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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 11h

An Aussie Sauv blanc. The last bottle of white this year. The Ides of October beckons. Red season is nigh.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“You blokes painted in the wrong place. You have to start over.” #NFLLondon

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Jockey Keith Donoghue loses a stirrup? No problem. Ireland-bred 10-year-old Final Orders still wins to give CMD Syndicate, trainer Gavin Cromwell and Donoghue a repeat in the 4.3-mile, 31-jump Velká Pardubická in Czechia. Stumpstown won for them last year.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sporting a bit of nostalgia, and loving the weather. Ten days left of white-wine season.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Here are the current futures odds at @caesarssports.bsky.social in Nevada for the @breederscup.bsky.social Classic. These fixed odds will have competition from the national pari-mutuel pool, which opens at noon EDT.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I remember the Campbell Apartment topping them off a bit more back in the day. But never the way I do at home.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Do I look happy? I was part of a 2-3 day in one NFL contest and a loss in 1 of 2 survivor pools.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Field for the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup on Friday, opening day, at the new Belmont Park. @thenyra.bsky.social @horseracingnation.bsky.social

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Aaahhh, the once-a-year reminder that this is near the top of my to-do list. Laytown Races are going now on the beach in County Meath, Ireland. 📹 GBI Racing

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yesterday was chardonnay and a sticky 88° F, 31° C. Today a Sauvignon blanc and a less humid, more pleasant 84°F, 29° C. One more sleep here before the 5.35am opening bounce. Let’s get this done. What better weekend could there be than a Carlton win and a collingwood loss?

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Let me get this straight. Carlton is not in the first ever AFL wildcard match, but it will be the first wildcard match. Do I have that right? Two sleeps away over here, but one sleep over there? I am so confused. Pour me another. #CarnTheBlues

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Only in Australia does 2 come before 1.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hey, @espn.com. Would it kill you to have up-to-date ballpark photos on your app?

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

TOMORROW The Pacific Classic at Del Mar + the leak of HISA vet records. Hear from Ryan Anderson & Jackson Muniz, jockey Júnior Alvarado, Super Screener’s Mike Shutty + Keith Nelson & Larry Collmus on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod, sponsored by 1/ST BET. horseracingnation.com/content/podcasts

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This nugget from the Carson Podcast, hosted and produced by Mark Malkoff, carries more relevance with each passing day.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Not that this will bring back racing, but based on item 7 at tomorrow’s meeting, it looks like the village of Stickney may follow the lead of the town of Cicero and declare its opposition to a data center being built on the old Hawthorne property.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

From Gulfstream Park racing office.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

We will know soccer has sold out entirely to having four quarters when we see Dancing Barry come out before the last 24 minutes. @fifaworldcup-x.bsky.social 📷 L.A. Lakers

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Of course I must be among the thousands who will post this on a Saturday, the 4th of July. @chicagotheband.bsky.social youtu.be/GOJHauJ1wzQ?...

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This guy popped up on U.S. TV this morning. Is he free yet?

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

These Chicken Little posts aged well, right?

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Tittia rides his 12th winner in the Palio di Siena, leading the whole way to prevail for Aquila, the eagle contrada. He rode 7-year-old gelding Diodoro, who also won the July 2025 renewal with him for the Oca contrada. youtu.be/3s4pQNAnJ4k?... 📷 Canale 3 Toscana

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The clear view midway through McAfee’s front-running win to open the Saratoga summer.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A much nicer looking day today at the Piazza del Campo after the first Palio di Siena was rained out yesterday. They are due to line up at 1:30 p.m. U.S. EDT. It usually takes a good while for the actual start. Live stream: canale3.tv

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This column from Maddy Playle is spot on about the contentious inclusion of geldings in the 2027 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. @racingpost.com www.racingpost.com/news/opinion...

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Heavy afternoon traffic in St. Matthews. There was a whole lot of honking.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Here is the draw for next Saturday’s Grade 1, $2 million Stephen Foster Stakes at @churchilldowns.bsky.social.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Good morning from Indianapolis. A prominent California newspaperman who is visiting his family will guide me through fashionable saloons to watch 🇺🇸 v 🇦🇺, the two countries where I have been a resident. The potables will tick up to potent this afternoon. Coopers, mate?

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

From one of the earliest episodes of Mark Malkoff’s The Carson Podcast, here is a marvelous 2014 conversation with the late Tom Dreesen. #RIP 🙏🕯️ carsonpodcast.com/tom-dreesen/

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Entries for the Ohio Derby next Saturday at Thistledown.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

From @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social tonight, the correct response here stymied one racing personality who botched it on an international stage in 2021. This was only weeks after publicly hectoring Eclipse Awards voters to do their homework.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

My column on the death of the Triple Crown. @horseracingnation.bsky.social www.horseracingnation.com/news/Flatter... 📷 Sue Kawczynski / Eclipse Sportswire - edited illustration

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is only the 8th time ever that every winner of the Triple Crown races went off at odds of at least 5-1.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Uh-oh. The @nws.noaa.gov forecast for Saratoga Springs.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Here is my annual plea for the pan camera to be moved higher at Saratoga, something above a submarine off the coast of Saranac Lake.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The best of two worlds. A little afternoon Pinot grigio on the terrace, and recording future episodes of my podcast for my upcoming hiatus. Either that, or I am working for a call center in a land far away.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Get those magnifying glasses out and sort through the wasted space to examine the draw - 9 through 1. These gate graphics are the worst.

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

What a football game this turned out to BE. @espn.com 📷 George Kalinsky

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Ron Flatter @ronflatter.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Corrected: Believe it or not, these were the only years when every Triple Crown race produced a winner with odds of at least 5-1. So far in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣: Golden Tempo 23.12 to 1 Kentucky Derby Napoleon Solo 7.90 to 1 Preakness

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