EP: 161 Newmarket, Haydock & Hong Kong A truly exciting day’s racing takes place at Newmarket on Saturday where the Cambridgeshire Handicap is one of the feature races of the afternoon alongside the Middle Park Stakes for colts & the Cheveley Park Stakes for fillies. The Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes gets the action underway at 1.50. Sean Woods will be looking [...]
EP: 160 Ayr, Newbury & Hong Kong The Ayr Gold & Silver Cups are the feature races at the west Scottish track on Saturday as the sprinters line-up over 6-furlongs. Further south, Newbury stages a trio of Group races on the same afternoon. Trainer John Ryan steps Manaccan up to Group 3 company for the first time in the 5-furlong Newbury sprint [...]
EP: 159 Haydock, Kempton & Ascot The Group 1 Sprint Cup over 6 furlongs is the feature race at Haydock on Saturday, accompanied by the Old Borough Cup and the Superior Mile. Kempton and Ascot also race on the same afternoon. Trainer David Loughnane runs Go Bears Go in the Group 1 Haydock contest and he joins us as our special [...]
EP: 158 Goodwood, Beverley & Newmarket August 25, 2022 The Celebration Mile held at the beautiful Goodwood racecourse has attracted a small field of four runners this weekend, whilst Beverley host their annual Beverley Bullet meeting. Already a classic winning trainer, George Boughey is our special guest today discussing the chances of Hoo Ya Mal who will be a hot favourite in the March [...]
EP: 157 York – Saturday August 19, 2022 The final day of York’s four-day Ebor festival features the Ebor Handicap itself. Run over a mile and three quarters, we can expect another very competitive renewal of this year’s race with some very interesting Irish trained horses being aimed at the £300,000 winners’ prize. The 7-furlong Group 2 City of York Stakes & Group [...]
EP: 156 York – Friday August 18, 2022 The breathtaking 5-furlong Nunthorpe Stakes is the main event at York on Friday afternoon. The Platinum Queen has been supplemented by her owners as the exciting 2-year old takes on her elders, who include the extremely impressive and unbeaten Royal Aclaim. In today’s episode, Tom Palin and James Tate talk us through their respective chances [...]
EP: 155 York – Thursday August 16, 2022 Ladies Day on the Knavesmire sees the Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks as the feature race. On today’s podcast William Butler and Luke Morris are on hand to discuss the chances of the brilliant 5-year-old mare Alpinista as she goes in search of a fifth Group 1 victory. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the [...]
EP: 154 York – Wednesday August 15, 2022 The first day of the York Ebor festival sees the return of Baaeed to the track, stepping up in distance to a mile and a quarter for the first time in the Juddmonte International, where he takes on last year’s impressive winner Mishriff. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Wednesday’s racing [...]
EP: 153 Newbury & Ripon August 12, 2022 Newbury is the venue for the feature races on the flat this Saturday, with the Group 2 Hungerford Stakes taking centre stage. Ripon also hosts an afternoon card where the 6-furlong Great St. Wilfrid handicap is the feature race. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile once again previews the best of this weekend’s racing action. [...]
EP: 152 Ascot, Haydock, Curragh August 5, 2022 The annual Shergar Cup sees a maximum of ten horses line up in each of the eight races with the jockeys split into four teams on Saturday afternoon. Haydock is the venue for the Group 3 Rose of Lancaster Stakes, whilst the Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh looks like being a fascinating Group 1 contest [...]