Ep 133: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 52 – Finny Maguire joins our Dublin Racing Festival review
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After a breathtaking bank holiday weekend of racing, The Racing Edge team are back to review the 2026 Dublin Racing Festival.
Mark Walsh took the meeting by storm and his Grade 1 four-timer is analysed by Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff, who are joined this week by special guest Finny Maguire. Widely regarded as one of the top amateur jockeys in Ireland and Britain, Maguire was among the winners at the DRF when partnering Moonverrin to a dramatic win in the Grade 2 Coolmore N.H. Sires Los Angeles Irish EBF Mares Bumper, before jetting across to Kempton on Monday for an impressive bumper winner, trained by Harry Derham.
Is Fact To File the answer to the 2026 Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup? Where does Galopin Des Champs stand now after his Paddy Power Irish Gold Cup third? Do the panel hold out hope that Marine Nationale can reverse DRF form with Majborough next month? And what are the knock-on implications of Brighterdaysahead and Lossiemouth’s engaging rematch? All the key questions are discussed in this whistle-stop tour through the main action from one of the biggest weekends in the Irish racing calendar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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