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.

Rail Talk Podcast is a sports podcast hosted by Rail Talk, with 160 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #146

  Rail Talk Episode 146: The Saratoga Show

  Aug 11, 20261h 8m

  This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are recording from the Fasig-Tipton sales grounds in Saratoga, as the racing world still buzzes from a fabulous Whitney Day and this week’s annual Selected Yearlings Sale. Joe and Jon welcome The Green Group founder Len Green to discuss DJ Stable’s star filly Nitrogen running second in the Whitney, Fasig-Tipton’s Boyd Browning and Anna Seitz stop by to talk about how special this week’s sale is, and Taylor Made’s Mark Taylor gets into what it takes to run a successful family business. Plus, Joe gives his take on the changes to the Triple Crown after missing last week’s show. Don’t miss any Rail Talk content—be sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Thanks to all the sponsors, Epic Insurance, Fasig-Tipton, Taylor Made and The Green Group, plus our homies at America’s Best Racing for helping us shoot this episode!

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  Episode #145

  Rail Talk Episode 145: MEGatron News and Whitney Previews

  Aug 5, 20261h 8m

  This week on Rail Talk! Jon Green takes the reigns and is joined by NYRA analyst/reporter Meg Burgess to react to the “bombshell announcement” that Churchill Downs and NYRA are teaming up to launch a new $5 million Thoroughbred Championship. Is the six-race series the kind of innovation racing desperately needs? What does it mean for the Triple Crown—and what should the industry make of the glaring omission of the Preakness and several major regional derbies?Jon and Meg then dive into a monster Whitney Day card at Saratoga, led by Nitrogen’s highly anticipated attempt to defeat the boys in one of the deepest handicap races assembled all year. They break down her chances against Magnitude, Baeza, White Abarrio and a loaded group of Grade 1 winners. Finally, they look back at Renegade’s thrilling Jim Dandy victory, what the performance means for the Travers and the standout efforts from a major weekend of racing at Colonial Downs.Don’t miss any Rail Talk content! Be sure to subscribe to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Big shoutout to our sponsor partners Fasig-Tipton, The Green Group, Taylor Made and Epic Insurance for their support.

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  Episode #144

  Rail Talk Episode 144: Starstruck in Saratoga

  Jul 30, 20261h 14m

  This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to an enormous win for the West Point Thoroughbreds home team, as Counting Stars leaves no doubt who the top 3-year-old filly in the land is with a dominant victory in the Coaching Club American Oaks. What’s next for the star filly? And how does she compare to champion Nitrogen, housed just a few stalls down in the Mark Casse barn? The boys then look forward to the racing weekend ahead, which includes the Arlington Million card at Colonial, the redundant Jim Dandy and Curlin Stakes and Joe’s trip west to Del Mar. They also welcome their good buddy, Epic Insurance Brokers’ Chris Moore, to talk about how his team is working with HISA to reduce the financial burden of racing’s new regulatory system on the horsemen. Don’t miss any Rail Talk content! Be sure to subscribe to the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Big shoutout to our sponsor partners Fasig-Tipton, The Green Group, Taylor Made and Epic Insurance for their support.

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  Episode #143

  Rai Talk Episode 143: Those Summer Days

  Jul 22, 20261h 3m

  This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to a satisfying result in the Haskell—as both trainer and jockey of 28-1 local upsetter Baby Vino pick up their first Grade I wins—Knightsbridge producing the fastest Beyer figure in several years, Journalism asserting his class despite a disastrous break and more. Plus, the boys tee off on the way Hawthorne horsemen continue to be treated by track management as the Chicago staple closes up shop forever, look forward to Counting Stars’s next Grade I try on Saturday and welcome Elev8’s RJ Bianculli to talk about the advances his company is trying to bring about when it comes to hydrating our Thoroughbreds. Don’t miss any Rail Talk content, be sure to subscribe to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Thank you to our all-star sponsors Epic Insurance, The Green Group, Fasig-Tipton and Taylor Made for their support.

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  Episode #142

  Rail Talk Episode 142: Turfuffle

  Jul 14, 20261h 16m

  This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green have yet another incomprehensible situation at a New York racetrack to react to, as the distance of a race at Saratoga is changed at the last minute, once again leaving bettors holding the bag. How did this happen? How do things like this keep happening? And how do we get NYRA, the jockeys and the horseplayers on the same page so they never happen again? Plus, Paulick Report founder Ray Paulick joins the show from Del Mar to discuss the aforementioned mess at Saratoga, what he would fix as the czar of racing, what billionaires could do with their money to help the sport, California racing and much more. Joe and Jon also touch on the latest Paco Lopez suspension and the foolishness of running the Indiana Derby and Iowa Derby on the same day. Don’t miss any Rail Talk content—make sure you’re the first to know when these candid conversations, which aren’t happening on any other racing media, are released. Subscribe to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. As always, huge thank you to our all-star sponsors Fasig-Tipton, The Green Group, Epic Insurance and Taylor Made for their crucial support.

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