EP: 189 Cheltenham Festival – Friday

The Boodles Gold Cup is not only the highlight of Friday’s racing at Cheltenham, but for many the whole festival.

Owner Robert Waley-Cohen has won the race in the past with Long Run and his Grand National winning hero Noble Yeats carries his colours in this year’s renewal. Robert joins us exclusively on today’s episode with Chris Giles looking forward to the Albert Bartlett with the lightly raced Stay Away Fay.

City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of the final day’s action from the Cheltenham Festival. Hosted by Chris Barnett.

The Punter

‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a primary focus on horseracing. Throughout the season ‘The Punter’ will preview the weekend’s action every Friday along with in-depth coverage of all the major racing festivals. In a partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, ‘The Punter’ also previews every midweek Wednesday Hong Kong meeting as well as all the major meetings.

Every Friday, and for all major racing Festivals, the City AM racing podcast will give you in-depth analysis of the action. Featuring interviews with leading trainers, jockeys and owners, the podcast is hosted by well-known racing broadcaster Chris Barnett who is joined by Bill Esdaile and Hong Kong racing expert Wally Pyrah.

Bill Esdaile

City AM’s racing editor Bill Esdaile has written for the paper since 2008. He had previously written for publications including the Sporting Life, Racing Post and The Sportsman. Each week he picks out his best bets for the weekend’s big racing action.

Chris Barnett

Chris Barnett has been a broadcasting specialist for over two decades, specialising in radio, video and podcast presentation and production. Since working at SIS, Betfair Radio, Timeform Radio, Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood, Cheltenham Festival Radio and more recently, Arena Racing, Chris has always been at the forefront of the top sporting events, grabbing interviews with those that matter.