{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ponies 24/7 The Radio Magazine","title":"Jim Lawson, Executive Chair for Woodbine Entertainment / Rebecca Maker, Rebecca Maker Rehab at Shantera Farm / Deshawn Parker, Jockey","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3687,"description":"Today, Larry goes one on one with Jim Lawson, Woodbine Entertainment’s Executive Chair, who discusses in depth what his role entails and whether this is a position that is voted on by the Woodbine Board of Directors. He also expands on a press release that was sent out by Woodbine, the City of Toronto and the Ontario Government, on Thursday, that will see a new Metrolinx GO Station built on 684 acres of Woodbine’s property and will anchor one of Canada’s most ambitious urban developments and eventually create new revenue streams to support horse racing. Jim also talks about the King’s Plate, the Mohawk Million and the Breeders Crown and how these event nights, including the recently concluded Pepsi North America Cup help to increase ongoing interest in the Woodbine products across North America; Rebecca Maker, a former Thoroughbred Trainer who is now making her mark by rehabilitating horses and preparing them to race again, from her farm in Versailles, Kentucky. She also mentions some of the more familiar horses that she has had an opportunity to work on and bring them back to the track to race and mentions if in some cases, whether the problems on some of the horses she works on, the cause is more mental than physical; Thoroughbred Jockey Deshawn Parker talks about how he was injured in an early morning Training accident in April and whether there is any date set when we may see him back in the saddle. Deshawn also talks about how he became a Jockey and dives into who he looked up to in his younger years.\n\nIn our feature, ‘In Case You Missed It’ A Look At The Way That Was In Horse Racing News, Larry talks about the recent health news of Hall of Fame Trainer D Wayne Lukas, which forced him to retire from Training Horses. He also provides his ‘Ponies Picks of the Day’ selections for several North American Racetracks, later on in the show and in our ‘Road Trip’ feature, Larry visits Churchill Downs , home today to the Stephen Foster Stakes.\nBullet points of key...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lO21MXXSHRLGf5-Rbpbf_9AzBiS5PsPMKOAAhVm4JmI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMWY2/NTQzZmE4YmU2M2Qx/YjMxNjg1N2I0MWQx/ZThkNC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}