Joe Kristufek

Retired jockey and Thoroughbred aftercare advocate Rosie Napravnik will return to Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots on Saturday, Jan. 3 to lead the sixth annual "New Vocations Day at the Races." A four-time local riding champion who was instrumental in the opening of the New Vocations facility in Covington, Louisiana, Napravnik will join the Fair Grounds' broadcast team to help build awareness, promote success stories, provide adoption options and inspire donations for Thoroughbred aftercare. "I am very proud to be part of the sixth annual New Vocations Day at...

"Inside Churchill Downs," the popular weekly horse racing radio show, returns for its 11th season Friday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN Louisville's ESPN 680/105.7. Co-hosted by Churchill Downs Racetrack's Communications Team--Darren Rogers and Kevin Kerstein--the one-hour program will feature insights from a rotating cast of Churchill Downs' expert racing analysts: Joe Kristufek, Kaitlin Free, Tony Calo and Kevin Kilroy. Friday's season opener will spotlight this weekend's key Road to the Kentucky Derby and Oaks Championship Series races. Fans outside the Louisville area can listen live at www.espnlouisville.com or catch...

The Backside Learning Center (BLC) will host a Derby Handicapping Social at Angel's Envy Distillery in Louisville on Tuesday, Apr. 15 at 5:30 p.m. ET. A handicapping seminar moderated by Donna Barton Brothers of NBC will feature FanDuel TV's Caton Bredar and Gabby Gaudet, as well as Churchill Downs analyst Joe Kristufek. "All of us on the panel are very excited to be in the new venue," said Bredar. "We all really look forward to the social, as we not only get to reconnect and get geared up for the...

The Backside Learning Center will host its third annual Derby Handicapping Social at the Louisville Thoroughbred Society Apr. 16 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The event features a Kentucky Derby 150 handicapping seminar with a panel of the industry's top experts: FanDuelTV's Caton Bredar, Churchill Downs' Joe Kristufek, and FanDuelTV's Gabby Gaudet, with NBC's Donna Barton Brothers moderating. In addition to handicapping, the event serves as a social hour to mingle with owners, trainers and connected leaders in the Thoroughbred industry and also includes a bourbon raffle with complimentary hors d'oeurves and...

The Backside Learning Center at the Louisville Thoroughbred Society will host a Derby Handicapping Social Apr. 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event will feature a 2023 Kentucky Derby handicapping seminar with a panel of the industry's top experts: Caton Bredar and Joe Kristufek, with NBC's Donna Barton Brothers moderating. In addition to handicapping, the event serves as a social hour to mingle with owners, trainers and connected leaders in the Thoroughbred industry. Backside Learning Center will also highlight its programs and provide insight on its Purses for a...