S7E55: Breeders' Cup and an excused absence

The Breeders' Cup is only three weeks away, and it is the focus of this week's Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

With City Of Troy, Forever Young, Ushba Tesoro and Derma Sotogake being flown to Del Mar to challenge the top U.S. horses in the $7 million Breeders' Cup Classic, how might they fare? NBC Sports' Nick Luck checks in from England to offer a scouting report on those horses as well as other international contenders for the other championship races Nov. 1 and 2.

She Feels Pretty got to the Breeders' Cup last year. This weekend she is the morning-line favorite for the Grade 1, $750,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup on the turf at Keeneland. Her trainer Cherie DeVaux offers her thoughts about the race and her possibilities to race at Del Mar next month.

With weekend racing in his sights, Horse Racing Nation handicapper Ed DeRosa offers his tips for the QEII Cup as well as the Sands Point (G2) at Belmont at the Big A and the Breeders' Classic for West Virginia-bred 2-year-old fillies at Charles Town.

Listener feedback about Mike Repole's latest call for racing reform will be sampled with guest co-host Louie Rabaut.

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