EP: 54 Hong Kong Champions Day & Sandown April 23, 2021 Saturday sees the final day of the jump season at Sandown and we chat to Glamorgan based trainer Christian Williams about his runners there. On Sunday in Hong Kong it’s the annual Champions Day meeting and the four-time champion jockey Zac Purton joins us to tell us about his chances of riding a winner or [...]
EP: 53 Ayr, Newbury & Hong Kong April 16, 2021 Sunday sees the annual Scottish Grand National held at Ayr racecourse and trainer Harriet Graham runs her always dependable Aye Right in this year’s race. Neil Mulholland sends his hurdler Milkwood up to Ayr for the Scottish Champion Hurdle and both trainers join us today. Newbury also moved their Saturday card to Sunday where they [...]
EP: 52 Aintree Grand National Special April 9, 2021 The Grand National, run over four and a quarter miles always provides tremendous excitement and poignant stories. Once again 40 horses line-up for this year’s renewal. Trainers Tom Lacey and Nick Alexander join us to look ahead to the feature race of the weekend and Oliver Sherwood tells us just what it feels like to [...]
EP: 51 Aintree Grand National meeting & Hong Kong April 9, 2021 The world’s most favourite race takes place at Aintree this Saturday when 40 horses line up for this year’s Grand National, run over four and a quarter miles. Trainers Tom Lacey and Nick Alexander join us to look ahead to the feature race of the weekend. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best [...]
EP:50 Lingfield, Haydock, Musselburgh & Hong Kong April 2, 2021 It’s a typically busy Easter weekend for racing with a mixture of flat and jump meetings spread across the UK and today trainer Warren Greatrex joins us as our special guest. City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of this weekend’s action in the UK and Ireland, plus we hear from Wally Pyrah [...]
EP: 49 Doncaster, Newbury, Hong Kong & Dubai March 26, 2021 Trainer Richard Hughes joins us as our guest today as we look forward to the start of the new flat racing season at Doncaster where the Lincoln Handicap, run over the straight mile, is the feature race City A.M. racing editor Bill Esdaile previews this weekend’s global action in the UK and the Dubai World [...]
EP: 48 Hong Kong Derby Special March 19, 2021 The long-awaited Hong Kong Derby takes place at Sha Tin racecourse on Sunday and our expert Wally Pyrah joins us to discuss the chances of some of the big names taking part. Wally also previews two further races on the card where trainer John Size runs a couple of exciting future prospects. Hosted by Chris [...]
EP: 47 Cheltenham Festival Day 4 – Friday March 18, 2021 The final day of the Festival is many people’s highlight of the week with the youngsters kicking off the action in the Triumph Hurdle and the prestigious Gold Cup, run over three and a quarter miles the feature race of the day. We are joined today by jockey Richard Johnson who rides Native River in [...]
EP: 46 Cheltenham Festival Day 3 – Thursday March 17, 2021 Day 3 of the Festival sees the stayers in action with Paisley Park looking to regain his crown from 2019 for trainer Emma Lavelle. There is also the Grade 1 Ryanair Chase and a couple of very tasty handicaps to look forward to. Our guests today include top trainers Fergal O’Brien, Harry Whittington and David [...]
EP: 45 Cheltenham Festival Day 2 – Wednesday March 16, 2021 The second day of the Cheltenham Festival sees the Grade 1 Queen Mother Champion Chase, run over 2 miles as the feature, one of four grade 1 races on the card. We also see the return of former Cross Country champion Tiger Roll who takes on last year’s winner Easysland once again. Today our special [...]