'Winning Ponies' Welcomes NARA Executive Director Remi Bellocq and DRF Columnist/Handicapper Byron King
April 18, 2013
Hosted by John Engelhardt
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Episode Description
Remi Bellocq will talk a little about what keeps him busy at Equine Programming for Bluegrass Community and Technical College these days, which he joined after 18 years in various management positions at racetracks across North America, notably Santa Anita in southern California. Remi will tell us about their trip to Abu Dhabi in Nov. 2012, and all the fund raising efforts to support their teaching horses at the College. He will brush over the new online course offerings, summer classes in the field of horse racing, and talk a little about the Equine Industry Workforce Certificate obtained by its graduates. He will give us a feel of what a typical day is like for NARA students. He will go over some NARA statistics and how we can get in touch with that organisation. In the second segment DRF columnist Byron King will be our guest handicapper. He will help John analyze the Doubledogdare Stakes on Friday and the Coolmore Lexington on Saturday, both at Keeneland; and the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne and the Santa Barbara Handicap at Santa Anita.
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John Engelhardt
You may recognize him as "Racing's Regular Guy." For ten years, John Engelhardt hosted the informative and sometimes irreverent handicapping show from his base at River Downs in Cincinnati, Ohio. He developed a passion for thoroughbred racing as a youngster at Saratoga, and has been able to make his love of the sport his life's calling.
Engelhardt, a native of Syracuse, New York is a graduate of the University of Dayton. His professional career in racing began as the track photographer at Beulah Park in 1983 and he has worked in racing ever since. John produced "The Stretch Run" for eight years, which aired on the CBS affiliate WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. For four years Engelhardt co-hosted "The Regular Guy Handicapping Show on HOMER 1530-AM in Cincinnati with former "Winning Ponies" host Ed Meyer.
John served as the President of the Turf Publicists of America in 2009 and 2010, after serving several years as the Midwest Vice-President of that organization. He is currently a consultant for Pinnacle Entertainment handling publicity, public relations, marketing, advertising and special events for River Downs. Under the "nom-de-course" of Heart of an Angel Stable, he has bred and owned thoroughbreds for 18 years.
"Racing's Regular Guy" has been exposed to racing on many levels and greets the sport with enthusiasm and well-rounded knowledge. Tune in Thursdays at 5PM PT, as he welcomes nationally recognized guests, who will help you find those "Winning Ponies.”
