The Leach Report · Talk Radio 1080 (WKJK-AM)

2026-04-10-LEACH REPORT

April 10, 2026·38 min·3 clips

Tom Amos explains how claiming horses has become a cutthroat game with six to eight competitors fighting for each prospect.

The useful racing segment starts after the sponsor copy. Once the racing talk takes over, the guest works through the Kentucky Derby picture with the caution of someone watching horses after their preps. Renegade gets the headline. The big signal is that a jockey who had been on leading contenders has landed on Renegade, the Arkansas Derby winner, and that choice means something. He does not turn it into a lock. As a trainer, the guest says the decision matters, but the better read may come from how those horses look after hard prep races. Churchill Downs is the checkpoint. Derby horses have to train there before the race, so he wants to see who looks sharper and who does not once they are on the grounds. That is the local beat: informed uncertainty, a little calendar watching, and close attention to what can still change. Then the show moves on. Tom Amos is tied to Fox Sports and America's Day at the Races, with the next day's show coming from Keeneland and also covering Oaklawn. The exact start time gets a little fuzzy. That fits the radio feel, because the conversation keeps moving toward what the broadcast will include instead of sanding down every detail. A maiden race comes first. The guest calls it a three-year-old filly race at seven-eighths of a mile, then points to a couple of Oaklawn races, including a big sprint, as part of the full show. Keeneland gives this section its pull. Fox doing a show from Keeneland is treated as something worth noting, not as hype, more as a place that has a story as soon as you get there. The ads press in around the edges. Station-style reads for Arizona State, Valvoline, 4imprint, Boone's Butcher Shop, Eastern Bank, and the Marines frame the sports talk, so the useful episode material mostly lives in the middle.

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College hoops and Derby trail chatter, with a steady radio-room pace that lands at Keeneland.

The Leach Report starts in college hoops with Mike DiCorsi, then drifts into Derby trail chatter without losing its radio-room pace. It feels loose in the right way, with one update following the next and the details doing most of the work.

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If you want a Friday sports show that jumps from college hoops to Keeneland, start here.

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