Short and to the Point: FanDuel’s Michael Joyce on Kentucky Derby, Fierceness, Chicago Cubs, and more

Host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews FanDuel TV horse racing analyst Michael Joyce. FanDuel will be at Churchill Downs Friday and Saturday with Kentucky Derby coverage. Jessica and Michael discuss a wide range of topics including Fierceness being the favorite to win the 2024 Kentucky Derby, being a Chicago Cubs fan, sneaking into Michael Jordan’s “Flu Game,” and more.

Here’s the full breakdown.

• 1:48: Welcome Michael to Short and to the Point
• 2:00: Intro into horse racing at a young age
• 4:33: Transition from working behind the scenes to being an analyst
• 8:47: Horse racing betting
• 12:58: The horse racing club
• 16:43: Kentucky Derby
• 18:22: 2024 Derby
• 27:30: The pace of the Kentucky Derby, horses doing whatever they want to do
• 30:21: Not overthinking betting
• 36:12: Fierceness
• 40:04: Being a Chicago Cubs fan
• 43:30: Learning things from Theo Epstein
• 45:47: Sneaking into Michael Jordan’s “Flu Game”
• 48:05: Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund
• 52:29: Future of horse racing coverage

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