting was run at Newmarket, during the reign of James I, in 1619. While racing took place in different guises and at other locations around the world before that time, the formalised sport of horseracing as we now know it began in the small East Anglian town

Serena's Song: Still Going Strong at Denali at 27

07.23.19

There were few people more visible in the highest echelons of the sport of horse racing in the 1990s than Bob and Beverly Lewis. The California couple spent large sums at the yearling sales and were rewarded with six champions-including two Kentucky Derby winners-in the span of 10 years. But it is likely they are

David Burke: A Celebrity Chef with Racing Connections

07.26.19

Not unlike the rise of supertrainers in racing, the last decade has given birth to the rise of the super celebrity chef-restaurateurs who operate in multiple locations, compete in televised competitions, and have their own shows on the Food Network. David Burke currently operates 10 restaurants, has a line of cookware, has appeared on numerous t.v.

Magic In Chile: Taking a Wine Tour on Horseback

08.06.19

It is easy to think of 'The Cowboy' as an American entity, but plenty of other cultures have their own equivalent. As part of the celebration for the G1 Longines Gran Premio Latinoamericano—which was won by Ya Primo (Chi), who since ran second for Chad Brown in the GII July 27 Bowling Green at Saratoga-huasos

The Incontri: A Magical Meeting in Siena

08.16.19

The experience of sitting in a semi-darkened church overlooking the Val d'Orcia, one of Italy's most beautiful vistas, with just around 200 other people and listening to this music is so profound, and such a rare chance to focus in today's world full of distractions, that leads me to start thinking about all of the

Keeneland Life's Work Project: Seth Hancock

08.30.19

“You ever see me around the sales wearing short pants, you better run for cover-because the world's getting ready to come to an end.” Seth Hancock is remembering Swale. Bittersweet animal! He slaked Claiborne's ancestral thirst for a Kentucky Derby, trained by the great Woody Stephens. A week after Swale added the Belmont, Hancock was back

The Curragh: Ireland's Bedrock of Champions

09.06.19

The Curragh has recently undergone a much publicised €80 million redevelopment, but it is much more than just a racecourse. Set in Ireland's Thoroughbred heartland of Kildare, it is home to the country's largest training centre and more than 800 racehorses. Listen as Emma Berry talks to some of the industry icons who call The

Horologist Owner Cameron Beatty is Getting a Second Chance at Life

09.16.19

Saturday, 27-year-old Cameron Beatty will watch his filly Horologist compete as one of the favorites in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes at Parx. Just eight years ago, however, he thought he had lost everything when a motorcycle accident cost him his college football career, and left him seriously injured. We talk to Beatty about his

The Man O' War Project

09.17.19

Of all the terrible things that mankind has inflicted upon one another, there is none so terrible as war. Estimates of the total number of people killed in war in the history of the world range up to a billion lives, and for the combatants, oftentimes just surviving the conflict seems like the goal. But of

Keeneland Life's Work Project: John Phillips

09.25.19

His grandfather's greatest achievements, on the Turf, were all about looking outward; about opening minds and dismantling boundaries. Listening to John Phillips, however, you realize that the impetus for the whole adventure–for the mutual enlightenment, either side of the ocean, achieved by sending Roberto and Ribot in opposite directions–could not have been more definitively American.

Behold. Her.

10.10.19

With four Eclipse Awards, three Breeders' Cup victories, 11 Grade I wins and over $6 million in earnings, Beholder is truly the horse of a lifetime-of many lifetimes, really. The future Hall of Famer has accomplished what most can only dream about and did so in a way that left the racing world in awe.

Keeneland Life's Work Project #3: Ted Bassett

11.12.19

It barely seems a figure of speech, in fact, to describe James E. Bassett III as a pillar of the American Turf. His whole bearing remains so upright that it condenses not only the indelible stamp of his wartime service, with the U.S. Marines, but also the authority and integrity he seamlessly transferred to civilian

Successful and Wise: Meet the Dan Brothers

11.25.19

If you drive down Athens-Boonesboro Road at the right time of day, you might be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a hulking chestnut horse and his equally imposing bay brother romping through their field. With the residents of the adjacent paddocks at Forest Lane Farm being Angus cows and Quarter Horses, it would

Keeneland's Life Work Project No. 4: Rick Nichols

12.23.19

In hindsight, the trust and fidelity that have united Rick Nichols and his patron over the past 35 years were transparently available within the first 35 seconds they had anything to do with each other. Sheikh Hamdan was then making his first bold incursions into the international bloodstock market.

From TDN Look: Are Krone and Peterson an Unbeatable Team?

06.09.20

Julie Krone is back at Monmouth Park; this time, with a new job: jockey agent. She will represent Ferrin Peterson, a veterinarian with dreams of becoming the next Julie Krone.

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