Eight Grade 1 races are spread across America this week. Fifteen Breeders’ Cup qualifiers make this an overflow weekend that includes super Saturday at Aqueduct, Keeneland and Santa Anita. All this makes for a stacked episode of the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

The Keeneland fall season opens this week with five Grade 1s. In her new role with the racetrack, former FanDuel TV host Gabby Gaudet offers a preview.

Fourteen graded stakes feature 2-year-olds including It’s Our Time, the buzz horse who won by 17 3/4 lengths in his August debut at Saratoga. Trainer Tom Amoss discusses the Not This Time colt when he previews the Champagne Stakes (G1) at the Belmont at Aqueduct meet.

Horse Racing Nation handicapper Ed DeRosa offers weekend handicapping for races across the country.

Co-hosts John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times and Keith Nelson of Fairmount Park help go through listener and reader feedback.

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