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 [...]
EP: 151 Goodwood – Saturday July 29, 2022 The ultra-competitive Stewards’ Cup, run over 6 furlongs, is one of the highlights on the final day of Glorious Goodwood. Trainer James Ferguson (First Folio) is on hand to tell us more about his horse’s chance in the big sprint handicap. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the final day’s action at this year’s [...]
EP: 150 Goodwood – Thursday July 26, 2022 The fillies take centre stage in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Thursday when Hollie Doyle teams up again with recent group 1 winning filly Nashwa for John & Thady Gosden. On today’s podcast, trainers Thady Gosden (Nashwa) & James Ferguson (Deauville Legend) discuss their chances of a winner in their respective races at the [...]
EP: 149 Goodwood – Wednesday July 25, 2022 Baaeed the unbeaten Shadwell owned superstar will look to keep his 100% winning record in tact as he takes on last year’s winner, Alcohol Free in the eagerly awaited one mile Sussex Stakes at Goodwood on Wednesday afternoon. Trainers Andrew Balding (Alcohol Free) and George Scott (Rocket Rodney) discuss their chances of success at the [...]
EP: 148 Goodwood – Tuesday July 24, 2022 One of the racing highlights of the year is always the start of ‘Glorious Goodwood’ and on Tuesday we await another battle of the stayers as Stradivarius lines up once again for owner Bjorn Nielsen in the 2-mile Goodwood Cup. We hear from trainers John Gosden and Andrew Balding who both have runners in the [...]
EP: 147 Ascot – King George Day July 22, 2022 A real treat for race fans comes at Ascot this weekend with the Group 1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes taking centre stage on an excellent day’s racing at the Berkshire course. We speak to the connections of Arc winning Torquator Tasso who travels over from Germany to run at Ascot for trainer [...]
EP: 146 Newbury, Market Rasen & Hong Kong July 15, 2022 Newbury hosts the feature flat meeting in England where the Group 3 Hackwood Stakes and the always competitive Super Sprint for 2-year-olds take centre stage. It’s a big day’s racing at Market Rasen on Saturday when the annual Summer Plate, run over an extended 2 miles 5 furlongs, will attract a huge racing crowd. City [...]
EP: 145 Newmarket, York, Ascot & Hong Kong July 8, 2022 The Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket heads the list of first class racing this weekend. The Summer Mile is Ascot’s feature race with York staging a handful of competitive handicaps to complete a busy afternoon of flat action. Hugo Palmer has supplemented Flaming Rib for the July Cup and we hear from him on [...]