Longtime racing fan Mike Penna got his start in the radio business co-hosting the popular Saturday morning “Equine Forum” talk show in 2003. In 2005, Penna and the late Pete Kules established the Horse Racing Radio Network, an Eclipse Award-winning network that now broadcasts the Triple Crown on more than 170 affiliates across the country.
A native of Pittsfield, Mass., Penna and his wife, Michelle, moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1997.