“THE FAR TURN”

Barry Abrams puts out The Far Turn.  It is a twice-weekly (Mondays/Fridays), poetic commentary on thoroughbred racing.  To see the archived collection of commentaries, click here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbsZoZTwRqboJf_6fQ8mzAg

Here’s an example:

Barry has often been on TV and radio to offer perspective on topical issues in the thoroughbred world.  Here, he appears on WNYW Fox5 New York:

Prior to The Far Turn, Barry hosted/produced ESPN’s weekly thoroughbred podcast, In The Gate, from 2012-2020.  Most of the shows were audio only, but a few epsiodes were video shows, most notably these:

IN THE GATE ON ESPN PLUS (video)

SECRETARIAT: TIMING IS EVERYTHING  (video podcast – recorded in front of live audience)

IN THE GATE #212 – MEN OF THE HOUR  (video podcast – Barry Abrams interviews owner Ahmed Zayat and trainer Bob Baffert prior to American Pharoah’s 2015 Belmont Stakes win to complete the Triple Crown)

IN THE GATE #215 – RACE CALL COLLEGE (video podcast – Barry Abrams takes a seminar on announcing races from the esteemed Tom Durkin, then tries his hand at calling a live race)