S3 Ep3: The Road To Cheltenham 2021/22 | Episode 3
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Top trainer Nicky Henderson talked to Nick Luck in a revealing interview about his horses, training, competing with the Irish, weights and the extent to which his failing eyesight means he is increasingly reliant upon the skills of the Seven Barrows team around him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ger Lyons is a two-time Classic winning trainer, has sent out over 1,000 winners from his Glenburnie base and is recognised as one of the powerhouses of Irish racing. Not a bad for - by his own admission - a "failed" jump jockey! In an interview first shown on The Friday Club, Racing TV's Kevin O'Ryan and Fran Berry speak to the straight-talking and charismatic trainer about his life in racing and how it all began - as well as looking forward to future aspirations and what the years ahead might ...
Top jockey Sean Flanagan is lying low right now through injury but he's full of enthusiasm, as is son LJ, for Navan's Troytown card on Sunday as the County Meath track celebrates 100 years of racing. Sean talks through last weekend's big action, as well as Noel Meade's runners at Gowran and Navan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ruby & Lydia unpick some of the main performances from Cheltenham's November meeting and the success of Fakir D'Oudaires in the Clonmel Oil Chase, while Ruby tries to answer exactly how and why My Drogo came down at Cheltenham on his novice chasing debut in 'Analyse This'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Road To Cheltenham is back! Join Ruby Walsh and Lydia Hislop for the first episode of the new series, as they wrap up the early-season action including wins for Frodon, Zanahiyr, Bravemansgame, Third Time Lucki and much more. Ruby gives his take on the art of handicapping, and we hear about some of the horses that you, dear viewers, are already looking forward to watching in action at the Festival next March, as well as over the weeks and months ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
Move over Gigginstown House Stud, make way for Bective Stud! Well that's not what Noel Moran said, or Valerine, who doesn't make this episode but Noel did! He talks a staggering recent hit-rate, his big hopes for the season and how much is too much for a horse? Dukey dials in from fatherhood and Cheltenham, while the bunker doesn't prevent Johnny Mac from sponsors Bar One Racing having a scatter of weekend fancies. #OneTheWire #IrishRacing #BarOneRacing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...
Joshua Stacey and Andrew Blair White look ahead to the 2021 November Meeting at Cheltenham and outline early fancies for the weekends action. Prior to this, the lads reflect on Wincanton, Navan and Naas as well as the return of Chantry House at Sandown - is he a true Gold Cup contender? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Will Reilly stands in for Johnny Mac and adds his love of Wincanton to his love of Dundalk. And we talk Del Mar, with some big Irish runners but some tough draws ahead. Aidan O'Brien reveals all! Where does Luxembourg yet, how will his Breeders Cup septet get on - and what does he have for breakfast? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joshua Stacey and Andrew Blair White look back on action from Down Royal and Wetherby, before looking ahead to racing this weekend at Aintree, Wincanton, Navan and Naas. Was it a tired fall for Shan Blue at Wetherby? Does Galvin's Champion Chase second make him a Gold Cup contender? Can Fil Dor, Mighty Potter and American Mike strike festival glory for Gordon Elliott? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As if Down Royal were not interesting enough, Gordon Elliott's laying down the law with his jockeys has arguably made it even more compelling. We've two cracking cards at the Maze venue to go through with Dukey, Johnny, Johnny Mac and the Racing Post's Mark Boylan. We look back on Luxembourg and look ahead to Lisbon: will Dukey prove as in love with one as he is with the other? #OnTheWire #HorseRacingTips #DownRoyal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joshua Stacey and Andrew Blair White are joined by Charlie Poste, ex National Hunt Jockey and now young horse producer, to review the weekends action at Cheltenham and Aintree before looking ahead to top action at Down Royal, Ascot and Wetherby on Saturday. The cards include Zanahiyr, Frodon, Cyrname, Minella Indo and the return of Envoi Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gavin Cromwell drops in to talk about three - not two! - exciting Cheltenham hopes this season. Dukey is off on a somewhat blind date to Lisbon but it's all about the Leop for him, while Johnny Mac discusses his favourite old Dundalk. And we look back at all the big races at Ascot and ahead to a good thing at Doncaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Joshua Stacey and Andrew Blair White are joined by Matty Gill, work rider for Nicky Henderson, as he provides updates on exciting novice hurdlers, I Am Maximus, Jonbon and Queens River. Which exciting youngster could be the yards Supreme Novices’ Hurdle candidate? In addition to this, the lads look ahead to action returning at Cheltenham during the Showcase Meeting this weekend before both highlighting one horse they’ve got an eye on for a Cheltenham Festival handicap. Learn more about your ad c...
Dukey is back! For good, or not? Who knows, certainly not Joseph O'Brien, nor Tony Mullins, who end up being asked for value in the greatest race of non-triers that will ever be. Before that market is setted, Joseph talks claimers, his 2022 aspirations, and a scatter of runners at Dundalk, Leopardstown and Ascot, where Princess Zoe bids to put a smile on Tony Mullins' face again. #OnTheWire #IrishRacing #RacingTips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Introducing the Let’s Talk Racing Podcast to Racing TV. Joshua Stacey and Andrew Blair White dissect Chepstow’s Jumps Season Opener which featured Knappers Hill, Luttrell Lad, Magistrato and many more exciting jumps stars. Which horses should listeners take from the meeting going forward? As well as this, Bravemansgame made a winning start to his chasing career at Newton Abbot in a field that included The Big Breakaway and Grade 1-winning Fusil Raffles. Over in Ireland, Pertemps Final winner Mrs...
Just minutes after announcing the retirement of St Mark's Basilica, Aidan O'Brien joined us on On The Wire to talk about his hopes for that horse's future stallion career, as well as all of the other big contenders for the weekend, including Snowfall and Love in the Arc. Fran Berry, John McDonnell and host Johnny Ward also gave us their selections for Cork on Tuesday. #HorseRacing #OnTheWire #ArcdeTriomphe #Ballydoyle #StMarksBasilica Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...
Trainer John McConnell joins On The Wire to talk about a scatter of runners he has at two of his local tracks, including a horse he thinks will take a hell of a lot of beating. We also look at Gowran Park on Saturday and we look back at an unbelievable Irish Champions Weekend with Johnny and Fran. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Seamus Heffernan talks to us ahead of Longines Irish Champion Weekend while Johnny Ward and John McDonnell try to follow up last weekend's winning naps and Fran Berry reveals how news of his fame in the sport and as a broadcaster is yet to reach Twitter after he was ignominiously snubbed by the social media giant. Tune in now for the latest tips and tittle-tattle ahead of a massive weekend for racing in Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Irish Champions Weekend is a week away and Johnny spoke to both Aidan O'Brien and Colin Keane ahead of the biggest two days on the Irish Flat calendar - with the enhanced value of bigger crowds at both meets than we have seen on a year and a half in Ireland. Fran admits he never rode in the Champion Stakes, but he could feel for Darryl Holland who did. We look ahead to Navan and Wexford in a show that mixes the future and the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adcho...
The rising star of the weighing room, Ben Coen, joins us this week - or does he? As with Ben, everything is laid back, and he talks about winning the Ebor and his unbeaten brother. It's a cracking Friday in Ireland at the Curragh and we also look at Tipperary. But will Fran ever return to the beach and why did Kevin Prendergast stand him up? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week we get the exclusive hopes of the two Longines Irish Champions Weekend CEO's; how many are they expecting to attend? Fran is live from York, where he's the subject of our envy, and Johnnys Ward and Mac have to make do with dialling in from Ireland. Our main focus is the superb Curragh card and Saturday's, with the Debutante and Futurity to feast over Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gavin Lynch is back! One of the most respected judges in Ireland has some fancies at the Curragh and Tramore, while he pushes his Coast To Curragh cycle, with Fran Berry doing all he can to avoid getting on a bicycle next month – but we haven't given up! Will Reilly might get involved yet, the Bar One guru all set for the return of Dundalk on Sunday. #Racingtips #HorseRacing #Tips #OnTheWire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
There's a lot to get through this week: from Galway to Baaeed; from Dukey's Trains, Planes and Automobiles ride to Galway to his smoking with a mask on; from Ado McGuinness' Galway double to keeping on the straight and narrow; from looking ahead to Cork to the Curragh with an in depth look at the Phoenix Stakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Emmet Mullins is the special guest for part two of the One The Wire Galway Festival Preview, in association with Bar One Racing. Johnny Ward is joined by Fran Berry, John McDonnell and the Racing Post's esteemed Mark Boylan as the team preview the weekend action. #OnTheWire #Tips #RacingTips #GalwayRaces #HorseRacing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Johnny Ward is joined by Fran Berry, Brendan Duke and John McDonnell to preview the first four days of the 2021 Galway Festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The team reflect upon the life and legacy of Galileo, Dukey's love life and whether Fran can come up with another winning nap. Find out where they will putting their money for the weekend action at The Curragh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Johnny, Dukey and Fran are joined by Will Reilly to talk Colin Keane, St Mark's Basilica, the July Cup and a packed weekend or racing in Ireland, with four cards. Somehow, War Front continues to get excess coverage, Fran toasts an end to his drought in the naps game and Dukey makes a strong case for the brilliance of Ryan Moore. Johnny and Fran again agree on one at Navan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
You've met Charles Byrnes, now meet Cathal! The 26-year-old talks working with Winx and his plans as a trainer. Did Dukey get a third date? And what excuse does Fran have for another losing nap? The team look forward to the action at Bellewstown and Limerick, as well as weighing up the Irish challenge in the Coral-Eclipse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Johnny Murtagh, bidding to win the Irish Derby for the first time, talks about his Royal Ascot glory, his hopes as a trainer and Ben Coen - all with horses whizzing by him on the Curragh gallops. Dukey talks his hopes for a second date, returning to the track, while Fran has a confession to make, and Johnny Mac is sticking with a horse he loves in the Marble Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices