This week’s guest is freelance broadcaster and writer Johnny Ward.
We chat about each of Johnny’s two main passions: Racing and League of Ireland football. How can racing make itself appeal to a more general audience and break from its reliance on the gambling industry?
Has the sport got an image problem? And was Gordon Elliott harshly dealt with? Johnny also tells a couple of stories about the horses he has owned. We also get into the appeal of the League of Ireland, and whether it is now mainstream.
There’s much more besides, including the greatest quality of Con Houlihan and what is to be learned from a former Minister for Health, Noel Browne. Johnny’s picks were: There’s Only One Red Army _by Eamonn Sweeney; Not By a Long Shot A Season at a Hard Luck Horse Track_ by T.D. Thornton_; A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke by Ronald Reng; Against the Tide _by Noel Browne; “Con Houlihan uncovered the possibilities of Ireland’s sporting landscape” by Arthur O’Dea for Off the Ball.
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