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winningponies
03-01-2012, 06:26 PM
Tonight (3/1) at 8pm ET (5pm PT), on our live Internet radio show "Winning Ponies", we welcome Dave Johnson and Ed Meyer. During the handicapping segment, we will be covering the weekend's major races, including the Gotham Stakes!

You can hear the show live (as well as the past archived shows) at: http://radio.winningponies.com/

Dave Johnson who has served as Track Announcer for various racetracks over the years, will tell us how he got started in the horse racing industry. He was the "Voice of The Triple Crown" for a quarter of a century. In the second segment, previous host of this show, Ed Meyer will join John Engelhardt to handicap for us this weekend major stakes races from around the country. We are delighted that Ed Meyer's insightful blogs are back on the WP website.

Guest #1 Bio - Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson has been a working member of the Thoroughbred and Standardbred horseracing industry for more than forty years. Starting at Cahokia Downs and Fairmount Park in Southern Illinois in 1965, Johnson has been Track Announcer, Journalist, Television and Radio Producer and Broadcaster. For a quarter century, Dave was the "Voice of The Triple Crown" for ABC Sports. When those races moved to NBC television, Dave moved to radio. He has been a member of the broadcasting teams for Premiere Radio, Westwood One and Clear Channel, calling The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for national radio audiences for more than 10 years. Over the years, Johnson has served as Track Announcer for Hialeah, Cahokia Downs, Fairmount Park, Aqueduct, Belmont Park, Saratoga, Marlboro and Santa Anita. Dave is a 1966 American History graduate of Southern Illinois University, and now lives in New York City.

Guest #2 Bio - Ed Meyer

Mr. Meyer is no stranger to this show, as he was its host for over 2 1/2 years, beginning in December of 2008. He tackled this task while he was Publicity Director at River Downs. He had some memorable guests on this show, and was instrumental to its original success. He also writes insightful blogs for WinningPonies.

We hope you tune in live, and feel free to call in (888-346-9144) to speak with our special guests, or even to give your hot tip. 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.

Canarsie
03-02-2012, 10:27 AM
Wow sorry I missed it have been wanting to ask Mr. Johnson a question for many decades. Any chance of him coming back on soon?

wisconsin
03-02-2012, 12:29 PM
Just listened to the replay. Enjoyable interview.