Ep 909 - Fire and Rain

Nick is joined by broadcaster Rishi Persad to canter through today's global racing headlines. With torrential rain wreaking havoc across Britain, Nick opens the show by gauging the prospects of Wincanton flying the flag on Saturday while, down the road, Paul Nicholls details the evacuation of some of his horses in the small hours as his stables flooded. Later in the show, Jack Kennedy joins Nick while tacking up Firefox, his mount in the Grade One feature at Naas this weekend. Also today, NBC's Matt Bernier walks through the Eclipse Awards ballot and describes why he feels Cody's Wish should prevail in a contentious battle for horse of the year. Back home, Nick talks to Simon Besanson about an extraordinary charity endeavour with Thoroughbid in aid of Irish Cancer Charities, while Racing Together's Florence Cain tells us about the Industry Day on February 8th. PLUS... Nick has news of a brand new show launching on the NLD Channel this weekend.