BROKEN the Podcast-Companion Audio for the book BROKEN-The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing's Golden Age

The last episode. Listen to the author's final argument, pulling together the facts of the insurance investigation, the FBI investigation, the two federal trials and his interviews with over 25 witnes...

12 Feb 202433min

Episode 10 features Tommy Burns, the horse hitman. WARNING. This episode contains profanity and discussions about horse deaths in the context of being killed for the insurance money. It may disturb so...

25 Des 202336min

Episode 9 features FBI agent Robert Foster and MIT Expert George Pratt. Foster discusses his investigation, his interviews with Alton Stone and the FBI theory of Alydar's injury. He also talks how the...

28 Nov 202331min

In Episode 8, Alton Stone, the substitute night watchman who found Alydar the night of November 13, 1990, breaks his 35-year silence and speaks for the first time. That's all you need to know. Thanks...

30 Sep 202343min

The author talks about his visit to Saratoga to honor Alydar's races in the 1978 Whitney (where Alydar finally changes leads for the first time) and the 1978 Travers (which Alydar won by disqualificat...

11 Sep 202338min

In this episode, John Veitch, Alydar's trainer, discusses what he found out about the facts surrounding Alydar's death, and talks about the long history of the Calumet stallion barn and its occupants,...

21 Aug 202330min

This episode is a celebration of Alydar's racing career. You'll hear Charlie Rose describe his first ride on Alydar. Steve Cauthen will discuss the stretch run in the Belmont as Alydar battled Affirm...

15 Jul 202340min