This week on Rail Talk! Joe Bianca and Jon Green react to a Labor Day weekend full of controversy and superstar performances as we enter the home stretch of the championship hunt.First, the boys dissect the scary bumping incident in the roughly-run Jockey Club Gold Cup, which caused Irad Ortiz, Jr. to fall off Mindframe. Thankfully, disaster was averted, but how can we avoid situations like this to begin with? Who was at fault? And is it time to eliminate the ‘rabbit’ strategy from the game?Then, Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Junior Alvarado stops by for a fantastic interview, where he discusses what makes Sovereignty so special, the resilience necessary to bounce back from so many injuries, his observer’s take from the JCGC mess and much more. Joe and Jon also react to some of the weekend’s most impressive efforts, highlighted by Fierceness in the Pacific Classic and Ted Noffey in the Hopeful.Don’t miss any Rail Talk content, be sure to join our ever-growing family by subscribing to the show on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Audible or wherever you get your pods! Thanks as always to our sponsors Fasig-Tipton, The Green Group, Taylor Made and Epic Insurance Brokers for their support.