{"podcast":{"title":"The Ron Flatter Racing Pod","slug":"the-ron-flatter-racing-pod-1127686","podcast_index_feed_id":1127686,"rss_url":"https://ronflatterracingpod.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.horseracingnation.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/c/9/d/bc9dbb24ca57fca8e55e3c100dce7605/RFRP_art.jpg","author":"Horse Racing Nation","episode_count":501,"summary":"Featuring handicapping tips and insight from insiders, the Ron Flatter Racing Pod is posted every Friday morning via HorseRacingNation.com. Check out the interviews with owners, trainers, jockeys, racing journalists, handicappers and celebrities. The pod is hosted by HRN managing editor Ron Flatter, who has been covering horse racing around the world for more than 35 years.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T12:17:54.445258+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ron-flatter-racing-pod-1127686"},"episode":{"title":"S9E21: With a Y and an f-stop","slug":"s9e21-with-a-y-and-an-f-stop","published_at":"2026-03-06T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ron-flatter-racing-pod-1127686/s9e21-with-a-y-and-an-f-stop","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ron-flatter-racing-pod-1127686","url":"https://ronflatterracingpod.libsyn.com/s9e21-with-a-y-and-an-f-stop","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/ronflatterracingpod/2026_03_06_RFRP.mp3?dest-id=3235829","summary":"Two media professionals who have chronicled their love of the Thoroughbred game are featured this week on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Tommy Smyth with a Y, who has been a longtime sports personality in New York, discusses his ongoing trips to tracks both in the U.S. and his native Ireland. Smyth voices his concerns about computer bettors and how they have impacted his playing. He also advocates for fixed-odds wagering to be lined up alongside pari-mutuels. Alex Evers, one of racing's top photographers, talks about his frequent trips overseas to shoot races, especially in Hong Kong. He shares memories of stars like Romantic Warrior and Golden Sixty and how his close access to top horses might help him bet. John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times and Keith Nelson from Fairmount Park are along with their weekly host chat. The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Firefox, iHeart and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.","meta_description":"Two media professionals who have chronicled their love of the Thoroughbred game are featured this week on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod. Tommy Smyth with a Y…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5856,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ron-flatter-racing-pod-1127686/episodes/s9e21-with-a-y-and-an-f-stop/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ron-flatter-racing-pod-1127686/s9e21-with-a-y-and-an-f-stop.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}