Show Notes
Nick alongside Lydia Hislop, is welcomed into Eve Lodge , the base of man of the moment, George Scott. George talks through his brilliant weekend just gone at Longchamp, with a Group 1 and Group 2 success along with a second in the Arc. George Scott takes us through the layout of the yard, how it works and why the smaller details are so important. We're also getting up close and personal to the stable stars, as Friday morning is trot up day and they're all on parade. There's still big targets ahead for the rest of the year and George runs through where they're all headed and has some breaking news regarding Bay City Roller.
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Nick is joined. by Jane Mangan for a canter through today's horse racing headlines. First today, Irish Champion jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle talks to Nick about his extraordinary autumn schedule, taking in the Breeders' Cup (4 rides), Melbourne, where he has opted to ride Defiantly, Bahrain, Hong Kong, and this week's Group Ones in Doncaster and Saint Cloud. Also today, William Muir on Breacher in the William Hill Futurity, Adrian Keatley on trying to conquer Cheltenham and Keeneland, Tony Carroll on breaking more records and with an eye on the ARC £1m AWT bonus, and TBA boss Naomi Mellor on the new Point to Point bonus scheme that launches next week.
Nick is joined by Rishi Persad for a special edition of the podcast, focusing on the European challenge for the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland, for which pre-entries were announced last night. They are joined by guests Barry Mahon (Juddmonte), who explains why they are leaning towards the Filly and Mare Turf with Blue Bolt, Jess Slack (Jell), owner of South Africa-turned-US hopeful Gimmeanother, Wille McCreery (Jancis), Karl Burke (Miss Yechance), Ed Walker (why Ten Bob Tony is not running), Rebecca Menzies (dejected to be on the reserves list), and David Casey (Ethical Diamond).
Nick kicks off the show this Wednesday morning with Regulus Partners’ Dan Waugh, reacting to a report in The Times that Machine Gaming Duty is set to rise to 25 per cent in next week’s budget rather than the feared 40 per cent. Racing Post senior writer Lee Mottershead joins Nick to unpack the story and what it says about racing’s lobbying, plus Flutter’s job cuts and ex-Gosden stayer Point of Law’s Geelong Cup win. George Scott confirms Bay City Roller will join Ombudsman in the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland, while Jayne McGivern explains why she has brought Hukum back from Japan to stand at Overbury alongside Golden Horn. In France, Nick Bell reveals why Haras de Meautry is standing a stallion for the first time in 20 years, and Timeform’s David Johnson looks back on Champions Day and where Ombudsman ranks among the Gosden greats.
In this special edition, Nick interviews the recently appointed Chair of the British Horseracing Authority, as he seeks to determine his vision and strategy for the sport. Mirror journalist David Yates provides commentary and analysis.
Nick kicks off the show this Monday morning by catching up with John Gosden who confirms that Ombudsman will head to Keeneland for the Breeders’ Cup following his fabulous victory in the Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday. Racing TV’s Lydia Hislop is alongside Nick for today’s show and they reflect further on Saturday’s racing whilst TPD’s Adam Mills tells us just how Ombudsman got the better of Calandagan this time around. Dave Ord is at Cheltenham as he catches up with Chief Executive Guy Lavender and clerk of the course Jon Pullin on the busy summer sorting out the drainage and also having the track ready for racing this weekend. Further afield we hear from Everest winning trainer Ciaron Maher after his filly Tempted downed Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising. Also from Australia ,Vicky Leonard joins us to discuss the impact of the incredibly unfortunate incident in Saturday’s Caulfield Cup, which resulted in a fatality.