Running Loose with Francesca Cumani & Vanessa Ryle

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Running Loose with Francesca Cumani & Vanessa Ryle

Show Notes

This week on Running Loose, Francesca Cumani and Vanessa Ryle get into the costly business of split-second errors - and ask, are these jockey mistakes fair on the punters?

They also debate team tactics, dissect York Ebor’s controversial opener and Vanessa reveals whether a very fancy second date has any chance of turning into a third…

Plus, we look ahead to the 250th anniversary of the St Leger at Doncaster and why it’s shaping up to be a reyt good day out!

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00:00 Intro 02:11 Look Back on York Ebor 04:43 Francesca's Fashion Chaos 09:14 The Controversial York Opener 12:11 When a Jockey's Mistake Costs Thousands 15:40 Are Team Tactics Fair? 21:10 Vanessa's BIG Second Date... 22:52 Was This Text Too Brutal? 26:10 Dating Jockeys 27:01 The Road to the 250th St Leger 33:40 That's

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