Running Loose with Francesca Cumani & Vanessa Ryle

Soumillon BANNED at Royal Ascot: Who’s Really to Blame? | Running Loose Podcast

Running Loose with Francesca Cumani & Vanessa Ryle

Show Notes

Welcome back to Running Loose with Francesca Cumani and Vanessa Ryle!

Fresh from an unforgettable week at Royal Ascot, Francesca and Vanessa unpack everything that happened on and off the racecourse. After Christophe Soumillon's eight-day ban for team tactics, they ask: do racing rules punish the wrong person?

Plus: Vanessa and Francesca’s favourite Ascot performances, Henry Cavill's viral moment, the bizarre reason men are stopped at the gates by the Royal Ascot fashion police, and Vanessa is dumped by her therapist.

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00:00 Intro 02:30 How do you pronounce Ascot? 05:00 Behind the scenes at Royal Ascot 08:40 Celebrity spotting: Henry Cavill & Tinie Tempah 14:20 Team Tactics at Royal Ascot: Who deserves the ban? 20:40 The best performances of the week 24:45 Francesca's favourite Royal Ascot outfits 28:30 Vanessa's favourite Royal Ascot outfits 32:00 Royal Ascot's Fashion Police did what?! 35:45 Vanessa's post-Ascot dating disaster 😅

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