Flatter Pod: Yakteen is among Derby experts + Laurel update

By Ron Flatter
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Get the jump on Kentucky Derby 2023 with this week’s early preview on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Trainer Tim Yakteen discusses Practical Move and Reincarnate and his plans for breezing and shipping them this week.

Two-time Eclipse Award-winning writer John Scheinman checks in from Baltimore to talk about the ongoing trouble with the racing surface at Laurel Park.

Back in Kentucky, Churchill Downs TV analysts Kaitlin Free and Scott Shapiro talk about morning workouts this week and offer their early thoughts about next week’s Derby.

Paddock Prince handicapper David Levitch provides his first impressions of how to bet next week’s big races.

There also is listener and reader feedback.

The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Google, Spotify and Stitcher as well as HorseRacingNation.com.

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