Rail Talk Podcast

Apr 10 2025 94 ep. 51 mins 5

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Hosts Joe Bianca & Jon Green talk all things racing, weekly. Stay tuned and join our mailing list to be the first to know when new episodes drop.

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Rail Talk Episode 86: Kornacki Hour

Apr 10 2025 57 mins

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to the final round of Kentucky Derby preps, as Journalism solidifies himself as the favorite, Rodriguez wires the Wood and Burnham Square dives late to capture the Blue Grass. What holes are there, if any, to poke in Journalism’s case, and are the other winners contenders or pretenders?The boys then welcome star NBC correspon

Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 16: KEE to Success

Apr 03 2025 22 mins

This week on Breakaway Rail Talk presented by Arion Pedigrees, Jon Green talks to Keeneland CEO and President Shannon Arvin about the upcoming Spring Meet, sales grounds improvements and upgrades in the paddock and viewing areas. They discuss her five-year tenure at the helm and what is on the near horizon for racing and sales fans.Don’t miss any episodes of Rail Talk, be sure to

Rail Talk Episode 85: Sandman Brings Derby Dreams

Apr 01 2025 70 mins

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are back from a thrilling Saturday at Oaklawn Park, where they witnessed, along with 68,000 of their closest friends, Sandman punch his ticket for the Kentucky Derby with a convincing win in the meet centerpiece Arkansas Derby. The boys react to one of the most thrilling moments of their racing lives and start five weeks of spine-tin

Rail Talk Episode 84: All Systems Geaux

Mar 25 2025 70 mins

This week on Rail Talk! We’re less than six weeks out from Kentucky Derby 151, and Joe Bianca and Jon Green take stock of the 3-year-old class heading into crunch time. Joe, just back from New Orleans, gives his in-person reaction from the Louisiana Derby, while Jon has a bee in his bonnet about the Jeff Ruby Steaks being a 100-point Derby qualifier.The boys then look forward to

Rail Talk Episode 83: A World of Difference

Mar 19 2025 42 mins

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are back from Ocala, and dive into the statistics from HISA’s 2024 metrics report. Racing fatalities at HISA-run tracks were nearly half of those at the non-HISA tracks, proving that the system is working in keeping horses safer, and for the first time, we have data on training-related fatalities. Other takeaways include the increa

Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 15: The Heart of Horse Racing

Mar 07 2025 13 mins

This week on Breakaway Rail Talk presented by Arion Pedigrees, Joe Bianca sits down with New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association president Tina Bond to discuss her bold marketing initiative, The Heart of Horse Racing. As a passionate advocate for the sport, Bond has enlisted an impressive array of stakeholders to tell their stories and organize to create a sustainable future

Rail Talk Episode 82: Times and Times Again

Mar 04 2025 63 mins

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to the latest deeply unflattering New York Times article about the racing industry, this time coming in the form of a scathing, 4,600-word (!!) guest essay questioning the necessity of the sport’s existence. The boys let it rip on the negative slants, misrepresentations and omissions of the article, while also acknowledging a

Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 14: The Great Lasix Debate

Feb 28 2025 43 mins

This week on a special Breakaway Rail Talk presented by Arion Pedigrees, co-hosts Joe Bianca and Jon Green continue to explore the impact of Lasix with guests Tony "Tinky" Cobitz and Southwest Stakes Winning trainer, Ron Moquett. Tinky provides a plethora of facts and figures backed by extensive research including how it affects two-year-olds, older horses and stakes comp

Rail Talk Episode 81: A Good Week for the Good Guys

Feb 26 2025 62 mins

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green start a jam-packed show appreciating the immense progress being made in the HISA era. Racing fatalities dropped below 1 per 1,000 starts at tracks under HISA’s jurisdiction in 2024, the first time racing has crossed that benchmark since the advent of the Equine Injury Database in 2009. The same week the numbers were released, HISA

Rail Talk Episode 80: Florida Horsemen Fight Back

Feb 18 2025 49 mins

This week on Rail Talk! We break some major news, as longtime Kentucky state senator Damon Thayer and Ocala Stud general manager David O’Farrell join the show to announce the creation of the Thoroughbred Racing Initiative, an alliance of major stakeholders organizing to stop the potentially devastating decoupling efforts in Florida.Thayer, whose experience includes spearheading t