Host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews FanDuel TV horse racing analyst Michael Joyce. FanDuel will be at Churchill Downs Friday and Saturday with Kentucky Derby coverage. Jessica and Michael discuss a wide range of topics including Fierceness being the favorite to win the 2024 Kentucky Derby, being a Chicago Cubs fan, sneaking into Michael Jordan’s “Flu Game,” and more.
Here’s the full breakdown.
- 1:48: Welcome Michael to Short and to the Point
- 2:00: Intro into horse racing at a young age
- 4:33: Transition from working behind the scenes to being an analyst
- 8:47: Horse racing betting
- 12:58: The horse racing club
- 16:43: Kentucky Derby
- 18:22: 2024 Derby
- 27:30: The pace of the Kentucky Derby, horses doing whatever they want to do
- 30:21: Not overthinking betting
- 36:12: Fierceness
- 40:04: Being a Chicago Cubs fan
- 43:30: Learning things from Theo Epstein
- 45:47: Sneaking into Michael Jordan’s “Flu Game”
- 48:05: Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund
- 52:29: Future of horse racing coverage
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