Dude Next Door Podcast

Stuart Means, the self proclaimed and public approved “Mayor” of Royal, Arkansas is this episode’s guest!  We talk about elk hunting, the drought, a city water scam in the making, striped bass fishing on Lake Ouachita and other “goings on” at Royal’s City Hall.

If there was ever an ambassador to Dude Next Door, Larry Walters would have been it.  Larry didn’t want his legacy to be a truck driver.  He was meant to be an aviator and he knew it.  With no money, no training, and no permission, Larry thrust himself to 16,000 feet above Los Angeles, and straight into the history books and living rooms of everyone in America.  To some Larry was a crazed lunatic, to Dude Next Door, Larry is our hero.

Join us as we discuss how Otto’s faith led him from accomplished thoroughbred jockey to the set of Secretariat as Ronnie Turcotte.

Otto was by all accounts an accomplished and winning thoroughbred jockey, but he always felt there was something more.  We discuss his beginnings, racing at legendary and prestigious tracks such as Oaklawn Park, Churchill Downs, and Keeneland.  We talk about his triumphs and injuries, how even being a winning jockey left him with a feeling of unfulfilment.  That is, until he went all in on faith, and a subsequent conversation with a pastor led to a prophetic statement that Otto would indeed ride another winner in his career.  The vision included being draped with a rose blanket which could only come from a Kentucky Derby win.  However, the mount he would get was more than he bargained for as he was led straight to the set of Disney's "Secretariat" as the role of Ronnie Turcotte who rode Secretariat straight into the winner's circle, history books, and hearts of every thoroughbred racing fan on the planet.  This episode is sponsored by First Fitness Nutrition.