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Rail Talk Podcast
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.
Episodes
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Rail Talk Episode 98: What Are the Odds?
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca is joined by guest co-host and Gulfstream Park TV analyst Samantha Perry as the 3-year-old class turns for home in the…
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Rail Talk Episode 97: The Summer Wind
This week on Rail Talk! It’s Haskell Week, so Joe Bianca and Jon Green shine their spotlight on beloved Monmouth Park, where the signature $1 million Grade I…
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Rail Talk Episode 96: Ewing to the Hoop
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to a monster holiday weekend of racing at Saratoga and celebration for the team downstate. An array of…
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Rail Talk Episode 95: Mindframe & The Music Man
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green fire up the take cannon and react to a star-laden Stephen Foster day at Churchill. Where does Mindframe rank…
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Rail Talk Episode 94: Lukas’s Legacy & ICE Comes for Racing
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are back after a week away to catch up on racing’s biggest stories. First, they appreciate and honor the…
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Rail Talk Episode 93: Dynamic Duo Lights Up Belmont
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green wrap up a tremendous Triple Crown season with their reactions to the scintillating Belmont at Saratoga, as…
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Rail Talk Episode 92: New York New York & The Research Dept.
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are back at their mics, refreshed from a week away and buzzing about Belmont Stakes week at Saratoga, as the…
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Rail Talk Episode 91: Journalism Won’t Be Denied
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are back from the Preakness, full of crab cakes and hot takes. Did Journalism prove he’s head and shoulders…
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Rail Talk Episode 90: Eurton Call from Britney
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green provide the backstory on Sandman’s surprise entry into the Preakness and dive into the rest of the field and…
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Rail Talk Episode 89: Derby Reactions w/Bobby Flay
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are back from the 151st Kentucky Derby and give you all the reactions from Team Sandman, plus analysis of the…
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RAIL TALK BREAKAWAY EP 18: Undoing a Decoupling
Former Kentucky State Senator and Thoroughbred Racing Initiative (TRI) Senior Advisor Damon Thayer sits down with Jon Green to get into the weeds of the…
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Rail Talk Episode 88: At Long Last, It’s Derby Time
This week on Rail Talk! The Kentucky Derby is finally upon us, and Joe Bianca and Jon Green celebrate making it through the cold winter with a legitimate…
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Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 17: Handicapping the Derby/Oaks Cards w/Jim Politano
This week on Breakaway Rail Talk presented by Arion Pedigrees, Joe Bianca welcomes back friend of the show, owner and ace handicapper Jim Politano to put…
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Rail Talk Episode 87: Repole vs. Tinky
This week on Rail Talk! It’s our most highly-anticipated episode yet, featuring the great debate between Mike Repole and Tinky aka Tony Cobitz. This conflict…
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Rail Talk Episode 86: Kornacki Hour
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…
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Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 16: KEE to Success
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…
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Rail Talk Episode 85: Sandman Brings Derby Dreams
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…
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Rail Talk Episode 84: All Systems Geaux
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…
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Rail Talk Episode 83: A World of Difference
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…
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Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 15: The Heart of Horse Racing
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…
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Rail Talk Episode 82: Times and Times Again
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…
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Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 14: The Great Lasix Debate
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…
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Rail Talk Episode 81: A Good Week for the Good Guys
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…
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Rail Talk Episode 80: Florida Horsemen Fight Back
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…
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Rail Talk Episode 79: Ren, Rinse, and Repeat
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green discuss the Los Angeles Times article reporting that The Stronach Group has let potential buyers know that…
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Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 13: Stable Recovery
This week on Breakaway Rail Talk presented by Arion Pedigrees, Joe Bianca sits down with Frank Taylor and Christian Countzler, the co-founders of Stable…
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Rail Talk Episode 78: Stewart’s Inquiry
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green welcome Resolute Racing founder John Stewart for a a wide-ranging, in-depth discussion as he continues to make…
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Rail Talk Episode 77: What Comes After Gulfstream?
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green kick off a loaded episode by reacting to the Pegasus World Cup card, perhaps one of the final major racing…
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Episode 76: Cloudy with a Chance of Shutdown
This week on Rail Talk! Jon Green rejoins Joe Bianca in the studio for a jam-packed show covering the industry’s hottest topics. First, the boys break down The…
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Episode 75: From Coast to Coast
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca is joined by guest co-host Samantha Perry live her from analyst post at Gulfstream Park, and the two discuss some of their…
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Rail Talk Episode 74: In With The New
This week on Rail Talk! The boys are back and thrilled to kick off an exciting 2025 with lots of big news, as Joe Bianca and Jon Green welcome brand new…
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Episode 73: Happy Repole-Days Part 2
Coming right back atcha, it’s the action-packed conclusion of our 2024 Rail Talk season featuring the second part of our discussion with industry titan Mike…
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Rail Talk Episode 72: Happy Repole-Days Part 1
This week on Rail Talk! It’s a holiday double serving, as multiple Eclipse Award winner, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed commissioner of racing Mike Repole…
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Rail Talk Episode 71: From Hong Kong With Love
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green go international, as they welcome Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Englebrecht-Bresges to fill us on in on…
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Rail Talk Episode 70: Green Eggs & Sam
This week on Rail Talk! It’s a two-guest show, as Gulfstream Park’s excellent on-air analyst Samantha Perry stops by to preview the track’s prestigious…
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Rail Talk Episode 69: HISA Mythbusting
This week on Rail Talk! HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus and HIWU Executive Director Ben Mosier join Joe Bianca and Jon Green to correct some misconceptions about the new…
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Rail Talk Episode 68: Flavien Prat Takes Center Stage
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are joined in the studio by very special guest and presumptive Eclipse champion jockey Flavien Prat! The three…
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Rail Talk Episode 67: Yu Talking to Me?
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green welcome guest third host Michelle Yu to react to a star-studded weekend at the Breeders’ Cup. An outstanding…
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Breakaway Rail Talk Episode 12: Breeders’ Cup Bets w/Jim Politano
This year’s Breeders’ Cup is so spectacular we had to drop two episodes of Rail Talk in two days, this time providing a betting companion to the 41st World…
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Rail Talk Episode 66: A Scary Good Breeders’ Cup
This week on Rail Talk! We are on the eve of Breeders’ Cup XLI, and Joe Bianca and Jon Green can barely contain their excitement. Starting with the intrigue of…
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Rail Talk Episode 65: Tinky Returns
This week on Rail Talk! Our good friend and wise sage Tony Cobitz, a.k.a. Tinky, returns to the studio for another fascinating conversation with Joe Bianca and…
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Rail Talk Episode 64: Union & Reunion
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca returns to the mic from his honeymoon in Greece to catch up with Jon Green on all the latest happenings in racing, breeding…
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Rail Talk Episode 63: Of Sales and Storms
On this week’s episode of Rail Talk, Jon Green and fill-in co-host Ren Carothers discuss some of the weekend’s WIN AND YOU’RE IN races including the three-way…
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Breakaway Rail Talk 11: Fasig-Tipton's Leif Aaron & Jesse Ullery
Host Jon Green welcomes Fasig-Tipton’s Jesse Ullery and Leif Aaron to talk about the wild success of Fasig-Tipton digital sales. The clearance rate for the…
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Rail Talk Episode 62: Parx & Degradation
This week on Rail Talk, Joe Bianca and Jon Green lament the predictable tragedy we saw Saturday on the Parx turf course. Despite obvious problems with the…
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Rail Talk Episode 61: Marital Bliss, Laboratory Mess
On Episode 61, hosts Joe Bianca and Jon Green welcome esteemed lawyer and CEO of the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Alan Foreman, to discuss the…
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Rail Talk Episode 60: Joe’s Bachelor Finale
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green take an overview of the Kentucky Downs meet—after Saturday’s performance, is it fair to call Cogburn the…
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Rail Talk Episode 59: Saratoga 2024 Wrap with Kim Valerio
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green put a bow on the Saratoga meet, which features a dazzling array of outstanding performances, but most…
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Rail Talk Episode 58: A Travers for the Ages
This week on Rail Talk! It was shaping up for weeks like a classic Travers, and if anything the race exceeded expectations, as champion colt Fierceness and…
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Rail Talk Episode 57: (Don’t) Hold Your Horses
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green welcome jockey Dylan Davis, who’s enjoying a breakout season at Saratoga. Fresh off a huge Grade I win in the…
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Rail Talk Episode 56: Grade I's & Newlyweds
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green celebrate a terrific weekend for the home teams, as DJ Stable/West Point Thoroughbreds’ Sandman takes his…
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Rail Talk Episode 55: Postcards from Saratoga
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are both on scene in Saratoga Springs to bring you the latest from the most action-packed week of the summer…
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Rail Talk Episode 54: Straight A’s for This Sophomore Class
This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to a stellar weekend of racing, including a thrilling Jim Dandy that drove home the realization that…
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Rail Talk Episode 53: Keeping it Casse
This week on Rail Talk, Joe Bianca and Jon Green break down all the top headlines from a great weekend of racing, including how Dornoch and Thorpedo Anna’s…
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Rail Talk Episode 52: The Summer Place To Be
This week on Rail Talk, Jon Green returns from his Canadian vacation and rejoins his buddy Joe Bianca, just home from opening week at Saratoga! The two break…
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Rail Talk Episode 51: Jim-dependence Day
Happy Saratoga opening day! This week on Rail Talk, the team is back from a holiday weekend and Joe Bianca is joined by guest co-host Jim Politano, owner…
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Breakaway Rail Talk: Blue Lion Thoroughbreds' Dave Lyon
This week on Breakaway Rail Talk sponsored by Arion Pedigrees, Joe Bianca sits down for an in-depth 1-on-1 conversation with Dave Lyon, the founder and…
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Rail Talk Episode 50: A Beautiful Day in the Neigh-borhood
We made it to 50 episodes! It’s been an absolute joy for the team here at Rail Talk to experience this journey with all of you, so for this week’s episode we…
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Episode 49: A Lazarus Encore
This week on Rail Talk, Joe Bianca and Jon Green welcome back HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus for another illuminating, substantive discussion about a wide variety of…
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Rail Talk Episode 48: Belatoga Caps Thrilling Triple Crown
For the first time in its history, the Belmont Stakes moved north to Saratoga, and the buzz was unmistakable at the old Spa during a phenomenal racing…