On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry and I talk about the marathon Louisiana Derby card this coming Saturday, plus touch a little on the Dubai Cup races, how does the NCAA basketball tournament resemble racing, some Bullet Bob Meyer stories and a whole lot more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charles-simon6/message ..read more

On tonight’s Going in Circles show we recap the Tampa Bay Derby card with our impressions of Tapit Trice and the rest of the day for which Barry served as a guest TV analyst. We also talk about the lunacy of Dark day racing Twitter, how you can’t tell if horses are “juiced” by looking at a picture, choosing who might be clean and who might be cheating is folly, and how the solutions to racings ills aren’t what most think they are. Plus we talk about a whole lot more, my feelings on Arizona winning March Madness and a dissertation on why the new HISA testing rules can potentially be disastrous ..read more

On tonight’s Big Monday show we recap last Saturdays Rebel stakes, talk about the latest GIC Digest which is a grading of all the Derby preps run so far, preview the Fountain of Youth card Saturday from Gulfstream and a whole lot more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charles-simon6/message ..read more

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday show Barry and I have a long reaching conversation about a variety of topics including last weekends Risen Star day card at FG, the bizarre grass situation there, a need for night vision goggles, our obligatory Baffert conversation on who might go where, what can the game do better for players, why we can’t just be like Hong Kong or Japan, why industry insiders should stop with the tone deaf defense of trainers with gaudy records, thank you to Jordan Blair stable and more ? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charles-simon6/message ..read more

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show Barry and I recap the weekend’s Derby Prep action, preview next Saturdays prep, the Risen Star from FG and some of the other stakes action. Barry also tells us about his day at Tampa Saturday where he acted as a guest handicapper for Sam Davis card and hear about some of the behind the scenes action! ??? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charles-simon6/message ..read more

On this weeks going in Circles Big Monday Show we take a look at last weekends Derby preps from Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park, plus some of the other undercard races, take a look ahead to Barry’s appearance with the Tampa Bay crew for Saturday’s Sam Davis day and say Happy birthday to Pete Nice and look forward to Gronk kicking a FG during the Super Bowl! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charles-simon6/message ..read more

On tonight’s Going in Circle’s Big Monday show Barry and I recap the Pegasus card from Gulfstream Park, talk about his trip to the races and impressions of the afternoon. We also discus the disturbing trend of pricing out the day to day supporters of the industry on its big event days, the CA Derby prep (and other related) issues and some sad news of the passing of our friend and great racing fan Kerry Duplessis ? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charles-simon6/message ..read more

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I discuss last Saturday’s Lecomte stakes from Fair Grounds and what impact it may have on the Derby Trail. We also look forward to this weekend’s Pegasus Day card and also take a quick look at Saturday’s Southwest stakes card at OP where the superpowers collide with a Brad Cox trio facing off against Bob Baffert’s Arabian Knight. We also talk about the difficulties modern day bettors face and how sifting through the readily available information and deciding what really matters and what isn’t is vitally important. Shorter show than usual but hopefully sti ..read more

On tonight’s Going in Circles Big Monday Show, Barry and I are joined by special guest Sid Fernando! In a wide ranging conversation about many different racing issues. We first talk about how Sid got into racing, his various roles and jobs in the game including bloodstock and consulting with his company Werk Thoroughbreds and his writing career with DRF, Thoroughbred Times, Trainer Magazine, TDN and other places. Frank discussions about racing including financial responsibility and how it has affected the game, media coverage changes, racings presentation conundrum, how the sales game/commerci ..read more

On tonight’s Big Monday show Barry and I discuss the latest Going in Circles Digest piece which is a Wishlist for racing in 2023. We talk about our hopes for racing in the new year, what changes we’d like to see and a whole bunch of other ideas that we have. We also recap last weekends races that might have some impact on the Kentucky Derby trail including the Sham from Santa Anita, the Jerome from Aqueduct and an allowance race from Gulfstream Park. Check it out and let us know what your wishes for the new year are! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/charles-simon6/message ..read more