Tommy Battaglia - brings a vast knowledge of thoroughbred racing to TracksideBroadcasting.com.

I have spent most of my life in and around racing. My expertise in handicapping developed at the age of twelve when sitting in the press box at Churchill Downs I took a consensus of my father Bruce Battaglias Louisiville Courier Journal selections and my uncle Mike Battaglias picks from the Lexington Herald, changed one race completely, gave my dad the $36.00 to make the bet for me and "hit" the pick six for $9,229.00. I signed my name on the IRS tax form and collected "my" score minus Uncle Sams cut. I have been on a roll ever since.

I have made the morning line odds many times pinch hitting for my father and have been the featured handicapper for the Cincinnati Post for the last ten years and have been quite successful buying and claiming thoroughbreds.

This is a great business and I love it. Ohio and Kentucky are my "home circuits" and if the races are running you'll find me close to the action.