Kentucky Winner's Circle

05/21/2026

That's 4yr gelding Burnham Square in the Winner's Circle after winning the Louisville Stakes G3T on Saturday night May 18th, 2026 under the lights at Churchill Downs! Trained by Ian Wilkes, he was ridden to victory by regular rider Brian Hernandez, Jr and put in another impressive turf win on the Matt Winn turf course at a mile a half. He is truly a marathon turf horse who relishes the distance.
Stay tuned for more on him -and audio from Ian and Brian -as we begin the Road to the Breeders' Cup --back to Keeneland this fall.
More here, other social media and the radio is ahead!

04/29/2026

Happy Derby Week, Everyone! KWC Radio has returned to local radio and world wide online streaming for a Very special Derby program and podcast. Please listen to Big X Sports Radio, Louisville--96.1 fm and 1450 am, on Oaks and Derby Day from 11 am to 12noon, May 1st & 2nd. And Streamed live on bigxsportsradio.com. Yours truly, E. J. Clark here to invite you to listen to our KWC exclusive interview with Horse trainer, Brad Cox. This a truly a Louisville centric, local interview recorded live from the Backside of Churchill Downs media center on April 21st before the Oaks and Derby Post Positions draw. We talk more than just the horses and a lot about him! But you'll of course hear about Commandment, Further Ado, and Fulleffort!

Louisville native, Brad Cox sat down with me (an old Louisville native) for a one on one interview that I mentioned to Brad that I have been wanting to record for a long time. Brad who grew up two blocks from Churchill Downs, I believe, this Saturday will saddle his strongest trio of horses ever in the 152nd edition of the Kentucky Derby! He's previously sent over 12 horses in the Ky Derby--including EQ--Essential Quality, a derby favorite and Belmont Stakes winner, Champion Thoroughbred and Multiple Grade One winner. Thank you for Likstening!

06/24/2024

Two day ride out to Shawnee National Forest in Illinois recently
with some real horse lovin' people.
Still riding and tryin'... to "Don't let the Old man in"! Toby Keith.

06/01/2024

Lane Gold and I will be broadcasting live coverage from New York for the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival @ Saratoga Race course. Don't miss our live streamed show on Friday, June 7th sharp with Special guest Trainer, Kenny McPeek on at 9:03am ET with the live stream on bigxsportsradio.com! In Louisville, WXVW Big X Sports radio 96.1 fm and 1450am. Kentucky Winner's Circle since 1997, concludes our long run of the Triple Crown --in NY on Saturday, June 8th on the radio from 11 am to 1 pm ET.
Our final show of the spring season and year is Friday, June 21st@ 9-11am. This is E. J. Clark-- Thanking KTA-KTOB, UofL Equine Industry Program and the Daily Racing Form for making this final journey Heart- Felt--and possible! PLEASE come along with us on this final ride with Louisville's own--Radio Cowboy and Lane Gold!!

02/05/2024

"Ask your self how old would you be... if you didn't know the day you were born"?

04/15/2023

New podcast is up and we hear from the connections of Tapit Trice and look ahead to the

With the prep races winding down, Lane recaps the major races and discusses the Derby field and favorites. EJ joins in and features two of the winning connections of Tapit Trice from the Keeneland Winner's Circle.

10/28/2022

WHY Discovering Your Essence is Important for a Life of Meaning is the title of Hall of Fame Trainer Carl Nafzger's second book. WHY is this important? We tell you in our KWC-- two part series podcast.
We sat down with Carl and Wanda recently at Hatfield Media's new recording studio in Louisville. From his days as a top professional bull riding cowboy, on the National Rodeo circuit, to training two Kentucky Derby winners, Carl found his essence and he explains how it shaped his successful career in this podcast. I think you'll find these episodes very interesting! Mary and I certainly did. Find these shows on kentuckywinnerscircle.com.

08/29/2022

Check out the latest episode Kentucky Winners Circle. The road to the

Lane looks at the Travers Stakes and some of the older divisional leaders and EJ sits down with DRF's Marty McGee on Arlington Million Day....

08/19/2022

EJ had a chance to sit down and chat with Hall of Fame Trainer Carl Nafzger. Check out Part 1 of the interview! Carl Nafzger

We kick off the ROAD TO THE BREEDERS CUP with our first guest in the new podcast studio. Legendary / Hall of Fame Horse Trainer and Championship Bull Rider, Carl Nafzger. This is part 1 of a 2 part series.

07/22/2022

Our latest episode with Red Steagall is up! You can also check out our past episodes on the site.

Special edition of KWC. EJ sat down with Legendary Cowboy Singer, songwriter and Texas official Poet at his ranch outside of Forth Worth to talk about the history of the 6666 Ranch and it's sale last year to Taylor Sheridan and partners.