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Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (June 19) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Marcus Melander, Rick Moore, Montrell Teague, and Tony Schadel. Melander joins the show to talk about his top three Hambletonian contenders (Gimpanzee, Greenshoe, and Green Manalishi S). Both Greenshoe and Green Manalishi S are entered in Saturday’s Earl Beal Jr. Memorial eliminations at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. Melander will talk about how they have been training up to the race and the pair will ask Melander when fans can expect to see Gimpanzee back on the track The four Harrah’s properties (Indiana Grand, Hoosier Park, Philadelphia, and Louisiana Downs) will host a handicapping challenge on Saturday (June 22) featuring a top prize of $20,000, a seat at the $3 million (est.) National Horseplayers Championship, and an additional $1 million cash prize if the winner of the Caesars Rewards Handicapping Challenge also wins the

Post Time with Mike and Mike, presented by USTA/BetAmerica, continues their Grand Circuit tour with a stop at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (June 15) to cover the 2019 Pepsi North America Cup. Mike and Mike will have extensive coverage of the North America Cup beginning at 8 p.m. and running for three consecutive hours. The broadcast will highlight the all-stakes Pick-4, the North America Cup, and five out of the six stakes races on the evening.  During the broadcast, the team of Michael Carter, Mike Bozich, Ashley Mailloux, Garnet Barnsdale, and Nicholas “Ace” Barnsdale will present live interviews from the paddock, handicapping analysis, and winner’s circle reactions as the night goes on.  

Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (June 13) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Yannick Gingras, Ken Middleton, and Brian Brown Dave Brower from Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment will join Michael Carter as co-host this week with Mike Bozich having the week off.  Gingras is set for a big night at Woodbine Mohawk Park this week as he preps for their stakes weekend.  He will drive Captain Victorious who tried to pull off the upset at 61/1 last week.  The pair will talk to Gingras about this colt by Captaintreacherous and also discuss the big decision he had to make between Atlanta and Hannelore Hanover. Middleton, the announcer at Woodbine Mohawk Park, joins to discuss his experiences calling the big race over the years.  Middleton’s staple call came in 2008 when the late Somebeachsomewhere powered down the track to win for Canada.  The pair will discuss with Middleton what goes into preparing for a race call like this a

Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (June 6) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Dave Bianconi, Brian Loney, Mark McKelvie, and Jim Miller. Bianconi, the Director of Racing at Northfield Park, joins to talk about Saturday’s $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie. He will discuss what it takes to put together a prestigious invitational and who he feels the contenders are in the race. Saturday night’s program also features Ohio Sire Stakes action. Loney, trainer of Bully Pulpit, will discuss his Open pacer and how he feels he will handle the step up to the Grand Circuit stage in the Battle of Lake Erie. Bully Pulpit, who comes off a win against the Open pacers at Northfield, has put in some impressive miles and looks to continue that progression. The pair will also discuss with Loney his career in the business and how he became involved in the sport. McKelvie, Director of Communications at Woodbine Mohawk Park, helps the pair get ready

Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by USTA/BetAmerica is excited to kick off the 2019 live remote season with coverage of the Camluck Classic on Friday night (May 31). Mike and Mike will bring extensive coverage of the Camluck Classic beginning at 8:30 p.m., on their website, www.posttimewithmikeandmike.com. The program will run three hours. During the broadcast, the team will present live interviews from the paddock, handicapping analysis, and winner’s circle reaction as the night goes on. Garnet Barnsdale and Nicholas “Ace” Barnsdale will be the reporters on site with Michael Carter. In addition to the live broadcast, Carter will also be joining track announcer Shannon “Sugar” Doyle for the pre-game show on the Western Fair broadcast. Expert handicapping selections from Mike and Mike contributors will be provided on their website beginning Thursday. The Raceway at Western Fair District will have a ton of promotions going on throughout the entire evening. There will be hundreds o

Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (May 30) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Paul Holzman, Ken Weingartner, Buck Chaffee, and Blake MacIntosh. Holzman, the trainer of pacing superstar Southwind Amazon, joins the duo to discuss his top notch open pacer. Southwind Amazon heads to The Raceway at Western Fair District on Friday (May 31) to participate in the C$157,000 Camluck Classic. Holzman will talk about how he has been training up to the race, and what it has been like to have such a consistent pacer. Weingartner, the Media Relations Manager at the USTA, will join to talk about the first Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll of the season. He will give insight into how the poll is created and how the list is updated each week. Chaffee, from Caviart Farms, will discuss their top two horses in Caviart Ally and Captain Crunch. Caviart Ally is fresh off a game second place effort where she was tough as nail

  Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (May 23) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Andrew McCarthy, Dexter Dunn, and Shannon “Sugar” Doyle. McCarthy will discuss his upcoming drives on Sunday at Harrah’s Philadelphia in Rodeo Rock and Caviart Ally.  Both appear to be ready to take on stakes company as they head into their respective stakes on Sunday afternoon.  McCarthy will discuss how they have been training and what he expects from his top Open horses. Dunn, fresh off of a Confederation Cup victory, joins to discuss his champion 4-year-old drive with Done Well and what he is looking forward to heading into the Camluck Classic in London.  He will also talk about his drive on Tiger Thompson N who is having a killer year for trainer Josh Parker.  He will try to pull the upset against some of the sports top Open pacers. “Sugar” Doyle, the announcer at The Raceway at Western Fair District joins to talk about the

In a special Pacing For The Cure segment, Mike Bozich had a chance to sit down with well-known immunologist Dr. Jeffrey Greenstein. Greenstein has been integral in finding a cure for not only for Multiple Sclerosis, but for other autoimmune diseases as well. It will be the second of a two-part interview. Part one aired last Thursday (May 9th).  Trainer Katricia Adams will also join the program. Adams, trainer of Indiana State Champion Fiftydallarbill, will talk about the 4-year-olds progress thus far this season. She will also talk about her career and how she got started in the sport of harness racing.  Mike and Mike will also be joined by Driver James MacDonald, who picked up his 2,000th career win Monday (May 13th) at Woodbine Mohawk. He will chat about his career in the sport and what the future holds. MacDonald won the World Driving Championship at Red Shores Charlottetown in 2017.  Also joining the show will be Andrew Demsky, best known as 'Shades' for wearing stylish sunglasses during his stint as p

  In a special Pacing For The Cure segment, Mike Bozich had a chance to sit down with well-known immunologist Dr. Jeffrey Greenstein. Greenstein has been integral in finding a cure for not only for Multiple Sclerosis, but for other autoimmune diseases as well. It will be the first of a two-part interview. Part two will air next Thursday.  Blanchard, the Director of Racing at The Raceway at Western Fair District, will be joined by Greg Gangle, the tracks Assistant Manager, in talking about the upcoming Camluck Classic on Friday, May 31st. The Classic is the track's highlight race of the year, and the duo will talk about some of the promotions and going-ons at the event. Brett Miller, this year's leading driver at the recently concluded Miami Valley Raceway meet, will talk about his return to Ohio, and whats next in his driving career.  Jim Miller, the Director Of Publicity at Hawthorne Race Course, will talk about the improvements the suburban Chicago track made to it's broadcast signal, as well as some of

Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the lineup for Thursday morning (May 2) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Dave Palone, Rich Mattei, Ashley Eisenbeil, and Garnet Barnsdale. Palone joins the Post Time crew to talk about his career in the sport of harness racing and how the ride has been at The Meadows. Palone is the winningest driver of all time with more than 18,700 career wins. Mattei will be live from historic Churchill Downs to highlight the happenings coming up this weekend at the Kentucky Derby. A yearly tradition on the show, the trio will highlight the race and discuss possible contenders. Eisenbeil works with the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association and she joins to talk about the association’s purpose and what they do to help the breeds as a whole in the state. The Somebeachsomewhere movie screening will take place on Saturday (May 4) at the Mohawk Inn and Conference Center in Milton, Ontario. USHWA Canada’s president Garnet Ba

Guests include Drivers Tyler Buter and Jeremy Smith; Levy Tournament winner Tom Daly; Jeff and Janine Gesek from Pacing for the Cure. Tyler Buter recently picked up his 3,000th driving win at Pocono. He will talk about his career and whats next. Driver Jeremy Smith will talk about his return to the race bike after suffering an injury. Tom Daly will tell us what it took to win the Levy Tournament. Jeff and Janine Gesek will talk about whats coming up with Pacing For The Cure      

Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (April 17) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Dylan Davis (Apple Bottom Jeans), Andrew McCarthy (Rodeo Rock), Jeffrey Gillis (The Downtown Bus), and Pete Venaglia, handicapper at Yonkers Raceway. Apple Bottom Jeans enters the Matchmaker final on Saturday night with five victories in eight starts in 2019.  Davis will talk about his star mare and how she transitioned from her four-year-old season. Rodeo Rock is yet to miss the board since kicking off his six-year-old season and driver Andrew McCarthy joins to talk about the success he has had.  Rodeo Rock set a seasonal mark at The Meadowlands in his first start of the season, with a 1:49.4 effort.   The Downtown Bus put together a remarkable season in 2018 with just over $275,000 in earnings and 11 victories.  He capped off his 3-year-old season with a victory in the Maton at Dover Downs.  Gillis joins to talk about his star

  Elkton, MD – Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the lineup for Thursday morning (April 11) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Stacy Cahill, GM of racing operations at Eldorado Scioto Downs; Tim Tetrick, driver of Donttellmeagain, and Pete Venaglia from Yonkers Raceway. Cahill joins the program for the first time to talk about the storied facility that is ready to kick off their 60th season of racing. Cahill will discuss her career in the sport of harness racing and about the happenings at Scioto’s sister facility, Pompano Park. Tetrick, regular driver of Donttellmeagain, will talk about the big horse that he has been gearing up for the 2019 campaign in a pair of qualifying efforts at Harrah’s Philadelphia. He will also tell the listeners about some of the other horses that he will be driving throughout the stakes season and who he believes some of the stars will be. Venaglia, from Yonkers Raceway, will discuss the weekend Grand Circuit races at the ha

Elkton, MD – Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (April 4) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Mark Midland, with Derby Wars; Renee Mancino, from the OHHA; and Pete Venaglia, from Yonkers Raceway. Midland, from Derby Wars, joins the program to talk about the 2019 World Harness Handicapping Championship being hosted at The Meadowlands on April 13. Midland will discuss the final qualifier coming up this weekend on Derbywars.com and how patrons who didn’t qualify can enter on track next Saturday. The 2019 $150,000 WHHC is the richest contest in harness racing history. Mancino, from the OHHA, will join to talk about the Ohio Fantasy Racing League. Mancino will discuss the program and talk about how contestants can sign up for the league. Entries are due on April 19. Venaglia, from Yonkers Raceway, will discuss the weekend Grand Circuit races at the half-mile oval. He will highlight some of the horses that have jumped out at hi

Elkton, MD- Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (March 28) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Matt Krueger, Austin Siegelman, Derick Giwner, and Janine Gesek. Krueger is recovering from injuries sustained last week at Pompano Park and he will join the program this week to talk about his accident and how he is recovering from those injuries. The pair will also find out about his career in the sport of harness racing. Siegelman will join the show to talk about his career and what he is looking forward to doing next in the sport of harness racing. Siegelman had a stellar week and he looks to continue to add on to his winning ways. Giwner joins Mike and Mike to talk about the 2019 George Morton Levy Series taking place at Yonkers Raceway. The trio will discuss the various angles that bettors can utilize throughout each leg this weekend. The monthly Pacing for the Cure segment continues this month as Janine Gesek joins the pro

  Elkton, MD – Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (March 21) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Emily Gaskin, the racing marketing manager at Harrah’s Hoosier Park; Rich Mattei, the assistant race secretary at Freehold; and Pete Venaglia from Yonkers Raceway. Gaskin, from Harrah’s Hoosier Park, joins the show this week to talk about the upcoming season at the Indiana facility. She will highlight some of the great promotions they have this year. Mike and Mike will also discuss their major stakes races taking place later in the season. Mattei, the assistant race secretary at Freehold Raceway, will discuss the recent purse appropriation that was received and how it will affect the racing at the half-mile oval. Mattei will highlight some of his career and how he got into the sport of harness racing. The George Morton Levy and Blue Chip Matchmaker Series kicked off last Saturday (March 16) and Pete Vernaglia will discuss this

S Elkton, MD – Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the lineup for Thursday morning (March 14) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by new USTA Director Casey Leonard; Jenn Starr, Rick Kane, and Jim Beviglia, from the Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono; and Yonkers Handicapper/Daily Racing Form contributor Matt Rose. Leonard who recently joined the USTA Board of Directors will join the program to talk about his experience at his first annual meeting. Leonard, from Illinois, has had an impressive career thus far and the duo will find out how he got into the sport. Starr, Kane, and Beviglia will join the program to discuss the opening of the Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono who played host to the 2018 Breeders Crown. The trio will discuss what is on the schedule for their upcoming meet and also talk about what promotions they will have for racing fans. Regular Yonkers handicapper and DRF contributor Matt Rose will dive into the weekend stakes action at the New York City hal

Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (March 7) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Jason Turner, the Digital Brand Strategist at the USTA; Brett Miller, who recently moved to Ohio; Shannon “Sugar” Doyle, track announcer at The Raceway at Western Fair District, and Jo Ann Looney-King, the co-owner of Dan Patch Award winner Shartin N. Turner makes his Post Time with Mike and Mike debut where the pair will discuss with him his experiences in the business. The duo will talk with Turner about his career at the USTA, how he got into the business, and how he incorporates that work into Social Media and Youth Beats. Miller will talk about his recent success in the sulky and what it has been like for him since getting back to Ohio where his driving career began. Miller, who comes off back-to-back $5 million seasons, has kicked off 2019 with a bang with 89 victories and a UDR of .308. Doyle joins to discuss the happenings

Dan Patch recap featured on Post Time Thursday February 27, 2019, by Michael Carter,  Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (Feb. 28) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Gordon Waterstone and Shawn Wiles from the United States Harness Writers Association; Casie Coleman, trainer of Horse of the Year McWicked; and Scott Warren, the new Race Secretary at The Meadowlands. Waterstone and Wiles will join the program this week to give a recap of the 2018 Dan Patch Awards that were held recently in Florida. The pair will discuss the amount of preparation and work that goes into putting on an event like this. Coleman will discuss her talented horse and what the racing plans are for 2019. McWicked won HOY honors in a landslide over Shartin N and Atlanta after also securing Pacer of the Year. Warren will discuss his illustrious career and his climbing through the ranks to land “the job of a lifetime.” Post Time with Mike

Elkton, MD — Post Time with Mike and Mike presented by the USTA/BetAmerica, is excited to announce the line-up for Thursday morning (Feb. 21) at 10:30 a.m. They will be joined by Cubbie Van Wagoner, who scored his first pari-mutuel driving win Tuesday; The Geseks (Jeff and Janine), from Pacing for the Cure; Dawnelle Mock, Director of Marketing for the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association and Eric Cherry, part owner of Heston Blue Chip. Van Wagoner, who scored his first win on Tuesday night, will talk about how he got into the sport of harness racing and discuss how it felt to capture his first pari-mutuel win. Van Wagoner won the race with Papiamento, for trainer Brian Downing, in 1:54. The Geseks will discuss the happenings for 2019 and how the organization will continue to reach the sport in new and exciting ways. Mock talks about Duc De Guise, Ireland’s top trotter that will be racing at The Meadows in the coming weeks. The pair will discuss her career and how she ventured into racing. Cherry joins