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"Race in the boodles last was it last year? Yeah, last year. But was just way too keen throughout and made up way too much ground, got to the front bar too soon. And got swallowed up coming up the hill. And was beaten a long way in the end, but there's something about this course. I think he's nice. I actually quite like something as well, actually, but it's just tight into what I was saying on day one, although he's on. So Lizzie might be able to give us some weight on this because so what was he on the day one I actually said that son dishon offspring have quite a review pure record in class one races at cheltenham. I might be able to shed some weight on why that is. I mean, with all sorts, it could be coincidental. But it's quite a big sample size. I don't know if there's something or something because your mom does have a few. It doesn't share or she's heard a few ideas. Papilloma C one? Yeah. Is 800 springs to your mind why they might not act in the top races of the cheltenham. I'm absolutely no idea. I have no idea because obviously the list of his offspring contains some of some of the very best. Yeah, definitely. Horses like
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"Nearly chanced them at big prices to finish to constitution hills there. Just on the ground and the weather forecast, I don't trust the long range forecast at all. I know that in Ireland, there is a prediction of snow, and it's certainly cold enough for it. There's a mixed forecast in terms of the long range for cheltenham. There are forecasting rain Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, how much of it does more drizzle than anything else, it's not light rain and drizzle is kind of what's being forecast. And we know the cheltenham drains very quickly. There's talk that this week is going to be the temperatures are going to plummet in the UK and Ireland with the coldest day of the year being set. But again, we've read this stuff before and then it hasn't happened. What would be your overall feeling about the ground if it was just as it is now, Dennis? Are you expecting it to be good to soft on day one? And if The Rain does come just how much it will get into the track. Yeah, I mean, I'm expecting just with the weather's cold. I had quite a lot of rain over there in January, early January, a field has been a substance in the ground to having really got the spring wider. I've read where they put covers on to get a bit of grass grows. That would tell you alone that there isn't much heat moist warmth in the air. So I expected at the moment to be good to soft. My even right a bit slow been on the dead side. So, you know, again,
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"Are you excited for the greatest show on turf the cheltenham festival? How are you? Great to be back on. Thank you. Yeah, it's very exciting now. I'm 2023. Cryptography. Cowboy for your inside of the championship races as well. And one of the top traders from beta, 7 days to go, Barry, how much of your business is done? How much still to do? Good afternoon, good evening everybody. I just get more and more confused tomorrow I don't have anything so still haven't done enough business but look this time next week, I will have pockets for the dockets and a heart full of optimism for a couple more days after that. It'll be all doom and gloom. But we'll keep on trying. That's the spirit. Way to kill an optimistic thing to tell them. The wheelbarrow is ready outside to be filled up and we're ready to do damage. Either to my financial health or to bed deck and all the bookies as well. Hopefully it'll be the latter. We are teaming up with fantasy cheltenham, by the way, this year, fantasy children has been this fantastic innovation that's been going for quite a few years now. And they have raised over €950,000 with various clubs across Ireland, Scotland, England, and mainland Europe. It's predominantly a GAA thing, but this is all about cheltenham. And we're very proud to be teaming up with them a great team there. It's real simple for you to be part of it as well. There's a lot of money up for grabs. So all you gotta do is go to fantasy cheltenham dot IE, click on register to play. It's on the top right hand corner of the screen and to your name, your number. That'll give you a password. And then you just purchase your tickets and pick horses for 5 races for the four days. And one of the beautiful things about it is if you change your mind or if there's a non runner, you can still change your selection ten minutes before the off, which is beautiful. You're not stuck or you're not being shifted to the favorite. You can change if you're able to and you should be able to through your phone. Fantasy child them dot IE, sign up when you go to, it says county, click, kill Kenny. And when it says club, click final for the podcasts. And who knows? You might be getting yourself a load of cash. You might be getting yourself the bragging rights or maybe you'll be falling at the back of the telly. Fantasy showed them dot IE. It's a really fun way to make extra gravy at the children, first of all, select under club final for long podcast and the very best of luck to you will all be part of it as well. We'll begin with the champion hurdle, which I suspect is going to be a short conversation. Constitution hill statement had the bedding constitutional is absurdly short, but rightly so, but Barry just before the start of this podcast, you quoted alien prices I've never heard before. What is his current best price? On his current best place with Beth duck is fours on. However, if you're seeking a bit of value as we spoke before the show started this evening, there is a best of 7 to 19 available elsewhere with a firm I will not mention. So it's a little bit better than one to four, but there is 7 to 19 available. And if you know what that is, send it in on a postcard to the final for a long podcast because that's the first time we've all heard of what your look. There's a little bit of extra gravy there, as you say, I'm at 7 to 90 in constitution hill. Listen, he's the most likely winner, obviously he was extraordinarily impressive in the supreme of absurd last season and in the fighting 5th in the Christmas hurdle. David cleary wrote that he might very well be the best two mile championship hurdler ever seen in the history of time for. After he won the Christmas. That's how good this horse is. And he is going to take all the beating. But I remember backing hurricane fly at odds on in the champion hurdle. It didn't go well, and I don't particularly want to be backing an odds on chart in any of the greater races at cheltenham. So Dennis, he looks unbeatable. But is he? Well, he looks unbeatable and everybody's on so far has been very impressive. I don't think he's going to be a runaway winner. I think absolutely statement will put it up on raising the lawns on the pound between them so that means there's on the alleged between them. So I would say that statement will give my run for his money. You know, I haven't been blown away by statement all year, I think yoni is just doing enough and I'm sure at the start of the season they were considering a JS campaign firm. But as the theater was called gone on, you know, he looks to have got better and better and. In any other year, you'd really fancy his chances of winning the champion hurdle but I think he's going to get my run for it, but it's very hard to see past constitution. It really is, he's just looked awesome and what he's done is won every race that he's competed in by just clinical ease and precision. And he just looks a really classy harder. I've actually seen a video of modern Twitter this morning of the school and over hurdles in San Bernardino he looked absolutely electric and yeah, I think but I think he won't I don't envision him being an impressive winner. I think you'll have the battle for us. And with just a pound between them and I expect it to be the one that will probably drop them and you know, a lot of it's going to come down to ground as well and but you know I don't know what way to ground is going to be in the forest there. I'd have to be conscious that if it was soft ground it would certainly belong to his speed to some degree might even play into the favor of the small bit but look county harder winners have a good record in the race and it's between the two and I think you're looking for value for players we need to be told to be told I'd like to hear some nice interests and Davis who I think could put up a huge huge show to be told. It just depends I was going to be wrong as well. I like to move it now as kind of fancied and he's going to want to follow stateman and constitution held and I wanted to be not want to be too far off them. So you can only get involved in a battle from a long way out. He might be a little bit vulnerable to something that's coming home late and that's going to be written to run well. Something like bob on, you know, Xander here, maybe. Even the pied piper. That's going to be dropped in. And written to run well, I like to move it could be vulnerable to one of them. And so I'm going to be God's good. Could outrun the rods, basically. Finding that one to be tolerated is tricky. At the moment, it's like I like to move it, but just when done well harder winners have a good record in this race also. But I like to think that if I ran here or down
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"All about Sunday dot com to get involved today. Now, here's your host, Emmett Kennedy. And welcome along to the show for a cheltenham festival special the countdown is very much on to Willie Mullins domination of the cheltenham eating. It's going to happen again, but can we guess the right horses? Well, we're going to focus on the novice hurdlers in this edition of the show. With special guests, author of jumpers to follow and the weather bees cheltenham festival betting guide, which were about to give you a discount for because it is an essential read. Paul Ferguson, welcome back to the show. Hi, Emma. You're welcome. I mean, good for him. Not as good as yourself because you must be buzzing in your role as race manager, race planner for the prune up a storm team, terrific win in the national spirit hurdle of the weekend. He's really made that race his own. Well, maybe if he gets back there next to you, someone said to me who ended up in my name after him. That would be nice. No, it was great to see him back to be honest with a bit of an interrupted campaign, but obviously he didn't get off to a fire and started at the last year. And then looked like he needed to run an ascot. Ran well for a long way, cheltenham in the royal peel on New Year's Day after which he jumped off and said, he feels he needed this wind. Tinkering with again, which he did and obviously with the article associated travel better than everyone. So they really please come out to the race well. So I'll leave early after. Fantastic scenes. Fantastic. We're keeping an eye on what handicap market gets, even though it's irrelevant because he's not going for a handicap, but just something to keep an eye on, always good to see. And yeah, look, you're in tremendous form. The weather bees chutney festival bedding guide is now available from the weatherby's shop and in physical form as well. And because the loyal final four on podcast
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"I mean, I was so impressed with him when he all those years ago in the rising star and obviously chase. It felt like a long time ago because he did have a long layoff. I'm not entirely sure why, but anyway, he's burst back onto the scene. This season and third on his seasonal return behind riders on the storm was very good and equally just as good if not better last time out winning that big race at cheltenham. So yeah, I think obviously the only doubt is three miles, but to me he looks like he has all the right credentials to stay the trip. It's a bit unoriginal, isn't it to be deciding their favorite in such a big race with so many runners, but I think he probably does have all the right credentials for the race 12 stone again. He has got to step up up in trip and the weight, but I think he has every chance he's lightly raced, hopefully there's still a bit more to come. Okay, beta very kindly given us 50 pounds. Two 50 pound bets. They are multiples. Win only multiples and the winnings will go to the inter jockey's fund. Mark and I got close, but closest no cigar, the first time we did this. So I will turn the floor over to both of you. No pressure on you. Remember now. Let's all go to charity, but more importantly, gravy for the listeners as well. So the bet dak multiple for ten years Stevens in this weekend would be. Now we're all in in the one 50 at cheltenham.
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"Well, ill riotta for me was the obvious starting point. But I'm not entirely convinced he gets up the cheltenham hill to be perfectly honest. And one who we know definitely does get at the cheltenham hill is still in silver. And you referenced that paddy power gold cup run when Ian seated his rider at the third last. And I thought he was traveling really well at that point. And I'm almost certainly to play the hand in the finish if he hadn't been seated. We know that he goes really well again around cheltenham. We know also that he's a strong stare who carries big weight as well. So there's plenty plenty in his favor and he's a bigger price than he'll ridot and that's what swung it for me. I think this is a really good race. I think still in silver will need a career best. From top weight here, but I think he's still got a little bit of untapped potentially still only 7. I think there's more to come from this one. I'm with you. Yeah, he's carrying 12 stone but he goes really well at cheltenham. It was a cracking run at the festival beyond cool Cody. Very impressive in April. And he would have played a hand in the finish. I don't know where he would have come in that race beyond gala, but he wasn't lucky that day. And Tristan Davis is a very, very talented target trainer. And this was always the target for him on the back of his unlucky run at the open meeting. Darren, which way are you looking? Yeah, a horse I really like is warlord. If you remember, I put them up at 50s, I think, in Sheldon, when we were when we were on the show then. The morning line. Thank you. Yeah, the morning line, we put them up at 50s for the article. He's always knocking around
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"You might want to sell now after they didn't denounce it. Thankfully. The mighty 21. I'm already boycotting next year if I ever go again. A column where four days is a slog as it is. And when I asked the mighty I 21, did he have a bad experience? Tuesday was absolutely fine. The Thursday was a joke, not in terms of cues for drinks, so much as the sheer volume of people. It felt claustrophobic and unsafe when prices went up to a hundred pounds for the club. That is me, Don, and I love cheltenham. Leopard sounds a fraction of the price. So that is a feedback that I've thank you very much everybody for getting in touch with a number of DMs that I just don't have time to read up, but thank you so much for getting in touch. We appreciate it. At final for long part and at radio on Twitter. Our loss of foreign podcast listeners and national events that have spoken to really enjoy the buzz of the Dublin racing festival and how it's an event weekend and coming over here for that. But it's also the fact that you have quality racing over a two day period. And you're still looking forward to something. The conversation in the bar afterwards is what's going to happen to cheltenham. Is this horse going to replicate that at the cheltenham festival or have that horse left the performance behind? And compare that to cheltenham, which is very expensive to go to. I'm certainly not in the camp of reduce it back to three. And that's not going to happen anyway. But there are certainly something to be said for cheltenham not being the most pleasant of experiences when you're surrounded by such large crowds and you're having to pay through the nose for the privilege of being there and then queuing for ages to get your hands on a drink. We spoke about this off there, didn't we? Beforehand and you asked if I had been to gentlemen this year and I was there on the Wednesday and I was there purely in a leisure capacity I was with a friend of mine and my son and his friend and for me a couple of those posts have hit the nail on the head. It's not a pleasant experience. Now, because the crowds are vast, you pay an absolute fortune to get in there, you can cue endless amounts of time to get a drink.
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"Ride on denman. No, 'cause I didn't, I didn't see that. No, no, I don't. It was in public view, which is why I saw it and my God. This guy got absolute scalding. It was no wonder he leather ten minutes. The way he did to go win the gold cup. Do you know what do you know? I'm a massive Nichols fan. How's am I? I kind of love the way he wears his heart on his sleeve and he finds it very hard not to say what he's actually thinking. There'll be plenty of trainers it would have been in the bar or chatting to the owners or talking to the jockeys. I mean, properly shuttering away, giving it out far worse than Nichols, but at least Nichols tells you what he thinks. And in a way, I'm sort of sad that he didn't have a winner or two this year because I sort of feel that the sport as a whole in this country is healthier when it's best practitioners are really firing. And he's horses went into the meeting in cracking form and he'll have a great entry in air and we'll probably be champion trainer again. And I know that drives him hard. But he's a better trainer than that. He's a better trainer. Than that sort of that sort of approach will necessarily give him the credit for. You know, absolute master of his craft. And I'd absolutely love it next year if he, if he did bring a brave man's game or something back and that horse ended up being a proper girl couples. We've got this. We're going to labor now under this idea that brave man's game is I don't know a flat track bully or a car, do it at Sheldon or he can't get up the hill or all these other kind of strange festival preview night canards, but there's no body of evidence to really, really back that up. And you want your best horses of your best trainers running in the best races. And it was a low point for me when that horse was withdrawn. For all I can understand why they did it. My initial reaction, I had to stop myself from saying it and talks for two was or until explorer should say, bottled it. And then I just had to be professional and then just go, well, you have to look at it from the trainer's perspective. He's doing what's right for the horse. But all season, he's basically been saying about his two stable stars, stage star and brave man's game. It's intrigued. That's where he wants to go. And it was the owners who wanted to go to cheltenham. So I think you're right. I think you'll tear up entry. And it is disappointing that he wasn't on the winner's board. But.
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"Matt Polly, brave man's game. Nobody else has the class. Do you agree? I think there's other horses in here that have the same class, but I don't think I can jump and hoist in your fits that Bill. I think we know the hoist and your has the class. I mean, he'd probably be a brave man's game last year, where you didn't just beat him, absolutely annihilated him, and he didn't finish that far behind him at kempton, but ahoy senor, when he jumped, he looks like he's made a word to me and the fact that he jumps, the fact that he jumped right handed at weatherbee is also a concern and I don't think there's a lot between brave man's game and hoisin or if they gallop for three miles on the flat. But there's an 1820 obstacles in a way and a way that brave man's game jumps compared is going to give him a massive advantage for he can make two or three lengths every fence when always senor is getting into the bottom of everything and jumping out to his right. That's a long way over three miles. Just an hour in this race down, we know that gallop and deschamps are going to run in a match with bob ollinger and just to elaborate on the point I won't go on because we've been so much said about the potential 5th day cheltenham, it's an absolute disaster if it goes ahead. It won't, but it won't be a match. There will be two or three other 8 side with rock up, you know, essentially quality wise, it will be a match. And who on earth wants to see a match? And we would never thought we'd see the day. Where we essentially had a match at cheltenham. The one thing that irks me a little bit is that I can't understand why a horse can't be a champion at two and a half miles. You know, there's a lot of talk, you know, you should run in a champion hurdle or a brown advisory or you should run in queen mother or a gold cup. Now, I've known lots and lots of horses really good horses at two and a half miles. I go on a very strong promise. I worked for Jeff Hubbard when strong promise was there, and now if he finished placed in to gold cups, if an area had been around, I'm sure he'd have won one or two of those. Yeah,.
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"Yeah. Yeah, I think that's just the best part now is to obviously put the handicap marks up front of the Irish. So they're all going to get in. But the British are going to be lower. Might not get in. But I think you just have to take and think it happened in handicaps. You just have to take your chance. You could have a whole that you wouldn't think would have a chance. But I think it could happen in the race. They can win, but you know what they say. You can't win it if you're not in it. Exactly. I think you just have to take a chance. And don't be afraid of one horse either. I think it happened like. Yeah. And you told me you're looking after, but for the benefit of podcast listeners, who are the main Gordon cheltenham horses that are in your care? So I have to tell you who's running the champion here on Tuesday. You love him. And yeah, he's my little pet. And I also have fury road. I think he's in the Ultron, the brown advisory. And then I also have an outside and an outsider commander fleet. I think he's.
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"Yeah, he's got nowhere else to run early and stay any further. He wouldn't go into them. So I don't think he might take his chance, but be written out about and try and come through the horses. So I think the thing is with Tommy's asking, I think he could be played late. Maybe run on through B nought is to grab that or forth, maybe. I'd say you could be looking at maybe ten runners, maximum. Yeah, I got a down to 9. I got to down to 9. So yeah, we'll say ten. We'll settle on ten runners. So it is going to be a small field. Should clarify that in the without market? By all means, when you're talking to the traders at kaluki. Ask them, will they do this bed for you? Will they give you the without market? And then ask them what price they'll give you. If you don't ask, you'll never know. Could you have extra pitches at cheltenham this year, by the way? So if you're heading to the children, first of all, make sure you go and seek out the rats because they will delay you a bit. And. They're not afraid to take on the big guys. That's the best way I can put it. So in the without markets, you can get each away with some firms right now with three firms, three places, 50 of the yards. So this means you're playing for second, third and fourth. And adagio is 6 to one with one firm. 9 to two generally. And that appeals to me. The 6 to one obviously. I think that's probably the way I'm going for it. He was in my charity looking 63 at the beta sports talk Ireland, cheltenham, preview, he was one of the legs of a lucky 63 that bankrupts bankruptcy if it comes off. But hey, it's all for a good cause. It's for the injured jockeys fund. So Aaron and the team will be, they'll be all right as they back up their desks and leave. Turmeric Desmond's got plenty money. He'll be fine. Who is your selection then so we're both with honeysuckle, who's your alternative? I.
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"Vanita valley sir, wasn't it? They put it up. And then people have gone, they have to be really dark. That'd be horses and norms. People had ruled out how that can't win. And then Nicky goes, I wouldn't rule that out. And suddenly everyone's going to start looking at this again. And you keep forgetting to ask the questions you should be asking because suddenly you think you've been given this pearl of wisdom. That is not. And again, I don't blame Nicky for that, and he probably is hopeful that these watches will blind spot because hope is a much more positive thing than expectation. When you get expectation on your shoulders, it's heavy, it's weird. It makes you worry about what can go wrong. When no one's expecting something and you're hopeful, maybe maybe he'll bind spike. That'd be good. You think of all the positives of that. There's no negative because no one's expecting this to think. How many say, well, you could surprise you. And then everyone's like, you could surprise. And you ended up going down the wrong path. So I think I might just be that. Everyone really should be asking about the client size chest and shishkin. And it's like, oh, nice little chat room behind there. It's like throwing a dog to a throwing a dog to a ball. It's one of the balls with all. You know? And it works very well. And I enjoy watching talk to a ball. It's like that. Because I've been very small, I've got a very small gold. So it's much to see him in my house. Ring ring a little RSPCA. Don't do that. To argue being ducked by peanut. See, I got away with it because I'd already asked them. About everything. Yes. So I put it to him about constitutional and Jon Bon. What are we doing here? Nikki. And he said, either could go up. It's no guarantee. But as you said, Michael Buckley has backed constitutional. So he's not going anywhere. But he said that if I got a call, saying, I don't want to take on your horse as in. Constitutional. Then we could go up. John Bolton have no problem going up to two O 5. And I think he proved that at the weekend personally prove it. I thought that was a reasonably good run, nice prep. He warned about the fact that he's very gassy and he's very get your minds out of the veteran. He's very, he gets very worked up and that he needed to just let the air out a little bit. He just needed to let him just have a run. And then build him back up in the next few weeks in the week leading to cheltenham and that he'd taken him for race scores gallops to newbury and he hadn't been as mad as he had been, but I thought it was a good run. And he goes no, I don't think I thought it was a better run than.
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"Like a very much leave Malone. And it was bearing in mind, we're going to have good grinder cheltenham. This time of the year, there's just not been very much right. I mean, it's been kind of wintry for the last one. It's not been very much mean around. And underneath the ground is we found a bit of heavy ground for a while. We had that we had plenty of over Christmas. And we had heavy drive for little while. And the tracks are ten of just heavy grind. We're doing so even in the last week, pretty deep at some length. And I pretty much, of course, it's actually last weekend. Shelton, I don't think will be anything like that. And that is that's potentially crucial. That's fine for magician. I don't think he wants particularly soft Brown. He run well here on soft on New Year's Day. But as I said, I think he's, I think he's well fine to the market, and I do all cool chord. He was well behind him. But he would not have wanted the grinder soft as that. And a lot of people don't have written them off. He found a favorite that day. And he's a bigger prize this time around. But I'd give him a decent chance here. He will again look to Luke to take up front running duties. And the question is, you know, how much he would be hassled on the front end. I don't think he will much to be perfectly honest. I look at this field and I see mostly hold up horses, one or two who I thought would race reasonably handy, but a lot of forces who want to be buried away. I don't know how I eaten the horse going to run. In terms of run style, he didn't make the running at chefs till last time. I brought a 400 arrest. I don't think he I don't think they'll be pressing on within particularly here. So it seems very cool to probably have maybe torn and frayed to deal with but that.
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"You can check out the 20 Twitter page kaluki or Kael KI or for daily price boosts, and they've got pitches all around the UK as well. So watch out for them. If you're going racing at the weekend and I have a terrible fear as to whether or not we're going to be allowed go racing over Christmas and I'm not just putting that out there as we scream wondering a genuinely have a real fear about what's going on in Ireland right now. And I hope I'm wrong. Certainly have been in the past, but I really hope I'm wrong. So get out, get out and about in the UK, get to cheltenham, get the doncaster, which we're going to talk about in a couple of minutes as well. And go see kaluki. Kaluki racing. It will be at the bedding stands and the bedding ring and see if you can get yourself a little bit of extra if you can black something extra from the kaluki traders. They're listening right now. They know I'm saying it. And they're perfectly fine with that. Doesn't mean you're going to get it, by the way, but hey, if you don't ask, you're never going to know. It's just an absolute fact. If you don't ask the question, you will always wonder I want to have got better value there. So ask the question, find out, go see. Who knows they might just give you something a little bit extra. We're also brought to you by Sunday. New form of resource ownership or anybody can get involved for a fraction of the cost at Sunday, the aim is to bring you as close to possible as horse racing through data and performance analysis via the app, which is just an absolute game changer. This is the kind of data that the boys are comor, the lads. That the team at godolphin.
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"To you on some more than a partnership with her husband. I think died on the spring. So it was very, it was very, very ill earlier in the year and late in Montreal. He wasn't keen to run at cheltenham. So they missed that out. My name is disappointing. This morning at the entry and he was a friendly disappointing. I was very odd given what he's been like before in the king while behind gosh and where I think he traveled the yard that day. But he showed his usual enthusiasm when beaten by buzz. And I think there's no shame in that. I think that was a stronger risk than it was at the previous year. And the more of a tester Samuel this becomes the more it will suit him. But again, Tom Simmons is not exactly banging in the winter, is he? Two years. Simon's two from 47 is a little bit of a disappointing return. And again, it's hard to back off at a very short price. On that basis. Even more worrying zero in the last two weeks. Is a two since the end of April, that's pretty worrying. So. I don't know. This gets a little bit tricky. I thought garter dreams run best to ask than the final position suggested. I don't think he's got very much defined with song for someone or not. In receipt of in receipt of 6 points, the horse who handles cheltenham very well was a winner of.
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"cheltenham" Discussed on The Final Furlong Podcast
"Against the market leaders. I just think it's potentially very competitive. And. There are positives and negatives for those at the head of the market. I am digging my weather forecast for the weekend because it's currently good as often places and the question is how much rain shadow is going to see my trusty weather forecasting app. Tells me that Friday is going to be a fine day, although very cool. But there may be, but 6 mils tonight. Which is a little bit. It's not going to be very soft, whatever happens. We've had this issue for a while. There will be rain on Saturday but it may well come after racing according to according to this. And of course, you can't take the weather forecast as a guarantee. These things can change, which is slightly tricky one, because if I thought it was going to be a good grand race, it would change it a fair bit. Whereas if it rises as if it's on the soft side, it could look at the difference. Lots of speed on and the rest. Which makes me want to kind of look for a whole lot more, but I've had this conversation earlier on. And how everything's paranoid on the new course of cheltenham. You don't see too many horses coming off the bike to win which is a shame because the first horse that I'm inclined to give a second chance to is there under carjack who was keen on in a massive price for the party par. On the basis of how I well truly was compared to the winner from their form in novices. It's obviously an issue or two and king. He was pretty confident that he had him back to his best. And he was never in that he never featured whether any kind of chance at all that shortly traded in the run was 65. But that's because he shot up right at the back of the field and he ended up making lit progress from the second last to be beaten 9 lengths. Not a bad performance in the end, but you never had any chance of collecting win or even police money with them. But he was just, you know, he was never he wasn't written in a way that really gives a massive chance of his typically dominated by those who went from the front. That's I suppose less the case on the new course on the old course. Particularly now with the way that osteo fences work on the all corset cheltenham. So he's got a better chance of this track as it were slightly. It's a slightly stiffer test. It's not quite as friendly the frontrunners, but it still is to a degree. You know, he looked back at the history of this race, you will see quite a lot of horses who've got either loose on the lead or have been very close to the lead. Who've done it and not that many really who firm who've come from off the pierce, which is a shame because I think there's a reason they run skydrop off as Mark. It just might be that continuing on a cheltenham is not the way to find that contest. Of the frontrunners, you've got some, you've got some all favorites in here, there's a series of like tent always tends to go from the front. What did you learn from mister piper byte him? Because he was a very promising young chess a couple of years ago and you know he's not finished close to the leaders since winning at the festival in 2019 when he won the festival play it. It was back to that sort of form. He had a great chance, of course, he was a faller when liable to run very well in the race. And 2020, but that was when he was with Nick Williams. With Nick Williams. Yeah, he certainly is. He said the he is a tough job to the vote too, with what make achieved with the horse. But that he believes on the work that he's seen. And they've given him wind surgery. One of the frustrations for David pipe has just been the way the ground has been so unseasonably sorry, my voice is just absolutely ghost. Has been unseasonably tough and what I've been by that is that it's been good, good to soft when you're expecting it to be much softer ground. So it's been a bit of a frustration for them. And you wanted to get them out. So he gave them that run. Cheltenham and Thomas go to Mercedes and show me a whole lot. But that was after a year break. They're very happy with them since he's been working well. And it was last weekend view them, and he said he was going here. This was his target. And this had been the target. He said, we don't really get going. Remember when Martin pipe used to just dominate the petty power meeting? Yeah, absolutely. David changed things, David said they don't really get going until December. If you look at their back stats, that's when they're horses really come into form. And so this was this has always been the target for him. So he's still in the king George. That's the owner's decision. He said, it's ambitious. But if we can get him back and he can run fine race, it helped them, then who knows?.
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"cheltenham" Discussed on The Final Furlong Podcast
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There are some people who look at the casino offers as a bonus. And then end up doing their brains. Don't do that. Take the offers that kaluki give you and those offers are the much bet, but more importantly, fair prices. These are poachers, turn gamekeepers. People who are professional bettors who had their accounts closed down who went, you know what? We can do better. And we will do better. And they are doing better. Kaluki sportsbook, check them out now. And they will be offering odds. Of course, as they're at cheltenham on Sunday, which I'm presenting on talk sport two, along with Lizzie Kelly, looking forward to it, the ten past one will be the Mueller jewelers dot com novices Chi ice. So we've talked about Cartier watches on the previous cup podcast and now we've got the smaller jewelers. I have no idea how interested you are in discussing this race Rory. Do you want to just briefly go through it or skip to the next? The first challenge on Sunday. One ten. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's an interesting way. Unless it reins, I don't think we'll see Oscar elite. He was the horse. I put up a wonderful following in Paul Ferguson's horses to follow. I think he's I think he's a very promising chaser. And obviously, again, yard absolutely flying with the chances of the moment Collins art. Counselors. I think jewel take over the license in January. That's right. But he hasn't completed all his BHA courses so he can't do it just yet. And I think 1st of January, he makes a good time to do that. I know they like Oscar elite and the Tesla jar had three winners and extra the other day. Naturally I'm not the fourth runner they had on the car if he fell. Yes, no luck at all. But yeah, I think most police are really nice for us. He was a place at cheltenham and at a entry last season. When Steph up to three miles, and I think he's a very interesting in the making, but he does need softish Grimes. He missed their tour meeting because of quick grounds. And unless there's some soft and the going description, I'm not sure he runs here. The quicker it is the better it does, he know he's won twice and quickest grind. This season, including at the last meeting here, but he might have been slightly lucky because under supervision of national twist and Davis was challenging strongly when he went to duck out on the run in the point where the intersection of the courses is. That's where chin man ended up running on it and the Jesus Roy does not even, of course. Well they just had a rope across. So this time they actually had a bit of real, but it's still the horses are still aware. That's where that's where they go out for another circuit. Yeah. And it can happen. So under supervision dubbed there, lost all chance almost came down and in the end was beaten 12 lengths, but he was trading odds on at the time. It was amazing the sound kept the partnership in tech, in fact. Yeah. So we necessarily get on. I'm not sure mint conditions are absolutely lovely horse for Johnny Cambridge, but he's never looked like he's a chair, so he was forced in a point to point. But there's not an awful lot of him. You know, he was a really tough hurdle last season. But he doesn't strike me physically as a chaser. So I'd be delighted to see him succeed because he's a really likeable horse, but I'm not convinced by that. 300 through 5 is well topped up, he was beaten on his chest AV by does he know then got the job done an extra. I can't really see him reversing for him or does he know on similar sort of grind. I thought, does he know John better that day all told? And there are no level weirds again. And I don't think the form that the other three 5s should in beating Asuka honey bee is exceptional. It won't be 15 lengths, of course. You can really knock that. But ask a honeybee, has got plenty of ability, but it's pretty easy to beat. Yeah. That's a little bit off putting. And street of Dorian's in there as well. I wrap this up and I just say, if Oscar elite takes his chance and to be fair, he is chalked up what Brendan Paul on board. Collins has heard won this race last year with the big breakaway. But crucially, he won this race in 2016 with this old crack. So he tends to go with horses he holds a very high regard and the states very much like that. And that's part of the reason I like Australia is that Colin dropped him back to two miles for a race of Exeter, which he's won all his best horses in over the years, even though most of those horses are three miles yesterday and a two mile novice hurdle at extras not the ideal scenario for them. But the fact that he went there suggested that he was almost saying Oscar elite is my anointed nonstick for next season. And I should say, he goes like this race. An Oscar elite, I would imagine will run as long as there's enough ease on the ground. But he wasn't on one of the last meeting because the ground was deemed to be answerable. So as long as he gets the chance, then remember, that is the worst out of all the horses that were already mentioned. That's the only put in pill for instance. Excellent horses to follow with weather bees. So yeah. Well, let's check it out. Okay, the one 45 current betting for Sunday with kaluki is impaired. The more force hawkswell 6s yellow enki 6s. We've got a few favorites and here we go another one, 7s. Ramses did say yeah. Oh, we love them 8s port Stanley 8s and Tiger roll. Tens. Does the Tiger take his chance? And he kept chase. You might you know, it was something that has been talked about by Gordon. When we're at the open day, which was delightful..
Mark Levin
Loudon County School Board Releases Lackluster, Lying Statement
"The loudoun county school board put out a statement today And among other things in the statement the loudoun county Virginia school board in reaction to the rape that took place the 9th grader In the failure of the school board to do a damn thing about it in any significant way The loudoun county school board and the superintendent said well this isn't the sort of thing that would rise to the attention of the board of directors of the school board the school board members Disciplinary action Now this is a line it's a cover up and I'm going to tell you why Many decades ago as you know I was on my My town school board in cheltenham township Pennsylvania Started serving on that board when I was 20 years old If in fact there was information about a violent act in any of our schools it would have been brought to the attention of the schoolboy If there was information about a rape I can guarantee you it would have been brought to the attention of the school board Disciplinary action like you know some kid shoots a rubber band across the room and there's suspended for a day No that wouldn't be brought to the school board But a felony One student against another A violent rape In one of the high school bathrooms Yes that would have been brought to the attention of board members
The Final Furlong Podcast
Honeysuckle the Perfect Champion at Cheltenham Festival 2021
"Question that's been asked to ask you as a broadcaster who has been to pretty much every major events in the world. And you've anchorage a loss of mainstream on terrestrial television in america but also you've covered pretty much every cheltenham festival in your career. What was it like would know crowd. Well we had had a year. I suppose of getting used to that crowd and even some pretty big events but it was right up there as very strange indeed because i think the restrictions of tightened here in the last couple of months before or they get loosened again restrictions tighter for children than perhaps they'd ever seen it at any major fixture at certain types it than they were at the breeders cup ties than it looked in in the middle east and an in australia so it was really odd him because cheltenham more than any other event is so contingent on on the crowds and provide atmosphere. It really was a an odd not experienced but by midway through the first after noon. I'd almost forgotten at one point. The crowd that i mean if you will if you're broke cussing racing. Cd audience as distinct from it audience. Perhaps you could say that. The crowd isn't as isn't as important. Because you're not going to be putting quite as much of that into the so Yeah bye-bye halfway through day one. My mind had been taken off it. But then there were moments that punctuated the week. Where you were. You reminded of quite stock again but still the the quality of this boat was outstanding when they ride the record books. They don't want to write the asterisk. That was crowd so it didn't seem to take the gloss off too much for henry bra. Gb buck and certainly an operational. Absolutely not i suppose. The top performance came day one and the champion hurdle the uni bet champion hurdle before the sponsors comes running after me with an ax honeysuckle and rachel block. More get back to back. Cheltenham festival wins another brilliant performance from henry de bromhead at cheltenham would last year's form kind of holding up sharjah. The runner up last year was second again. And the winner of last year's race epa ton with our new jockey. Aidan coleman finishing third. Nick what was your overall impression of of this year's champion your reaction as i watched was. I'm pretty sure it was is. The director came to you and said nick iran. I'm pretty sure you use went. Wow that's that kind of summed it up for all of us. I probably got a bit carried away in all honesty. But we do. Occasionally we do occasionally get a bit carried away and i. It was a completely genuine emotion. I wasn't trying to compensate dirty. Was i genuinely was blown away by so i tried to work out. Why subsequently i made some cloud landed comments that would probably verging toward hyperbole. And i think it's because of the way she finished her race off the way the the way in which she rounded the final almost on rails honeysuckle jumped the loss and then scampered up the running. And i left the impression of a performance of of of of otter total dominance on. I was staggered. By how well. She finished off the race now. Subsequent section now. The ray suggests that the reason for that was that they'd slowed the pace down. Because gordon was being a head banger. In the middle of the race they. The pace of the race had slackened significantly and really at turned into a test of speed and she was able to win like she was because as she was in grateful be. She's very very good. See she's got more than people thought she had. Indeed she was tactically. Well positioned biracial blackmore. But the the image the impression of scampering away from shahjahan episodes in a really good time the hill really good finishing split Just was just made me feel good and before you start talking about ratings and allowances where it sits in the pantheon ultime champion other. When is it just made me feel good. And i didn't think at that point they would be many. If any performance during the week to to eclipse i in terms of dominance and quality. How wrong i was
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Pre Cheltenham Gravy at Super Sandown Saturday
"So let's build up the gravy four cheltenham by starting with the one fifty at sandown. It is european breeders fund. Patty power national novices handicap hurdle. The market is fairly tightly. Congested as we record on thursday afternoon. What's your approach to. The race is one of the One of the most competitive handicaps off the season for notices. It has in his time. Take place not quite at the cheltenham festival but on the friday at cheltenham after the festival chicago. What's called bear. Cluele one yes they They had an extra day's racing at the end of the festival. Which was not part of the festival was like the old roy. Ascott then yes. It's accurate roll. Asked where you need of ascot heath for the Roy saturday and easy. It could easily come on the place at the festival But saw here we have it's He's don't get the weekend before. I and it's it's a typically ver- really competitive renewal. I was thinking of some of putting my man selection make bracelets very nearly near the top of my of my shortlist because he he was running up with his first start over hurdles on one his bumper at at harris on he he won a novice hurdle arts become her hand for last night. Beating winds fire on some of the hunter looks okay form. He was favourite for that business in his previous form. And i didn't look too awful lot to win it but the phones were tight. While windsor finestone with the hundred were second and third on the pair of them have run. Run well since a win. File second door sidelight called meru. Shameless mullins is He's all right on the Blame the game. He was favourite was a winner of handicap on his next start at faking him on the the divorce. He said he finished third at some herod. Run very well on his on his nick start She'd been to start since including being second in good handicap at reveal the j. So that's that forms working out. Well he will progress again. But i kind of expected the story here to be that some conflict was a strong favors. I think constantly really ought to be clear. Favourite for this rests on looking at this. I look at a go right. They're gonna make conflict. show press. Who can find against him. Kind of an automatic thing. The conflicts performers all being on heavy ground. But there's no reason to think that he actually needs it. Obviously we've we've had softened heavy going through the season thus far my lebron runs in the In the colors of Harry redknapp itemizing. This has been his his aimal season now. One not want a couple times and bumpers times. He's been beaten over hurdles beating twice in exeter second. Both times should have won one. The first time national line and should have won three the second time when he led at the last but stumbled on again cloak coupla zone. Now you might take that you know. He's done closer. Mantra trading short a might be lots dot straightforward but. He did an awful lot. Roman either those those occasions And of course. He then withdrew restaurant by ten lights. Last time i've been in hospitals sheldon the also runs air and the impression of from is is that He's a pretty is a pretty solid prospect hero. Kamara one hundred thirty. that seems Seems a decent enough mark. Martin hall is beaten already be An extra again. He reopposes but that was in the race. Were constantly traders Right out the close to the surprise when he went one zero three on the third they got around he also reopposes. He was winning semi as well. It's not farmers which i really well. i think. Constantly the winner musto a lot. Dan level of martin all martin. How must give him wit. I i thought obviously you can make a case. Martin house improved again having one from seoul water one again at extra heavy grind last time out but i saw that some in terms of you know you have to put them together in terms of raw ability. There's nothing between them. So getting this from on hollywood definitely young favorite conflict. Who it's over. It will say martin halls improved will conflicts improved to intend lights and extra. Last time i did that easing dine. So fortunately answer questions about whether the resolution to win a wrist On second he'd be posted on even better
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Exciting Prospects on show as Jumps Racing really starts!
"Pencil full of lead so there would have been arguing that the potato race was the race of cheltenham but latest exhibition gets beaten I'm very biased. Here i love this source and Therefore i need to get your unbiased opinion on him. I will just say this before you start off. He jumped impeccably. Know that my say say i totally agree that yeah definitely teach face confidence for this. Wholesomeness performance He finished the ground. Didn't they eat junk so much. Snicker down we in his chasing debut. Galway which he wants a clearly. He's improved again here and he saito the way to the line and he was always going to make off into shape as so fall proved to be the case in. Rachel always looks so much. More comfortable bar included relates exhibition. She had a hands buried in the back of the hoses. Next down the back straight. Whereas brian kupa had his obeys benson this half themes ads late his exhibition long strides. Just even hold his position. Say you need from quite out late. Sex addition wasn't going as well as pencil leads and pencil full alleged. Got in a little tight to the side. Lives but rachel game squeeze after that and he found plenty as we so she knew she had plenty left and upstream malls. This should be more to come. Still and maestra too. I think you've been irish national coming in on this. Spring could be the prophet race the missiles they season with the records and offices have in the race. So that was the instant soul to the law. On that got. You know he likes. The heavy grounds. Knows what he's gonna need to spring ground but he just has kind of profiling father thank oxley long way away even further away than the bench. Come onto the bridge that animates exhibition as he. Just he just didn't look entirely fee down the back straight Debrecen kuprin eludes as he needs. Plenty father as well as we know. But i just think he's been beaten by rainy. Nice little sarah. She don't think he's going to go down as beaten. Eight to eleven favourite. He was actually that disgrace. I do think pennsylvania is really nice.
Financial Quarterback With Josh Jalinski
New York - 7-Year-Old Giselle Torres Found Safe After Being Abducted By Father
"An amber alert that you're probably gone on your phone Friday evening is cancelled after seven year old Giselle Torres was found unharmed. Lieutenant Andy Snider from Cheltenham Township Police Department in Pennsylvania describes how they got the suspect to surrender. One of our hostage negotiators was able to get him on the phone. Negotiate his surrender to the New York City Police Department. Giselle had been taken from a town outside Philadelphia by her biological father, Juan Pablo Torres, along with two other men who wore body armor and carried guns. Torahs faces charges that include kidnapping and child
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Gordon Elliott's charge finished second behind Easysland
"Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Challenge. Cup goes the way of that Man Gordon Ilias and Davy Russell Chosen Mate with Gordon finishing second with eclair. Fhu and then we had a massive raise for Joseph. O'brien he said that this has been the plan on the podcast that they were hoping for better performance and boy did they get it and well-backed as well thirty. Three's Joseph said that on the show after a handicap special. He was cut to twenty s and he was the chosen really. Well backed Jess but they were steaming into into from eleven tens on the day he was a bigger price earlier than sixteen beforehand. This money but chosen mate was well back to really the market phoned the right horses. All MOANING CHOSEN. Mayton us in them. Were horses that that that the other everyone tracking they were getting a lot a lot of attention. I know that in the morning you could have got nine to one. Third Chosen May and by the time the races off he was just just below five to one us and then was just below ten to one himself and another exceptional handicap performance for Gordon Elliott chosen. May He looks absolutely get up for this race. It was again another one that had been running incredibly well behind voices and this was a very very good victory. I think granite eighteen. Who BEEN LONGTIME ANTI POST FAVOURITE FOR PAUL? Nicholls wasn't quite. I don't know again. It was a bad day for political team. None of his horses really Brown. Well this on the best of all of them but they they kind of changed his tactics a bit and he was rather little bit more is positioned up with the pace more than and being being held up and he was always going well but it wasn't going to be the him but again. The Irish is showing dominance in handicaps and a brilliant victory for I think it was a I think. A big syndicate chose mate was at the northern racing partnership and and Yeah tallied upper a great great wheat for Gordon Elliott. Who the day on the morning. I think he had six wins and he was on six wins six seconds and three thirds and Willie Marlins was on three wins. Five seconds and five thirds somehow managed. Lose where he was one point six to be talked trainer. I don't know but amazing. Really really mullins cheers and better. Yeah another another top. Handicap spoke ordinary. I'll tell you how he lost seekers. Great White Shark third bosses. Oscar was unlucky not to get closer. But I'm delighted finish fifth because that went plays mony and he would've got it had it not been for parole qualifier horrible full. Oh Gordon but dramatic stuff and I do remember. It was like old school tv where Nick is handed a piece of paper. It was like something from watching like old school. Reruns of nineteen seventeen news broadcasts. Thanks thanks very much with that update because they were locked together as you said it was. It was amazing why Bez was held up in the rear great field. I have no idea because that doesn't suit him at all. But Hey Sean Joe is trying something different. Jodi mcgarvy keeping the ride Gordon wins again. Jane another huge success for for him. Presumably the approach from the British handicapper. Next year will be every Gordon handicapper. It goes up twenty pounds brilliant right by Davy Russell I had cut their scars in my selections and I wasn't all not comfortable watching the race. I was wondering were we going is as good as Davies. Body language suggested we were and he made couple of mistakes on the mound never panicked he ultimately put me at ease watching him I always once know you have debut Rossler Barry or you know Richard Johnson on your soy. Been you're instantly. Put at ease and no offense to Shana Keith or JJ seven but been of growing up watching the on the big day and he sold rarely gets it wrong. And this was a tactic. Good Brilliance from him I think most Ryan is part of the syndicate and they got great satisfaction from day. Celebrations would have been huge. I'd say the government the closing down and as a great seal being held up. Aki Job better than he usually does so. He didn't travel with fluency that he has done. When he raises from the front put he jumped a lot better than he can Paloma blue biggest parliament for me. I am not making any more excuses for the horse I think he has an implement ability but he wins someday and I won't be on Off and then it of bridesmaid isn't he? He's run second to their Eastbourne couple times in grade ones and now he's been third at Jutland hearings massive race again. Joseph O'Brien but ultimately that is David Ostlund chosen may stolen show horses connections and he's giving them some great days but you're right he's a bridesmaid. And Hey look we did. All right we did find in terms of our handicaps. I'll happily take place. Thank you very much on a bonkers week and the bunkers week would end with a twenty five so one Wynonna First Cheltenham Festival. Success for Paul Weber. Would Philip Hobbs. Who's we could have been saved and a brilliant ride from Ben Jones. As well ultimately a short head stops them from getting a victory in behind on mcinerney giving. Willie mullins great white shark a fantastic ride And Gordon Elliott's the bosses Oscar running a stormer. I thought I stayed on really really strongly in the Martin.
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Christmas Racing Review: Part 2
"Welcome to our second festive review on the final furlong podcast on Miss Kennedy alongside Bet Fares Connor. Hello Hello Welcome back. My French French TV show. There wasn't it I I like that. What about do you want to do the accident? You can do not Lulu simple. It is also the glorious return from a long absence of at the races. Irish tipster on one of the best writers in the game final. Furlong podcast legend. Tony Kanaan his back on the show up. Build up the only one who really gives us some but this is you. Don't be hyping it up and down and happy new everyone Beta Beta. We agree to bike and show. We'll be talking reassessment and good risk that it's great to have you back. I know that you are incredibly busy. Best of luck a new bundle of joy on the way as well for the New Year so the workload is going to get even harder in in the house but looking forward to having you on the podcast a bit more and particularly unity with you and the children preview with you in the usual venue all being well and we're looking forward to that so look that'll be better Caracas. Well let's get into our review so in part one with Jess and Kate. We look back at Saint. Stephen's Day and boxing day from here. We're going from the twenty seven th onwards. So we'll start with the Patty's rewards club loyalties altis did look for rewards chase. This was check on poor soil is supposed to be crowning moment. I guess his return. He done a brilliant piece of work or at least it looked that way. Danny Mullen said worn the head cam it all it very impressive buddy got blown away. By the two stars of the moment Henry Debrum head and Rachel Blackmore the story on the fair exchange beforehand Karen. I presume shotgun personnel was being well-supported Yeah Second Priscilla laws. I mean this was the hartaway. We're all hoping to see over Christmas. This harstad we spoke about before Christmas was one of the ones who are really excited to see this race and never really for me got GEICO and in the race it did hit a low point. Few eight hundred surround want to four ALU tired hides a BS five point five which is nine to two and did eleven or ten into one in running which again until surprise me to be honest. I mean our plutarch's the youngest one in the race I suppose the kind of almost forgot how amazing and I wrote Shetland. Moore's last time I if I was looking at the shotgun slot ruin it. I don't know twenty split seemed to be almost missing an extra year when it it was coming up. I like to know what they are going to do. Now both does a lot of reasons. I suppose that you could still be in the campus. Well which can persuade was it. I ruin and so will I know some people have said the populist Carson maybe not sold audible for me but I'd like to see off new tired now go onto the right air. I'd like to see how we get on with that and shocking. We'll give it. We'll give one more ago. I wouldn't show the baby out with water. Just it was a disappointing on a strange Leopardstown and a strange Christmas relief for Willie mullins because a number of his big guns severely disappointed. Some of them had very a legitimate excuses. He still ended up being top trainer at Leopardstown which was odd considering the amount of bubbles that were burst but Gordon Elliott currently has a five hundred thousand euro lead over in the trainer's title but sh- as Brian Flanagan said whisper. That one quietly that he's currently got that lead. What did you make out of a plutarch? Let's start with the winner. Tony Ryanair as is the target for him much to Roy frustration. But this was in. This was impressive. Maybe we'll take Willie mullins Christmas for steroid very intentional Christmas and for a yard strange. They're we're having a strange season and history at no over the last couple of weeks mont seventeen eighteen percent whereas there's like William Orleans seasons past twenty percent thirty percent the question. I was asking me winning where all the new horses Commodore Chat Chat. lapis tones past year could be shared with emboldens would have maybe a couple of French horses. That hadn't been seen in on the days run in the mid and orders you'd be seen six to four in the morning east hates. Take that on 'cause off four to five and winds fifteen minutes and you're kicking yourself do toss this year are- recycling the same incident. Orders the fee spirituality. I wanted on Stevens the business and and the game it's Josh. Let's call him Jones. Noga be the Donnie Colorado's debate and Henry sources wherever wherever the new communist of the bar. Quick questions is is. Don't think deeply who's really nervous order the minutes. Jesus is Avenue. Thank you see what I'm getting at this time does pass to be fit the top of a novice whore you'll be thinking about not supreme body body more stats or whatever not this year so that that's a little bit strange. They last year obviously young harsh on in the champion Bumper Cheltenham. Blue Saturday. He'd already disbands. We may talk about emily and so some slightly stain season going on now William owners now some of them just come back to check on Bush lost some of them. You could argue are are needing to run a little bit. That would not be the usually it would win over the years so I was bit. Negatively is the bubble burst Chakma Shaw possibly reports this and he don't have a sort of an impossibly high salen after punches. Tony he destroyed. You officers the officers coming from win and grade wants and as has been pointed out that was. NBC's and follow him. He was a fresh horse. Daffy wasn't fresh injected Geneva wasn't fresh that lottery at that stage taught zoning twenty-seven Puerto a little bit of Lydia. NYDIA is good for very good place. When he tip evening free bought him a electors? The winner m writing is put in the salvaged performance. was dimissed. This one and I was amazed to cope with the drop in trip. Am I tipped this shop and I didn't think this was remotely possible that it was going to afford enough augments stick this Richard said he was on his head a little bit early on. Didn't didn't really look that way and I talked. He was well on top after last. was never allowed on. And you know what I think is he just. After taking another mass of jump he looked very good and am NASTYA. Henry says you need. They're enforcing motor navin. I know he's just he's just a proper a he is only faith it chuck. You'll be seeing all this scope which is seven had raised in France before it came to. Willie mullins wait. It didn't roll Naomi. Ah for whatever many days and just look this up here and toes and named is needed wasn't trained for those days those teams you know for good copy. So I'm I'm a little bit lukewarm checking schlock boat incredibly positive on a plutot on Henry debris made 'em noth- known for Shea and away from big risk so I'm wondering are they going to go championships with this horse and I'd be interested in them. Not just was a brilliant performance and dig a statement another step forward. I was very good on the clock as what trainer comments can always be open to interpretation. And that's something that Mara was referencing in our bonus. Bonus betting special podcast. which if you haven't listened to strongly recommend that you do that? He often takes trainer comments with a pinch of salt and he's more interested in just doing his own form work and coming up to his own conclusions. The initial plan was Ryanair. That was what they were. They were staging they were going to do. And of course. That's the distance that he the handicapped children last year. But Roy was putting the source up as a big price for the champion chase at the start of the season and you have jost post given him a little bit more encouragement. And when you look at the current Marcus like does a question mark over your deputy Sawyer is coming through and has looked very good. He's passed every test so far. But there's probably going to need a little bit more
The Final Furlong Podcast
Jump Racing Stars Return: Weekend Review
"Tracy hello welcome back to the show. Thank you having me back again. Your debut went condone an absolute storm. So no pressure no pressure no I loved it Alaska and so it's good to be getting back into the national hunt side of it at this time as well Have you been reading out much at Tom Georgia stable and have you any info for us. Yeah yeah that's it. Yeah the form is kicking in now as well broke. Because I mean it's well documented. Isn't it with Tom. Sources that they take take a little bit of warming up for the season but OC big guns are coming out now with at some available in black off. Yeah the WHO is going really well. So it's worth getting early in the mornings as mornings getting the leaker at the minutes are going and see yes bro Policy Hoses now into getting getting sits on the. Yeah as we see the frost in the morning and it's dark when we wake up early in the morning and it's getting during the evenings aren't stretching out like they used to but the great thing about it though is that we get to talk about jumps racing and a man who has so many fingers in in so many different pies and so access to so much information is at the races pundit. Mr Kevin Blake the award nominated Nominated Kevin Blake by the way. And if I said this earlier in the year if you don't win this year it's an absolute disgrace time was. has you sound confident. You're sounding confidence. Speech is better than that. Yeah thanks boy. Simon Rowlands also dominated from the racist dot com and rightly so at the races. Dot Com have got Microsoft for the jumps which Kevin has contributed to so to podcasts favorite. Toni Keenan and many others. There is some gold gold information there so highly. Recommend you check it. It'll come up on the at the races. Main page click into it info gold like therefore you speaking of let's look back at some of the highlights. The weekend we saw Nicky Henderson unleash some of his Cheltenham Festival hopes. There were two big races that to you his young guns running and they won but this a bit of question marks over both of them after their performances I would say. Let's start with Santini. We were recording on Mondays. This was yesterday the Virgin bit future stars into media chase at sandown. He just about beat now McGinty to be fair talk. His jeep brand. No SORTA racing was well back in thirty lengths behind winner if the bet three six five or whatever the hell it's called now Cup At sandown. What what did you make of this performance to start the season for Santini kitschy? Yeah it was. Laborious believes the mean Nicky Henderson came out himself and he's a very strict toolkit very nicky Henderson and he said himself you know he's the first one to say that it was is a bit of a struggle facade teeny and but everyone saw him before one hundred and he was he was pretty big weightwise in the PRELIMS US country down to post and I was in the shooter day so we got the full coverage of him and we had a Ken encore in. He rang up to preview the race. What he'd seen in paddock and he just said some teeny he said he? He is big and so naturally he's GonNa come on. Fritz and Nicky Henderson said himself that he's a really it difficult to gauge way. You all with him and he says he doesn't really do a tapa home so he does always need to run and he does always come among for it but he was just always behind the bridal luckily McGinty gave him the lead. Because I'd save Santini a hot to make his own running essay he would have been an idol out in front probably would have lost a few links at his at his fences so not reasonably. He's not going for the king. George now probably move based on His run in Felton noses lush. Da were finishing the. It's just. He's a big horse. He needs galloping. Track in Camden. I'm doing is just to shop for him. Say Rid of a blessing in disguise from a from that point of view but no we. Didn't he just in seconds. Let's talk about him briefly. I thought he ran blinder. I vote he had a sneaky chance going into it of Sierra Stuart Edmonds usage. You never have any fears. What so ever I? I'm out that they are going to be a shooting to perfect shen for that race. Either master trainer of course in terms of he feeds them to the heavens Today that he makes himself but he trains them really hard. So they're tough. They're always fit but they have a plenty enough energy and enthusiasm in them to go well so he runs on an absolute blind just being behind the bridal early on another one a and Tommy Bryan made really decisive move in just getting him up with the pace Properly make his mind evidence fences and forcing the issue and and baking his fitness toby source Santini country down to post and thought he have the fitness to a retention prevail over him. But he'll go to Welsh national on our which We will have a massive massive chance in that providing Yeah is his jumping still say as well which he had a little bit of an issue last last time Last season one hundred with fresh early on how to get Genieford Huntington very unseated Karen Gatherings at day. So he's an yeah. He's a really nice looking forward but yes I'm teeny is going to have to come on a lot. He's got approved himself. Invest Higher Rankings. So Santini is rory largs idea of the Gold Cup winner will come to my selection who has reappeared hidden very much disappointed already this season but this was his first our start. He's threes on Kev. Are we being overly harsh on Nikki source. Is it just a case of while he's come out in these one or would you look at this. This is a forerunner race. You should've known by further. Yeah and I'm pretty disappointed. SULFITE Very Labor which you wouldn't really expect it's an honor horses seasonal reappearance. They should be more exuberant than normal really under the seasonal return and he was very labor. It needed to be driven away from fences dances relatively early in the race and just made really hard work of hired to put a number on. What now McGinty did in Iran up to himself or was he was he just blow himself Out of his wallet. Because they're a monetary of the rest having raised the Gallup so very disappointing. Look you'd never judge a horse too harshly on on one. Go with again. The next day was if he shapes in in in any way similar fashion. IB reaching for cheek pieces or blinkers curse or something like that. Because I think he shaped like a horse that needed them there and you know. It's it's puzzling Nikki. Seemingly isn't considering the Christmas chasing Jason efforts down for him. If he doesn't want to go to the King George that would be the natural target for I think Nikki is a small bit allergic to go to Ireland anytime buyer the Punchestown unfestive which is Pity because you'd imagine the effort sound would play to his strengths. Why is that though because the the lexus chases aces used to be known? Now the Leopardstown Chris Denman came over for best mate. Came over for it. Pretty sure L.. Best mate got got beaten in it by the infamous for Salmon Salmon. Paul carberry celebration but it is the ideal race for him and yeah look. Nikki is tell them focused. It doesn't like to travel before it and I think that's ultimately it okay. Well let's take a look at some of the other horses reappeared who are second season chasers and this means that we have the opportunity to talk about this yet. The ladbrokes champion chase down royal was won by Roach. Respect is a real funnel podcast favorite mostly. Thanks to Kim Blake Cleanser Soba was well held back in seconds. The King George Winner Alpina so back in third. We'll talk about jockey bookings a little bit later on and then there was Delta work all the way back and forth. Who was my idea of the Gold Cup winner? I was really perplexed by this. Was this In your view Kate a real case of. It's very early in the season. Let's not panic or would you be a little bit worried. The cleanser Soba was beaten so easily the delta work was well held. Maybe we're not giving them respect to Russia respect. Yeah I royer I. I definitely think it's way too early for me to take any sorts of judgement entitled to send in a Kuna cools after the race. I mean it's been well documented over stars who their seasons pools horses will very much needed the Ron and you kind of thought the fact that Kandebow was making the journey over that he might Well have that fitness on his side. He may be a bit more focused on the fact they were going that way but I think he he shaped really well and You know I caridi wouldn't read too much into that and Yeah he's A. I think he's a really nice progressive. Who Still Use Yucca? Plenty enough it gives you everything folks on this end of the season at this stage. Now it's not for me to read too much into
Three Wide No Cover
Kerrin McEvoy: Growing Up Jockey
"Said Van Tigers for you growing up in a racing family NGOs yeah it was grew up streaky value their little Bush town on the west coast of South Australia and gripe place to grow up it was pop leave dubbed the up the road hundred the road up the hill when he had some stables at the back of block horses there and anyways trying to be seeks right or ten depending on the locals wanted Ironhorse with him but it was great it was you know plenty of ponies for me Rawdon and dad was a jockey while I was a young child and then going to be heavy but submarine down to the Rice's a young Keaton running around collecting the bidding sleeps in tags six and always guys the jockeys and saying what color boots I had on what settles out and it was a passion was building from from an early age remember things little things when you're younger Dinesh Illinois big he's larger than life that all that China who was it for you that made you get nervous when you met him for the first time ties yeah Tolan I you know with with with David David as as he son obviously he was always falling behind and paid a highs and Michael Tiny was apprenticed to them by other Uncle Darren was apprenticed to them and then Tony ended up obviously being one of their former cy as a young kid it was always Colon high-seas is that and I always listening watching and whenever we went to town we Wanna pulp sources he had a few that rising ten I used to always love following around and watching the the highest amen highs horses and and the I was lucky enough to be apprenticed to them further down the road so you could always roy horses was it natural gas I wrote I'm GonNa lead well it I ju- Fourteen fifteen to become a junkie yeah I was that was always my choice enjoyed school and I could've stayed on and and enjoyed new twelve eleven and twelve ten Qaida didn't want it Algebra used to lose me over his maths was ah I was often the fairies we've maths but I used to enjoy school small little skull streaky by and It was I must admit there was more tom playing sports than probably and what but I was always going to be a jockey and and that was where did they could always rod you is natural out Mimea I draw you jump ahead of the gates actually my pony a job the guy here we used to have some old rusty berries stoves their streaky by Rice course which is better the town and that's track Ho Ho won one race meeting in the clubs do have their one meeting a year but jump a little out of the gates with some two year old it's in That was a good buzz and you know you you you never forget those alien is in plenty of jump shots and Charles Day on on the the Lindsay it young stirs but usually go over Lindsay Park as he must go hold of ice used to catch the bus over and and stated working long hours a higher on the apprentice waste all used to pick up more pack my pay packet it was double this the boys the boys used to be filthy but picking up pooing strapping a few of them on and enrolled in a few years and they don't forget one tree private jumped on the bus and Papa pick me up anyway yeah sorry it was coming home publishing to pick me up at Port Augusta because he is it at Port Augusta and anyway the bus from Adelaide to Port Augusta the the State Law and I go there about two thirty in the morning jumped off the Boston part was nowhere to be saying eating meat always on the yeah I was listening to it would have been twelve Oregon and and you're lucky on you where you're staying the jumped in a taxi had ten dollars me well anyway got dropped off with the great northern I till which is in Gusta knew what room staying in because of our decide they must have been a month before or whatever anyway be offense jumped over the fence winner in the back comb the forest knocked on the window public the window Colombian jumping into bed he just said sorry I forgot you yeah standing might say that's good that's good deal all remember more thirst arm into the rice now they Mike Apprentice Jockeys rawd in a silks they rice day settle and callous and pine leather boots for the first tom but backing Modi altogether Yarra Glen for the first time and with the the tight end of the boots or sleep dose lead nearly fell off when I came out of the gates you I either Rice's was it a good experience it was but like you said it's very different to everything else it used to with with normal trek quick stuff I don't recall ever having the soup zone for a trial either but I rob is at Balaclava and pita highs at the time was was trying to Lindsay Park and I think he had about seventy in these maiden rice was made over thirty or forty eight hundred meters and y'all got The Roy on lovely little military military plume coat and reading a Bit hymies lovely coordinator perfect for Diana with free fi first royds get up well not didn't win didn't win but it was meant to nine and I well it was just a just a point yeah he he he fold them ran and got Moeen slowly and surely with with with many roads to come but it was a great Feast Day balaclava lovely be tracking and then after that back to streaky by in my first right after my ticket was heise's Yup and they went back and did six right once in the Bush Paul Lincoln and Gusta and great myself in Teddy Monahan won the we we drew the leading jockey for the Port Augusta or Leading Jockey Carl it must have been Well was that ninety six ninety seven season is a good experience by some rough ready oh well maybe I lean get your I m getting paid on the solid and the soy gained a joke kind of a must have been in Adelaide somewhere few hundred we'll see a couple of hundred Colonie who started in the back so you can you take ran the Bush then you come into the city at the Stri but Victoria was always beckoning you to get a to get a gig incoming raw quick as you could win it happen yeah will always back with the Heizo actually did a Bill Cameron savion over there it was where where I might stevie and he was a great influence on me from then on but ended up venturing up to back Lindsay Park when Paul and John Kerry Jose climbs for wearing back to Lindsey. Tony was this attorney said look you Muslim Sean Hill one so we headed over there minority and got there and to be truthful it was it was a bit of a real steep learning curve I wasn't ready I was still green and a break maurice descent you know it's a different back then it was it was totally different you know riding Adelaide and I don't need on short period of that here in town Movilla Cheltenham annoys attracts Victoria Park to go to cool I was actually behind the gates the other day and I I was thinking I remember my first of all right aww living under may just slow down the sawed their coffee can get pretty hectic and always always a grain little drain young kid at at a more animal Davison so it was the real steep learning curve and I was lucky to to stick it out through those tough lighter one and a half to two zero period more apprenticeship climbs time was was when I started to do well or who scared the Virginia's Eddie in the jockeys very Milwaukee Jesus Black Gray goal was always leading and ready it's but he was he was he was welcoming at the same time there was obviously a great orders getting around you know Greg Jaws was there Stephen King Br privileged obviously the Oh tactically good oh great horseman and you know back watching and learning of course to the best or could you know when did the penny dropped for it to be given an opportunity to Rodney got which we'll touch on it I mean Abbott Win on Brew You've won three of them but when did the penny dropped for you to Sira off belongs Saturday class said I rising starting to get full books and Rodney in Steichen group enlisted Rice's did you remember the Diet dropped in your lock brought nail below the the winter of ninety nine winter it doesn't sorry the winter ninety nine and then all the way through to the winner of two thousand and really started to make inroads and get some good support and Mike USA Climb and I remember writing a few a few trebles in town and it was winter months and the the big boys were away but as a young kid boring to get better you really grab a hold of that momentum and and use it to drive you forward and so it was it was a rough first year in Melbourne but then the second and third years is when it really started to to propel Gordon was lucky to start teaming up with some good China's even sort of the highest camp and Mark Martin even and Russell Cameron to those and John but money was instrumental in getting me young Ford that adequate right
The Final Furlong Podcast
A York Review
"Hey what's in the water for in tipperary. You want to five race cheltenham festival over five days. Are you insane because because all all ireland medals course tipperary water and your last week would bandwagon and wagon jumper blake senior hurling matching his life but somehow decided grew up. They're still gonna throw it in kennedy space bruce when we often but fourteen points sorry. You're not talk while i thought he'd be too posh per exactly exactly rugby. Ah would you believe really blake played in goal for tipperary back in the day really hurts run-and-shoot of lake family. I take it all back a monster under twenty one goal for have you know i could. I could barely rise above the safe nice but it was going to say that your dad who listen to this podcast i'm sure is incredibly proud of all your achievements and this is with you daily but there must be a little part of them but just dies inside that you want you want to hear what are you talking about. My heart career sure it wouldn't come watch. The matches dead's dead serious because blaming sese. I'm i am not exaggerating her end. This hurler bosh they used used the play me on <unk> is true. They used to play midfield and put let me up against the opposition's best player and make me pull and drag knocked lumps over because that's all capable to do shots hit him that he's no relation and he couldn't watch. I don't watch it yeah. Thirteen hundred hurling retired at the age of sixteen and concentrate on the hour of the early a bit more suitable my skill set earlings and incredibly violent sport and anybody who tells you differently is is lying to your face <hes> you can be when you're youngster be told to just go out. There and hit hit tha fella. He's i'm reading the sheen's brick shinbone. I was told one day breaking shinbone. If i was a horrible hurling players resolved by the way football lisa simpson famous quote of hack the bone i want i want i want to do a final furlong. Podcast kevin blake's hack the bone years before we move on rec- were you a decent hurler alright. Bryce commercials or motor overs cheesy. You've got it all can twice by domino. Put your thirteen or fourteen sure everyone's good at that age or at least statements to be unknown say good now that a gap the gap grows as you get older. I found let me put it this way. Rec- were you picked last like me or were you picked. I we need out there and kill the man go ahead kevin submarine the mid late i was once given the apple later said africa's best ever come from where did that gopro. Are you doing your own. Vanessa riles on the show. Now jesus christ rick sees a spring book by bursch. Yes i forgot you put you don't have the trevor noah accent so it just confuses me every now and again you should be dropping in leonardo dicaprio's accent
Global News Podcast
Amelia, Nigeria and Miami Jones discussed on Global News Podcast
"The chief coach of the Nigerian national football team. Sally sue Yousef has been caught on camera taking cash. During a discussion about players selection. The footage was captured in September, twenty seventeen by controversial, Ghanaian journalists on us at Amelia on us who spent two years investigating African football officials for suspected corruption and bribery or Nigeria correspondent Miami Jones reports. Did you recorded by two on the cover reporters? She'll solicitor you SUV sitting in a hotel lobby. He takes a handful of cash from the reporters who say two thousand dollars. An this reporters were pretending to be football agents. They want to to Nigerian players to be picked for the then upcoming African nations championship also known as Chan. The two players eventually selected for the tournament, but no further money was requested or give into you. So there is no suggestion. The money to coach took impacted. He's playing selection, but fever, prohibits officials from collecting cash, gifts, misuse of is one of the most widely respected football coaches in Nigeria only was she not? Kelly is an idea in sports journalist on the local scene is idea, revered, because Niger today is ever finish are the two thousand eighteen Cheltenham disarmament fall locally based players. So and he's also managed the Subarus in an interim capacity before the appointment of the coin manager can draw. This man was always clean misuse of explicitly told reporters that selection for China was on form and consistency alone. His BBC. He received seven hundred and fifty dollars and not a thousand dollars, and that he believed their amount was permitted on the defer code as trivial and symbolic value and not an inducement to play the two players. He did not consider the rules against cash gifts to apply. In these circumstances and does not believe he's breached the rules of all the NF by any Jones reporting. And still to come in this podcast, physically exhausted my lungs. I cannot more arrive to literally shut myself like a cancer patient gets this how bad it is of the appalling. Air quality in the Indian capital has brought protestors onto the streets. And now tra- dramatic incident that brought the tour de France cycle race to a standstill today. Tom Ford is this covering the event for BBC sport, and he told me what happened about twenty nine kilometers into this two hundred nineteen columnists stage stage sixteen in the Tuta froze from Carcassonne to ban yet Lucio protests for some farmers who first of all, put some bales of hay in the road ahead of the riders. The police were always they're monitoring things on the roadside played as much of the biles away as they could as they did. So one of the policemen appears to have tried to pepper spray one of the contestants. And unfortunately, the wind has blown the pepper spray back onto the rider's as they attempted to several of them were forced to stop. The race was neutralized that means the race was stopped temporarily among those affected will world champion practice again, Slovakian and the man in the yellow jersey. The current race later guarant- Thomas. All right. Is now okay? They would trace it by the medical teams that we use. Water and wipes to clean their eyes on the race has restarted, but a worrying moment for this great bike rice. There have been several incidents involving spectators this year. Yes, they have one of the wonderful things about this quite but races how close you can get to to the racist as a spectator. You can stand on the road side. You can watch your heroes pass, literally inches away, particularly on the mountain stage when the riders are much more so you can get a wonderful view of the action. Unfortunately, Russa means that you can. You can do. You can throw things at the writers. We've seen both those things happening. We've also seen the great Italian might have in Chen's neighborly forced out of the rights after spectator lent into his path. Take a photo, the strap of the spectators camera than court around the handlebars of knee believes bike bringing into the ground and he broke a vertebrae and was forced to withdraw..