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11-17-2011, 06:49 PM
Tonight (11/17) at 8pm ET (5pm PT), on our live Internet radio show "Winning Ponies", we welcome Paul Moran and John Asher. You can hear the show live (as well as the past archived shows) at: http://radio.winningponies.com/
Paul Moran will tell us about how he got involved with horse racing and how his love for the game took him on a journey from writing about thoroughbreds to owning and racing them. He will reminisce with our host about his most memorable big races he has covered through a long career as writer for virtually every racing publication. John Asher will join in the second segment of the show to help us with handicapping most of the major stakes races to be run over the weekend.
Guest #1 Bio - Paul Moran
For 30 years, more than 22 at Newsday, in New York, Paul Moran has covered thoroughbred racing on its highest level. During that time, he has covered 30 Triple Crown series, every running of the Breeders' Cup Championships, 23 race meetings at Saratoga, won two Eclipse Awards, a Red Smith Award for coverage of the Kentucky Derby and other writing awards from the National Society of Newspaper Editors, Long Island Press Club, Society of Silurians (the oldest press club in New York), Long Island Veterinary Medical Association, Florida Magazine Publishers Association. In 2002, he was named New York's best thoroughbred handicapper by the New York Press in its annual "Best of Manhattan" edition. His work has appeared in virtually every racing publication published in the United States and most major American newspapers. He is a licensed owner of thoroughbreds in New York.
Guest #2 Bio - John Asher
John Asher, vice president of communications at Churchill Downs, has worked in the thoroughbred racing industry as a journalist and a publicist for more than 20 years. Asher joined Churchill Downs in January 1997 and has served in his current position since March 1999, overseeing communications and public relations efforts at the home of the world-famous Kentucky Derby and the flagship operation of Churchill Downs Incorporated. As a radio journalist at WHAS-AM and WAVE-AM in Louisville, Asher earned five Eclipse Awards for Outstanding National Radio Coverage of Thoroughbred Racing. His work on other issues earned such recognition as a National Headliner Award; a Scripps-Howard Award; and honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio and Television News Directors Association, and the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, and was honored as the Best Reporter in Kentucky Large-Market Radio seven times, and recognized as Public Relations Practitioner of the Year by the Western Kentucky University School of Journalism and Broadcasting in 2003. A native of Leitchfield, he had earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from WKU and lives in Louisville with his wife, Dee and three daughters.
We hope you tune in live, and feel free to call in (888-346-9144) to speak with our special guests. We are offering a free WinningPonies.com baseball cap to everyone who calls into the show!
Our show airs live every Thursday at the same time, and we always try to book exciting guests.
We hope you listen in, and any feedback about the show would be appreciated.
Paul Moran will tell us about how he got involved with horse racing and how his love for the game took him on a journey from writing about thoroughbreds to owning and racing them. He will reminisce with our host about his most memorable big races he has covered through a long career as writer for virtually every racing publication. John Asher will join in the second segment of the show to help us with handicapping most of the major stakes races to be run over the weekend.
Guest #1 Bio - Paul Moran
For 30 years, more than 22 at Newsday, in New York, Paul Moran has covered thoroughbred racing on its highest level. During that time, he has covered 30 Triple Crown series, every running of the Breeders' Cup Championships, 23 race meetings at Saratoga, won two Eclipse Awards, a Red Smith Award for coverage of the Kentucky Derby and other writing awards from the National Society of Newspaper Editors, Long Island Press Club, Society of Silurians (the oldest press club in New York), Long Island Veterinary Medical Association, Florida Magazine Publishers Association. In 2002, he was named New York's best thoroughbred handicapper by the New York Press in its annual "Best of Manhattan" edition. His work has appeared in virtually every racing publication published in the United States and most major American newspapers. He is a licensed owner of thoroughbreds in New York.
Guest #2 Bio - John Asher
John Asher, vice president of communications at Churchill Downs, has worked in the thoroughbred racing industry as a journalist and a publicist for more than 20 years. Asher joined Churchill Downs in January 1997 and has served in his current position since March 1999, overseeing communications and public relations efforts at the home of the world-famous Kentucky Derby and the flagship operation of Churchill Downs Incorporated. As a radio journalist at WHAS-AM and WAVE-AM in Louisville, Asher earned five Eclipse Awards for Outstanding National Radio Coverage of Thoroughbred Racing. His work on other issues earned such recognition as a National Headliner Award; a Scripps-Howard Award; and honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio and Television News Directors Association, and the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, and was honored as the Best Reporter in Kentucky Large-Market Radio seven times, and recognized as Public Relations Practitioner of the Year by the Western Kentucky University School of Journalism and Broadcasting in 2003. A native of Leitchfield, he had earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from WKU and lives in Louisville with his wife, Dee and three daughters.
We hope you tune in live, and feel free to call in (888-346-9144) to speak with our special guests. We are offering a free WinningPonies.com baseball cap to everyone who calls into the show!
Our show airs live every Thursday at the same time, and we always try to book exciting guests.
We hope you listen in, and any feedback about the show would be appreciated.