Rail Talk Podcast

This week on Rail Talk! Jon Green joins Joe Bianca with some major, exclusive breaking news that champion Nitrogen will take on the boys! Jon discusses what went into the decision by DJ Stable and Mark Casse to take on this historic challenge, and what it might mean for Nitrogen’s legacy if she were to pull off the victory.The boys also look forward to a stellar renewal of the $2-million Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap, featuring Sovereignty, White Abarrio, Magnitude and Baeza, plus tell you why the next most fascinating race on the card may be the maiden race opener. Finally, Joe gives his ode to Aqueduct as the ‘Big A’ prepares for its last week of live racing ever.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 sponsors Taylor Made, Epic Insurance, The Green Group and Fasig-Tipton for their support.

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca has just barely caught his breath from the final Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, and with Jon Green off celebrating in France, he’s joined by FanDuel TV’s Ashley Mailloux to react to an incredible week of racing, especially for the home teams.Joe and Ashley discuss Counting Stars’s breakout win in the Acorn, Nitrogen’s tour de force in the Ogden Phipps, the Kentucky Derby winner taking the Belmont after the skipping the Preakness, and everything in between. Then, DJ Stable and The Green Group’s Len Green stops by to heap more love on Nitrogen, Mark Casse and the new tax benefits for horsemen and owners.What a week, thank you everyone for riding with us and for all the congratulations. If you haven’t yet, please subscribe to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Shoutout to our all-star lineup of sponsors Fasig-Tipton, Taylor Made, The Green Group and Epic Insurance for their support!

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green look forward to the 55th Eclipse Awards, and the potential for both of the show’s ‘home teams’ to take home hardware. They also preview a stellar Pegasus Day card at Gulfstream and analyze the installation—and quick removal—of historical horse racing-like machines at Santa Anita.The boys then welcome former Daily Racing Form chief national correspondent Jay Privman to get his take on the present and future of racing in his home state of California, how much he’s keeping up with the game in his retired life, the honor of winning an Eclipse for his retrospective on D. Wayne Lukas and more.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. Shoutout to the sponsors Fasig-Tipton, Taylor Made, The Green Group and Epic Insurance for their support!

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are refreshed, recharged and back at their mics for the first show of 2026, kicking things off by analyzing the decrease in handle and purse numbers from last year. How can we reverse these trends? Are there any silver linings in the data? And who in the industry can we look to for solutions?The boys then welcome NBC Sports and Santa Anita on-air analyst Michelle Yu to give us the state of California racing, from the torrential rain forcing cancellations to the vastly improved safety record to issues with field size leading to stakes downgrades.Speaking of the latter, Jon was in the room for the American Graded Stakes Committee’s rulings for 2026, and gives Joe and the audience a groundbreaking look behind the curtain at how those crucial decisions are made.Nowhere else in racing are these insightful conversations being had, so make sure you join our ever-growing family by subscribing to Rail Talk on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Thanks to our all-star sponsor lineup of Fasig-Tipton, The Green Group, Taylor Made and Epic Insurance for their continued support, and we wish all the best in the new year to our beautiful viewers and listeners!

This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green are back together, on the heels of the last major racing weekend of the year and an eventful racetrack symposium.The boys first touch on the breakout performance of Zany in the Demoiselle at Aqueduct—where does her dominant win put her in the 3-year-old filly discussion? They also react to the sudden closure of Hastings Park in Vancouver—what does the latest shuttered racetrack mean for the sport as alternate gaming revenue is threatened in other areas?CAW bettors continue to wreak havoc on regular horseplayers, and the answers coming from the supposed cops on the beat are not great. Plus, Joe and Jon analyze the Q3 fatality data from HISA, and welcome friend of the show Dan Tordjman to discuss his trip to the Japan Cup, what lessons can be drawn from the sport’s success in the Far East, how to capitalize on Griffin Johnson growing racing’s visibility among the youth and more.Don’t miss any of these illuminating conversations, happening only on Rail Talk. Join our family by subscribing to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods. Thanks to our sponsors Epic Insurance, The Green Group, Fasig-Tipton and Taylor Made for seeing and supporting our vision.