S9E56: How super is it?

Between Friday and Sunday, there are 25 graded stakes in the U.S. and Canada plus cards full of group races in support of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) in Paris. With plenty of Breeders' Cup implications, they come into focus this week on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.

Four-year-old Daryz tries to become the first male horse to repeat as Arc winner when he races again in Europe's richest race. Racing Post senior writer Lee Mottershead will be on the scene, and he provides a preview of the 1 1/2-mile turf fixture. He also discusses some of the pressures facing the sport in his home country England, especially as sports gambling faces a less-than-friendly government led by new prime minister Andy Burnham. The discussion is framed in the idea that some of the challenges facing the sport over there could come to America.

Back home, trainer Kenny McPeek has four 2-year-olds trying to win their way into the Breeders' Cup via graded stakes at Keeneland. He talks about them, especially Coach Pope, the 4-5 morning-line favorite to take the Breeders' Futurity (G1) on Saturday.

Paddock Prince handicapper David Levitch offers tips for the Champagne (G1) and Pilgrim (G2) at Belmont Park as well as the Breeders' Futurity.

Keith Nelson of Fairmount Park is joined by guest co-host Jon Lindo, whose multifaceted résumé in California qualifies him to weigh in on the American Pharoah (G1) on Saturday at Santa Anita as well as anything else that pops up in the popular host-chat feature.

Feedback comes from last week's exclusive interview with Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen.

The Ron Flatter Racing Pod via Horse Racing Nation is available via free subscription from Apple, Firefox, iHeart and Spotify as well as HorseRacingNation.com.