Join sports broadcaster Rishi Persad and tipster Steve Ryder as Racing Weekly returns for a fifth series in association with bet365. Each week we review the latest round of horse racing, look forward to the week ahead and tackle the big stories in the sport. As well as covering all the talking points alongside some special guests, we'll go in search of a winner or two as we travel through the 2023/24 National Hunt season.
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Rishi Persad welcomes Ken Pitterson and Steve Ryder to the show to preview the King George Weekend as Ascot. Before that though, we start by talking about Savethelastdance as she won a 7th Irish Oaks for Aidan O'Brien after Ryan Moore galvanised the filly to produce a dramatic late burst. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Rishi Persad welcomes Sam Turner and BBC 5 Live racing commentator John Hunt to the studio to discuss a wonderful weekend of horse racing from Newmarket at the July Festival. Later we very briefly preview the weekend racing with the classic quality vs. quantity debate re-emerging its head. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
With Rishi at Wimbledon, Steve Ryder stands in alongside Sam Turner and Richard Hoiles as we review the Irish Derby from the Curragh. We then preview Sandown at the weekend with the Coral-Eclipse as favourite Emily Upjohn seeks her third straight Group 1 win. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rishi and Sam review an exhilarating week of horse racing at Royal Ascot. In a week that saw Aidan O'Brien go clear as the most successful trainer of all time at the meeting, we look back at was a tricky week for punters but not short of storyline and grandeur. Within the show we speak to jockey Rossa Ryan who won the Royal Hunt Cup on Jimi Hendrix on Wednesday and the Norfolk Stakes on 150/1 shot Valiant Force on Thursday. Later we chat to Tom Clover, trainer of Rogue Millennium, owned by The R...
Steve Ryder and Sam Turner welcome back Ken Pitterson to the Racing Weekly paddock as we preview Royal Ascot 2023. We begin with the Queen Anne Stakes on Tuesday with the King's Stand Stakes and the St James's Palace Stakes up next. Later on Ken and Sam give us their NAPs of the meeting, plus three tips to follow each. Ahead of Royal Ascot, bet365 have launched their brand new free-to-play game: 6 Horses Challenge. To enter, simply pick six horses from six selected races for your chance to win a...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are joined by Tanya Stevenson for another episode of Racing Weekly. On today's show we take a long view of Royal Ascot 2023 which is now firmly on punters' agenda. We also speak to Oliver Sherwood who brought an end to his training career after nearly 40 years as he joins young handler Harry Derham as assistant trainer for the National Hunt 2023/24 season. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Steve Ryder steps in for Rishi Persad to host our Derby review alongside regular Sam Turner. First up the duo discuss Auguste Rodin's strong display in the Epsom Derby and Soul Sister's last-to-first dash under Frankie Dettori in the Oaks. Later on we're joined by trainer Ralph Beckett for an interview as we gather his thoughts on Westover's performance in the Coronation Cup and Artistic Star's outing in the Derby. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. Hosted...
Rishi and Sam are joined by Steve Mellish ahead of the Epsom Derby 2023. The trio preview the Oaks and the Derby as well as looking across the card for anything that stands out as value. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rish and Sam invite Johnny Ward back to the studio to breakdown the past week's racing from the Dante Festival. We then turn our attention across the Irish Sea as the Irish Guineas Festival takes centre stage from the Curragh. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rishi and Sam are back for the flat season as we look back at the Chester May Festival before previewing the Dante Festival at York. First on the agenda we discuss Savethelastdance who was a mightily impressive 22 length winner in the Cheshire Oaks under Ryan Moore and is now 6/4 favourite with bet365 for the Oaks at Epsom. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. 18+ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Rishi is back in the host's chair alongside Sam Turner and our guest Jane Mangan as we preview the last big meeting of the jumps season, the Punchestown Festival from across the water. First up though, we review the Scottish Grand National as Kitty's Light went one better than 2022, landing the prize for Christian Williams who made it back to back successes in the race following Win My Wings' triumph last year. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. 18+ Hosted...
Host Steve Ryder steps in for Rishi Persad as he guides Sam Turner and Kate Tracey through a review of the Grand National Festival 2023. They discuss the fall out from a memorable year as triumph and tragedy battle for the headlines with protest marring the feature race. The much-fancied favourite Corach Rambler stormed home with Derek Fox on board in a terrific race that was littered with moments and talking points that could rumble on for weeks and months. Later in the show we turn our focus t...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner link up again to preview the Grand National Festival from Aintree. We also speak with Peter Scudamore, assistant trainer of the 6/1 favourite Corach Rambler who won so well at the Cheltenham Festival in March, as they set about winning the most prestigious jumps race of all. First though, they discuss a good weekend of racing from Fairyhouse where the Irish Grand National was won by I Am Maximus under a fantastic ride from Paul Townend running for the first time for J...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are joined by Andy Holding to look back on the Cheltenham Festival 2023 and put up a couple ante-post fancies for Cheltenham 2024. On day one we were spoiled by some wonderful performances at Prestbury Park as Constitution Hill continued to develop into one of horse racing's greats in the Champion Hurdle. Honeysuckle gave us the fairy tale ending to her glittering career earning the loudest roar of the week in the winner's enclosure all after Marine Nationale bolted u...
In the fourth of four daily Cheltenham Festival 2023 previews, host Rishi Persad is joined by Racing Weekly's very own Sam Turner, Irish racing expert Johnny Ward, Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Nick Scholfield and bet365's Pat Cooney to discuss day four of the Festival. Racing Weekly was filmed live at the George IV pub in Chiswick as our panel give their expert tips and opinions ahead of Gold Cup Day including the Triumph Hurdle, the County Hurdle, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle, the ...
In the third of four daily Cheltenham Festival 2023 previews, host Rishi Persad is joined by Racing Weekly's very own Sam Turner, Irish racing expert Johnny Ward, Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Nick Scholfield and bet365's Pat Cooney to discuss day three of the Festival. Racing Weekly was filmed live at the George IV pub in Chiswick as our panel give their expert tips and opinions ahead of Thursday's race card including the Turners Novices’ Chase, the Pertemps Network Final Handicap Hurdle, ...
In the second of four daily Cheltenham Festival 2023 previews, host Rishi Persad is joined by Racing Weekly's very own Sam Turner, Irish racing expert Johnny Ward, Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Nick Scholfield and bet365's Pat Cooney to discuss day two of the Festival. Racing Weekly was filmed live at the George IV pub in Chiswick as our panel give their expert tips and opinions ahead of another huge day of racing including the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle, the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase, t...
In the first of four daily Cheltenham Festival 2023 previews, host Rishi Persad is joined by Racing Weekly's very own Sam Turner, Irish racing expert Johnny Ward, Cheltenham Festival-winning jockey Nick Scholfield and bet365's Pat Cooney to discuss day one of the Festival. Racing Weekly was filmed live at the George IV pub in Chiswick as our panel give their expert tips and opinions ahead of the opening race card including the Supreme Novices' Hurdle, the Arkle Chase, the Ultima Handicap Chase, ...
Harry Derham started his career as a jockey enjoying three years in the saddle, riding 50 winners including a winner at the Cheltenham Festival aboard Salubrious. After identifying his love for racing was not in the saddle Harry retrained at Paul Nicholls’ stable and quickly became a vital part of his team as Assistant Trainer, a role he held for six years. Now, going it alone with his own team, he trained his first winner on Boxing Day in 2022, his first ever entry no less, as Seelotmorebusines...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner welcome back the Cheltenham ante-post king Gavin Lynch as we dissect another action-packed weekend of racing with Shishkin's return to form thrusting him as favourite for the Ryanair Chase. We also preview the Eider Chase with well backed ante post favourite Kitty’s Light leading the market and the Coral Trophy Handicap Chase with a look at Cap Du Nord. Later in the show we preview the 2023 Ryanair Chase, the 2023 Champion Hurdle and the 2023 Mares' Hurdle. We are del...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner look back at a packed weekend of racing with the agenda beginning with Aucunrisque’s win in the Betfair Hurdle. We discuss Zanza’s unlikely win in the Denman Chase, Funambule Sivola bouncing back to in the Game Spirit Chase plus analyse Jonbon’s performance in the Kingmaker Novices’ Chase from Warwick. Later in the show we preview the Betfair Ascot Chase and take a closer look at the Stayers’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in what’s shaping up to be one of the race...
Rishi Persad is back in the saddle alongside Sam Turner and Steve Mellish to discuss the fallout from the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown. Later we preview the Betfair Hurdle card at Newbury and also have a look at the contenders for the Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March. We are delighted to announce Racing Weekly is going live for a very special Cheltenham Festival preview at 6:45pm on Monday 6th March at the George IV pub in Chiswick, London. Join us as our experts take...
Sam Turner and Andy Holding join stand-in host Steve Ryder to look ahead to the Dublin Racing Festival before reviewing the action from Cheltenham Trials Day over the weekend. Later in the show, the chaps focus on the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival 2023 with a long-view of what the race might hold come March. Sign up to oddschecker’s brand new Cheltenham Super Service in the build up to the festival here: https://www.oddschecker.com/signup?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social_post&u...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are joined by Irish racing expert Johnny Ward to preview the jumps schedule on both sides of the Irish Sea. We begin by reflecting on the retirement of jockey Davy Russell who made the announcement following his win on Liberty Dance at Thurles on Sunday. That was his 1,579th and final win of his career spanning 23 years. Happy retirement, Davy! In our Christmas racing preview we start at Kempton and the King George Chase with L’Homme Presse now battling Bravemansgame ...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are joined by Racing Weekly producer and oddschecker's very own Steve Ryder as the chaps brave the cold and some World Cup hangovers to be in the studio. With the lack of recent racing we discussed the recent performances to note and their implications for the Cheltenham festival 2023. We then looked towards a couple of races upcoming this weekend in the hope that racing can go ahead at Ascot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are joined by Tanya Stevenson to discuss the weekend just gone as Honeysuckle lost her perfect record at Fairyhouse with Teahupoo winning the Hatton's Grace Hurdle ahead of Klassical Dream. Edwardstone won the Tingle Creek on his much-anticipated reappearance with an emotional Alan King keen to acknowledge the ‘flak’ he received for withdrawing him at Cheltenham and Ascot. Later in the show we preview the Cheltenham International with the December Gold Cup and Interna...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are back with the latest episode of Racing Weekly as we preview the weekend racing ahead, headlined by the Tingle Creek. Before that, paddock expert Ken Pitterson joins us in the studio to give us an insight into his work. We talk about how he got into, the most important stages of analysing a horse and we ask if he has an examples or high-profile horses who will come on their recent runs early on in the national hunt season. The panel look back at last weekend's raci...
Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are reunited in the studio as we preview the weekend racing ahead from the Winter Carnival at Newbury. Before that, trainer Donald McCain joins us to discuss a myriad of talking points from the weekend just gone as Constitution Hill and Edwardstone were non-runners at Ascot on Saturday. Racing Weekly is brought to you by oddschecker in association with bet365. 18+ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Rishi Persad is joined by Gavin Lynch to recap a strong weekend of horse racing from Cheltenham and Naas as Ga Law was a battling winner of the Paddy Power Gold Cup. We also see what Gavin's been up to since leaving Racing Post's Upping The Ante earlier in the year. Sam Turner joins us later in the show to look ahead to meetings at Haydock and Ascot with the Betfair Chase preview (we'll be calling it the Lancashire Chase) and Stayers Handicap Hurdle preview front of mind. Racing Weekly is brough...
Racing Weekly is back for the 2022/23 jumps season! Rishi Persad and Sam Turner are joined by Paul Ferguson, author of Jumpers To Follow & the Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide. In the opening show of series three we look at how the Breeders Cup panned out as Flightline won the race in impressive style as well as a packed weekend full of quality racing from Wincanton, Down Royal and Aintree. Later we preview the Cheltenham November Meeting with the Paddy Power Gold Cup and Greatwood Handicap...
