Ep 1392 - Curtis "tempted" by Betfair Chase for Irish National winner
Charlotte Greenway in for Nick and joined by Jane Mangan first off to continue to look back on the international action that we’ve enjoyed over the last few days starting at the Breeders’ Cup and the European achievements before moving onto Melbourne on where we hear from Melbourne Cup winning jockey Jamie Melham who Nick called up with the day after her big success. Next attentions turn to the jumps as Rebecca Curtis weighs up the pros and cons of the Betfair Chase at Haydock over the Coral Gold Cup at Newbury for Cheltenham Festival and Irish National winner Haiti Couleur. Olly Murphy, who has Resplendent Grey in both races, shares his likely plans for the recent Carlisle winner as well as discussing some of his other brightest stars, including Jonbon and Douvan’s half brother. Jane takes a look at the Clonmel Oil Chase tomorrow featuring three high class horses including Il Etait Temps who could be set for a big season and also an intriguing mares contest on the same card. We also hear from one of the latest jockeys to join the training ranks Nick Schofield, who sends out his first runner tomorrow, before wrapping up the show with our regular Wednesday update from Hong Kong with JA McGrath.
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Ep 1391 - Cup Runneth Over
Nick is on the scene at Flemington in the aftermath of the Melbourne Cup 2025, won by Half Yours. We hear from winning rider Jamie Melham, before Nick sits down with co-trainer Tony McEvoy to talk through the deep significance of the success. Wayne Lordan, rider of runner up Goodietwoshoes, also joins the show, while we hear from expat Dom Sutton, who fields a key contender in Thursday's Oaks, as well as Oliver and Tanya Sherwood, mid-sabbatical down under. Plus, BHA CEO Brant Dubshea reacts to newspaper reports that racing will get its carve out on the budget, while Dan Barber is here for a jumps review from last weekend. Australian sports host Adam Peacock is alongside for comment and insight.
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Ep 1390 - Mullins boards QF94 to conquer the world
Nick has landed in Melbourne from California, where he is joined by Lee Mottershead on the day between the Cups. Reflecting on the remarkable victory of Ethical Diamond in Del Mar, Willie Mullins joins Nick in the Qantas departure lounge, while your host tracks down the winning owners - Andrew and Michael Heffernan - after they have touched down. At the Call of the Card event, Nick talks to Racing Victoria CEO Aaron Morrison, defending Cup champion Robbie Dolan, Racing.com host Michael Felgate and man of the moment in Australia Stephen Power aka The Racing Blogger.
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Ep 1389 - Racing rocked by tragic death of Tommie Jakes
Nick is joined by Rishi Persad at Del Mar ahead of Breeders' Cup 2025 with all the latest racing news. Guests today include Ron Anderson, latterly agent to Frankie Dettori, plus Dettori's new employer Kia Joorabchian on how his future is likely to look. Plus, Mike Repole, as forthright as ever on the Breeders' Cup Classic, Sam Sangster, Richard Brown and Tim Gredley. Meanwhile, Joseph O'Brien looks ahead to the Melbourne Cup, and Charlotte chats to reigning champion Simone Meloni as the deadline approaches for the Godolphin Thoroughbred Industry Awards.
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Breeders' Cup Special
Ahead of the 2025 Breeders Cup from Del Mar Charlotte Greenway recaps on the interviews from the last couple of weeks with connections of runners over the next couple of days. We kick off with the feature race the Breeders’ Cup Classic, which unfortunately does not feature Sovereignty after he was ruled out with the temperature. We do however hear from Michael McCarthy, trainer of Journalism who’ll be hoping to win it for the three-year-olds, whilst Yoshito Yahagi shares his hopes of winning the race with Forever Young and becoming the first Japanese horse to do so. Finally on this, Mike Smith, the winning most Jockey at the BC discusses his mount and along with his four others.
Then moving on, we hear from Christophe Soumillon on all of his rides for Aidan O’Brien as he continues to step in for Ryan Moore whilst Patrick Cooper shares why he believes Amiloc will be suited by the BC Turf. Billy Koch also talks about Gold Phoenix‘s chance in the Turf and finally James Owen previews Wimbledon Hawkeye’s chances before Hugo Palmer looks at his runner in the Juvenile Turf Sprint, Ardisia.
Jockey Umberto Rispoli is along to pick out his best ride of the weekend along with trainer Cherie DeVeaux, who send a select team to Del Mar. Finally, we hear about the chances of two European challenges in the turf sprint, Khaadem and Shes Quality.
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