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The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep28 - 29/04/2025) - THE 100TH EPISODE! Reflections on the THP journey + Punchestown Festival Day 1 & Day 2 PreviewSend us a textThis week we are incredibly excited to say that we hit the 100 EPISODES milestone! We started this for a bit of fun in January '22 with no designs on where it would take us but we wanted to answer some of the many questions we had about the sport we love. And we think we did that in our "Deep Ground" sections of each episode which now, we like to think, cumulatively serve as a nice little reference library that you can dive back in to at any point should you wa...2025-04-291h 06The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep27 - 25/04/2025) - Sandown Jumps Season Finale PreviewSend us a textAnd just like that, the end of the jumps season is upon us. We're sad here at The Talking Horses Podcast BUT we're also very excited about a pheonmenal card at Sandown this Saturday to finish it all off with Willie and Dan fighting it out for the trainer's title. The odds are stacked against him with Willie's Irish armada making the journey but we think it's possible for Mr Skelton to pull it out of the fire.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Po...2025-04-2553 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep26 - 19/04/2025) - Fairyhouse Irish Grand National Meeting Preview (Sunday & Monday)Send us a textWe're back for one of the big weekends in the Irish National Hunt racing calendar, it's the Irish Grand National meeting at Fairyhouse!Sadly, the Saturday has been lost to the weather. However, we're hopeful Sunday and Monday will go ahead and so we get stuck in to trying to find some winners across those two days including 11/1 and 4/1 naps and a strong joint fancy in the big race itself on Monday.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you s...2025-04-1956 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep25 - 04/04/2025) - Aintree Grand National Meeting Day 3 PreviewSend us a textWe're back to preview Grand National Day itself with an in-depth look at all 7 races on the card and a JOINT NAP at double figure odds + a 69/1 ew double to get stuck into.Enjoy and good luck in the big one!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram HERE.2025-04-0448 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep24 - 03/04/2025) - Aintree Grand National Meeting Day 2 PreviewSend us a textWe're back for day 2 of the Grand National meeting and we've a horse in a Grade 1 to get well stuck in to along with some choice fancies in the handicaps where the value on day 2 most definitely lies.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram HERE.2025-04-0254 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep23 - 02/04/2025) - Aintree Grand National Meeting Day 1 PreviewSend us a textThe quick turnaround from Cheltenham to Aintree this year may not be the best news for those horses that ran at HQ but it's great news for us punters as we didn't have to wait long!We'll be with you with a separate episode for each day of the meeting this week, kicking off with Day 1 including a confident bet in the Foxhunters' of all races!Enjoy.Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us...2025-04-0245 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep22 - 21/03/2025) - Cheltenham Reflections & Grand National Antepost AngleSend us a textAs the dust settles on another memorable March week at HQ, our minds start to turn towards the rest of the spring festivals and, of course, nothing stands out more on the horizon than the Grand National itself. So this week, Bruno and I do the decent thing and get well and truly stuck into the greatest jumps race of them all in an effort to find some antepost value as well as a shortlist to take very seriously post declarations and once we know the ground.Enjoy!2025-03-211h 03The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep21 - 07/03/2025) - Cheltenham Festival Handicaps Preview!Send us a textWell it's seems almost impossible to believe that the best week of the year is nearly upon us and Bruno and I could...not...be any more excited. The four best days in racing, jumps or flat, beckon and in what is our final episode before the big week we look ahead to each of the 12 handicaps and provide our angles and fancies. It's been a huge amount of fun researching for and putting together this episode and the handicaps in particular are such a game of opinions. Hopefully your homework coincides with som...2025-03-071h 14The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep20 - 28/02/2025) - Stayers Hurdle Antepost Angle + Kelso's Morebattle Hurdle Meeting Preview!Send us a textAs we count down the days to Cheltenham, this week we look ahead to the Stayers Hurdle in our Antepost Angle and ask, can Teahupoo be beaten? The answer...well you've have to listen to find out... We then get stuck into four of the ITV races at Kelso's big meeting of the year on Saturday with naps at 15/2 and 10/1.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on...2025-02-2855 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep19 - 21/02/2025) - Mares Chase Antepost Angle + Kempton's Adonis Meeting Preview!Send us a textWell I guess we're into the last major weekend of jumps racing before we hit the calm before the Cheltenham Festival storm. Can you believe it's less than three weeks away now! This week we preview the Mares Chase at the Festival in our latest Antepost Angle as well as looking ahead to Kempton's Adonis meeting card this Saturday.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram HE...2025-02-2156 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep18 - 14/02/2025) - Mares Novices Hurdle & Triumph Hurdle Antepost Angles + Ascot Chase Card Preview!Send us a textWe're motoring through the new year and this week marked less than 4 weeks to go now until the Cheltenham Festival! With the Festival in mind, this week we focus on two more of the Festival novice hurdles in our Antepost Angle before we then look ahead to this Saturday's card at Ascot, including perhaps a classic Skelton plot job...Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram H...2025-02-1455 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep17 - 07/02/2025) - Ryanair Chase Antepost Angle + Newbury Saturday Preview!Send us a textIt's the calm after the DRF storm this week so we take the opportunity to look at the Ryanair Chase antepost market now there's some shape to it before looking ahead to some nice racing at Newbury on Saturday including a BULLISH THP Nap double...Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram HERE.2025-02-0759 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep16 - 31/01/2025) - DRF Full Weekend Preview - All 15 Races!Send us a textThat's right girls and boys, this weekend is DRF weekend! Probably only 2nd to the Cheltenham Festival in terms of the highest quality National Hunt racing, we've 15 races packed full of interest from Leopardstown and, we think, some great value selections!Bruno and I run you through all 15 races over the 2 days with plenty of angles and selections to hopefully have you smiling come Sunday evening.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us o...2025-01-311h 15The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep15 - 24/01/2025) - Cheltenham Festival '25 Antepost Angle / The Champion Chase + Cheltenham Trials Day PreviewSend us a textWe're back again for you this week with an antepost look at the Champion Chase (is there a case to take on Jonbon?) and then a full preview of Saturday's mouthwatering Trials Day card at HQ.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram HERE.2025-01-241h 12The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep14 - 17/01/2025) - Cheltenham Festival '25 Antepost Angle / The Grade 1 Novice Chases + Ascot Saturday PreviewSend us a textThe cold snap has gone and we have jumps racing back on the agenda!That means this week we're back with a full length episode including our latest Antepost Angle, looking ahead to the Arkle and the Brown Advisory Novices Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, and a full run-through of all 7 races at Ascot on Saturday.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram ...2025-01-171h 03The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep13 - 09/01/2025) - Cheltenham Festival '25 Antepost Angle / The Novice HurdlersSend us a textAs the cold snap sees off Warwick and threatens Kempton this weekend, we've decided not to waste our time going through meetings that may not be on and, instead, focus purely on our first Antepost Angle segment of this season, specifically the markets for the Supreme, the Turners and the Albert Bartlett.On the face of it these markets had a murky look about them, with the exception of one standout horse, but on closer inspection they take shape quite nicely and we pick out a knocking ew bet at 10/1 and...2025-01-0947 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep12 - 20/12/2024) - Ascot PreviewSend us a textWell Christmas is nearly here but, before that, we've the small matter of the Long Walk Hurdle meeting at Ascot on Saturday which presents a beautiful pre-Christmas cracker of a card and a selection of 3 horses in particular that we're keen to get stuck in to.Enjoy Acot and the bumper Christmas racing period. We'll be back with you in the New Year!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and o...2024-12-2052 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep11 - 13/12/2024) - Cheltenham December Meeting Saturday PreviewSend us a textWe're back at HQ and it's a belter of a Saturday card. After a hatful of winners at Sandown last Saturday Bruno is back in his chair this week to help us continue on that winning thread this Saturday. We also give a nod to fancies on a great Friday card too.Fire your bullets wisely and enjoy two great days of racing!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on...2024-12-131h 09The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep10 - 05/12/2024) - Sandown Tingle Creek Day PreviewSend us a textThis week Ben ploughs a lonely furrow with Bruno off in NYC with work but it's all hands to the pump as ever to find you weekend winners, this week from the Esher venue as it's Tingle Creek day!Enjoy the fantastic card at Sandown and the racing elsewhere and remember, don't chase bets. Focus in on what you have time to study, form your own opinion and then back it according to your confidence. It is after all a game of opinions!Please ra...2024-12-0543 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep9 - 29/11/2024) - Newbury Preview incl. the Coral Gold CupSend us a textThe big jumps weekends are coming thick and fast and this weekend marks Newbury's big meeting of the year. We scour all 7 races on Newbury's Saturday card and bring you some detailed, balanced, unemotional analysis which will hopefully lead us to some weekend winners.Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram HERE.2024-11-2948 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep8 - 21/11/2024) - Ascot & Haydock PreviewSend us a textAfter a very successful 3 days of punting at HQ last weekend, we're back this week to look ahead to cracking cards at Ascot and Haydock with both of our naps coming in handicaps, so nice prices to be had!Enjoy what promises to be a fantastic weekend of racing and, at long last, some soft ground.Ben & Bruno xPlease rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram 2024-11-2159 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep7 - 16/11/2024) - Cheltenham November Meeting Day 3 PreviewSend us a textIt's the 3rd and final day of the Cheltenham November meeting...and it's Greatwood Hurdle day! Can Dysart Enos prove just how well handicapped she surely is and stamp her mark on the Mares Hurdle scene? Will Burdett Road recapture the sparkle he showed at this meeting last year? Or is there something else at a bigger price? We go through the 6 race card to hopefully find some nice angles and winners with which to finish off this belter of a weekend.Enjoy!Please rate and review t...2024-11-1632 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep6 - 15/11/2024) - Cheltenham November Meeting Day 2 PreviewSend us a textWe're back again for a full breakdown of Day 2 of the Cheltenham November meeting, including the Paddy Power Gold Cup! It's great card with some opportunities to get our heads in front so fingers crossed...Enjoy!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram HERE.2024-11-1535 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep5 - 14/11/2024) - Cheltenham November Meeting Day 1 PreviewSend us a textWe're back at HQ for one of the very best meetings of the year - it's the Cheltenham November Meeting!We'll be doing a separate preview each day including a very exciting in-person recording for both the day 2 and 3 previews!Day 1's 6-race card features two competitive handicap hurdles, two novice events, the Shloer Chase and of course the legendary Cross Country so there's loads to get stuck in to with some strong selections at good prices too.Good luck and enjoy the meeting. What a time t...2024-11-1443 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep4 - 07/11/2024) - Saturday Preview: Wincanton & AintreeSend us a textWell the season well and truly kicked off last weekend, didn't it? Aaaaaaah it's good to have the jumps back. This weekend marks one of Bruno and I's favourite of the season as it's BADGER BEERS weekend at Wincanton, from which we'll be previewing three races, including the big one itself, as well as two from a good card at Aintree, including the first race of the season over the National Fences, the Grand Sefton. And there are 9/4 and 12/1 NAPs to be had - so get stuck in!2024-11-0748 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep3 - 31/10/2024) - Saturday Preview: Ascot, Wetherby & Down RoyalSend us a textAfter a cracking weekend at HQ for the October meeting, the season is in full flow and this weekend always feels like the one where the season's big guns really start to fire on both sides of the Irish Sea.We preview four compelling handicaps from Ascot as well as the big Graded races at Wetherby and Down Royal, including the Charlie Hall Chase and the Ladbrokes Champion Chase featuring the return of Bruno's favourite horse in training!We found 4 winners for you at HQ last weekend so let's...2024-10-3149 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep2 - 24/10/2024) - THE SHOWCASE MEETINGSend us a textI think we can now legitimately say that the jumps are officially back, and we mark that particular piece of good news with a deeper look at the season's curtain-raiser at Cheltenham - it's the Showcase Meeting, and it's shaping up to be 2 pretty solid days of early season racing.In our new format for this season, we whizz through the card for both Friday and Saturday, highlighting the horses and punting angles we feel most strongly about in the eternal quest for winners, winners, winners & Binners (Paddy Power's Paul Binfield).2024-10-2457 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S4, Ep1 - 17/10/2024) - We're back! With our 2024/25 National Hunt horses to followSend us a textNew season, new format...new music! We are back after our flat racing-induced hibernation, almost 6 months to the day since we signed off series 3. This time round we are freshening things up, not least with an epic new bit of intro music which should get the blood pumping before we share with you our 3 horses to follow for the upcoming jumps season, and this time we've each approached the task in very different ways.Then from next week we'll step properly into our new bitesize f...2024-10-1742 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep26 - 19/04/2024) - Season Finale! End of Season Awards + Cheltenham Festival '25 AccasSend us a textEvery year it's the same. October and the Persian War at Chepstow rolls around and the buzz for the new NH Racing season is audible! We're selecting our horses to follow. We have the first HQ meeting. The Grade 1s start rolling by late November and before we know it we're staring down the barrel of the manic Christmas schedule! The Challow marks the end of the year and with the New Year we're off HQ to shakle off the hangovers then to Warwick for the Classic Chase before the end of Jan/early...2024-04-1948 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep25 - 11/04/2024) - Aintree Grand National Meeting Day 2 & 3 TippingSend us a textWe're back for day 2 and 3 of the Grand National meeting after landing a 4/1 NAP on the Thursday!We get stuck in to a load more Grade 1s and some competitive handicaps, not least the big one - the GRAND NATIONAL itself, in which our mutual antepost pick at 25/1 is sitting pretty (still at 16/1 in places!) after receiving a verbal boost from her major owner on ITV today! Hopefully there are more winners to be found.Thanks for sticking with us this year and let's finish the season with a b...2024-04-111h 09The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep24 - 10/04/2024) - Aintree Grand National Meeting Day 1 TippingSend us a textThis week we are getting stuck into the GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. Bloody hell that felt like an age to wait after Cheltenham, didn't it?In this episode we go through an amazing Thursday card at Aintree (including FOUR Grade 1s!) with selections for each race including a 7/2 and 4/1 NAP.We'll be back on Friday morning with our Friday and Saturday selections.Enjoy the racing!Ben & Bruno xPlease rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!2024-04-1048 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep23 - 28/03/2024) - Which Cheltenham Festival Races Should Go? + Irish Grand National Antepost AngleSend us a textOK so everyone (it seems) has been banging on (far too negatively for the most part) about the Festival over the last couple of weeks but, within all of that, there is certainly a meaningful conversation to be had about positive change. This week, we compare notes on which races can be canned from our sport's flagship meeting to improve the quality of the races that remain over the week.Then we look ahead to this Easter weekend's Irish Grand National in our antepost angle and, amongst others, dig out a 20/1 s...2024-03-2853 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep22 - 21/03/2024) - Cheltenham Reflections & The Grand National Antepost Angle!Send us a textWell that was fun wasn't it! Another Cheltenham Festival in the can. We hope it went well for you! Bruno and I had a great time (and are broken now!).This week, we share a couple of brief reflections on our sport's biggest week both from a racegoer experience and a punting perspective. Spoiler alert - we're not winging!!Following that we look ahead to the sport's blue riband event, The Grand National, and share our antepost shortlists including a couple on which we both agree at 14 and 20/1 NRNB that...2024-03-2145 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep21 - 11/03/2024) - Cheltenham Festival '24 Final Preview!Send us a textCan you smell the Prestbury Park turf yet? Are you seeing Cleeve Hill in your dreams? Is everything you see starting to look like a pint of Guinness? Oh yes ladies and gentlemen, the week that's better than Christmas for all National Hunt racing fans is finally upon us! Is there a better feeling in the world? In this episode, we fly through all 28 races bringing you honest opinions on each including BIG fancies, races we can't make head or tail of, favourites to lay and, hopefully, lots and lots...2024-03-111h 19The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep20 - 23/02/2024) - Cheltenham Festival Handicaps Preview (Thursday & Friday)Send us a textAfter covering the Tuesday and Wednesday Festival handicaps in last week's episode, we're back this week to go through the remainder across days 3 and 4.We look at some of the angles that can often help to find the winner of each race and provide a shortlist for each of the five races, including some stronger fancies for the Plate and the County Hurdle, plus there's a chance Bruno has plucked Chambard mark 2 from obscurity in the Kim Muir! We also appraise each race for whether it's worth having a bet now o...2024-02-291h 07The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep19 - 23/02/2024) - Cheltenham Festival Handicaps Preview (Tuesday & Wednesday)Send us a textWith less than 3 weeks to go until the Festival and the handicap entries out this week, the handicap markets are about to go into silly season so this week we attempt to get you ahead of the curve with the horses to consider backing now before they shorten and indeed those that are already too short and there to be taken on. We also discuss which races have a good antepost shape to them vs those in which there's bound to be tons of value on the day.There a...2024-02-2350 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep18 - 15/02/2024) - A bumper episode about bumpers (including a Champion Bumper Antepost Angle)Send us a textThis week we tuck into the discipline of jumps racing that doesn't require any jumping, National Hunt Flat Races, otherwise known as BUMPERS.We recap on why a lot of people (including us) feel there are far too many of them, and why the sport would be better off addressing that, before we then turn our attentions to the Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival, which somewhat ironically looks like one of the best betting heats of the week, in this week's Antepost Angle. And excitingly, we align on two at n...2024-02-1545 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep17 - 09/02/2024) - Antepost Angle on ALL the Cheltenham Festival Novice Chases!Send us a textWOW...what a weekend in Dublin.How do we come back from that, especially after putting up 7/1, 16/1 and 20/1 winners!Well by crunching through ALL of the Cheltenham Festival novice chase antepost markets - that's how! We identify a banker for the Turners and a couple at nice prices in the Arkle, which is now wide open after Marine National bombed out last weekend, and the NH Chase which also looks pretty competitive at this stage.Enjoy and hopefully this paves the way for some joy in March.2024-02-0956 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep16 - 02/02/2024) - Dublin Racing Festival Preview!Send us a textI mean Trials Day was one of the best in recent memory so just imagine a world in which the following weekend is EVEN BETTER. Well let us tell you, we're living that reality. It's Dublin Racing Festival Time!This week we go through each of the 15 races across the two days at Leopardstown in a bid to count the number of WP Mullins and JP McManus winners and hopefully make a nice little profit in the process. We pick out 4/1 and 8/1 naps before we wrap up and run off to the...2024-02-021h 06The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep15 - 25/01/2024) - Cheltenham Trials Day Preview!Send us a textWow! WHAT day we have ahead of us at HQ on Saturday. This looks to be the best Trials Day card in years and it's a cracker from both a quality and a punting perspective. So much to look forward to!We crack through all 8 races and share our selections for each, including some bullish ones at good prices in the handicaps.Enjoy, let's hopefully find some winners and most importantly of all, enjoy the smorgasboard of National Hunt racing that awaits us on Saturday at Prestbury Park....2024-01-251h 05The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep14 - 18/01/2024) - How good are this season's novice hurdlers? + Triumph Hurdle & Mares Novices Hurdle Antepost AnglesSend us a textBruno got really annoyed last weekend after Firefox got beaten in the Lawlor's of Naas that this season's novice hurdler maybe just weren't that good. It got us thinking. How good a bunch (or not) are they and how can we tell? We take a dive into how you can compare groups of horses across seasons and discuss why it matters to punters to know as much as possible about what we're dealing with!And this week we complete the Cheltenham Festival novice hurdles Antepost Angles (completed it mate) with the Tri...2024-01-181h 00The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep13 - 11/01/2024) - New Year's Resolutions For Racing + Ballymore & Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle Antepost AnglesSend us a textWell bugger all happened last weekend didn't it. Ah early January....To fill the void, we look this week at ideas that could really move our sport forward in 2024, including crating a qualification structure for the Cheltenham Festival races and hanging awnings in space to deal with fences being "dolled off" at Aintree due to low sun. Then in the second of our 2024 Cheltenham Festival Antepost Angles we look ahead to BOTH the Ballymore and Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdles, agreeing on exactly the same 3 for the Ballymore (surely one of...2024-01-1158 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep12 - 04/01/2024) - PTPs, Bumpers, France? Where do Cheltenham Festival winners start their careers? + Supreme Novices Hurdle Antepost AngleSend us a textHappy new year!Wow what a 2 weeks we've been treated to on the racecourses of the UK and Ireland. You'll be please to know however that this isn't yet ANOTHER review episode and, instead, we're tackling something we think is altogether more interesting in this week's deep ground. Cheltenham Festival winners of recent years have either started their careers in point to points, bumpers or novice hurdles in the UK and Ireland or in hurdles or flat races in France. But which of those have produced the most winners in recent tim...2024-01-041h 03The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep11 - 21/12/2023) - Christmas Racing Preview!Send us a textEvery year, we're left feeling dazed and bewildered by New Year's eve as we try to keep up with and digest the barrage of Christmas racing. This year...this year it can and will be different and the Talking Horses Podcast is here to help!In this special preview episode, we try to break down the insane amount of racing, particularly on Boxing Day and the 27th Dec, to guide you towards the best races and those that are likely to deliver form worth following for the rest of the season.2023-12-211h 07The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep10 - 19/12/2023) - Who are the most impressive novice chasers of the season so far....Send us a textWhat's this? An episode on a Tuesday? YES. This is the second part of our double episode and this time we're looking at the best novice chasers of the season so far, and there have been some very good performances already! Spoiler...one stands out for us both...but who is it?We'll be back with you on Thursday this week for a bumper Christmas racing preview!Enjoy!Cheers,Ben & Bruno xPlease rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - th...2023-12-1921 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep9 - 14/12/2023) - Which horses have taken the eye in the novice hurdling division so far + Cheltenham December Meeting previewSend us a textThis week we are excited to bring you a double episode, the first of which (this one) is a review of the novice hurdling division so far and which horses have stood out as the cream of the crop. The second will follow early next week where we look at the novice chasers that have taken the eye so far.We also have a look ahead to two fine days of racing at Prestbury Park with one or two races and horses to pay particular attention to over Friday and Saturday.2023-12-1454 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep8 - 07/12/2023) - The '23 Irish National Winner Wins a Novice Chase in December? + Ascot's Betfair Exchange Hurdle Antepost AngleSend us a textBruno is back from his week in NYC and thankfully he still has a show to come back to after my solo effort last week. Probably because I tipped a 5/2 and a 7/1 winner on Saturday at Newbury! Remember, this is not a tipping podcast. Or is it.......This week, we review the status of our horses to follow as we near the busy Christmas period before getting stuck into this week's Deep Ground in which we ask off the back of I Am Maximus' Drinmore success last Sunday, how did the Ir...2023-12-071h 05The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep7 - 30/11/2023) - Coral Gold Cup Weekend Newbury Tipping!Send us a textThis week Bruno has been summoned to NYC of all places with work and so I'm going solo with an attempt to find some winners for us across the Friday and Saturday at Newbury!Hopefully I don't lose all of our listeners and Bruno has a podcast to come back.Enjoy a great weekend of racing and fingers crossed for some profit!Cheers,Ben xPlease rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!...2023-11-3041 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep6 - 23/11/2023) - Irish Trainer Monopolies & King George Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week we look at what can be done to ensure races don't get swamped with declarations from a single yard after 15 of the 22 runners in last weekend's Troytown Handicap Chase hailed from Gordon Elliott's Cullentra yard. We look at why that ain't the best thing for racing and a solution that could make a big difference to race competitiveness and the balance of power among Irish trainers too.Then, in the latest of our series of Antepost Angles, we get stuck into our first Grade 1 of the season which is t...2023-11-2352 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep5 - 16/11/2023) - Cheltenham November Meeting Preview!Send us a textThis week we dispense with our usual Deep Ground and Antepost Angle features and dive head-first into the forthcoming 3 glorious days at HQ. We take a look at the races that are likely to have the greatest bearing on the rest of the season, in particular at the Festival in March, and highlight one or two horses to keep an eye on this weekend including a Grade 1 horse surely masquerading as a handicapper in Sunday's Greatwood Hurdle!If you're going to Cheltenham this weekend, have a great time. We might even se...2023-11-161h 06The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep4 - 09/11/2023) - Judging Race Pace + Coral Gold Cup Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week in Deep Ground we discuss race pace. Why is it important? How can you spot how fast horses are going in race? How does that heighten the enjoyment of watching a race and improve your chances if you're having a bet? And is the viewing experience as good as it could be? One thing is for sure, it's great way to get more of an idea of what goes in the minds of those in the saddle!Then in this week's Antepost Angle segment we take a look at Newb...2023-11-0955 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep3 - 03/11/2023) - Grand National Changes + Greatwood Hurdle Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week we take a look at the well publicised changes to jumps racing's biggest prize, the Grand National. We review the debate as we left it at the end of season 2, highlight the changes that the Jockey Club announced in mid-October and review how they've been received and what impact they may have moving forwards.Then in this week's Antepost Angle we move on from last week's segment by a single day to the second showpiece of Cheltenham's November meeting, the Greatwood Hurdle. We each highlight a shortlist of 3 and ag...2023-11-0359 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep2 - 26/10/2023) - The American Grand National + Paddy Power Gold Cup Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week in Deep Ground we decided to have a look behind the curtain at just what the hell goes on across the pond once a year that justifies the likes of Gordon Elliott, Shark Hanlon, Willie Mullins & Nicky Henderson sending top horses across to compete. It's the American Grand National! It may have come and gone for another year but in this episode we're serving up some facts and figures to paint a bit more of a picture of this enigma of a race.And this week also sees the re...2023-10-2655 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S3, Ep1 - 19/10/2023) - We're Back With Our 5 Each To Follow For The New NH Season!Send us a textWe're back for another wonderful season of NH racing and our 3rd season of The Talking Horses Podcast! Thanks to those that have been on the journey with us so far and welcome to those who are joining us here. We're super excited to be back!We kick off the new season of the podcast as we did last year with our horses to follow for the season ahead, except this year we've extended it from three to FIVE horses each! Ben thinks he's found the Supreme winner and, in the sam...2023-10-1959 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep23 - 21/04/2023) - SEASON FINALE - The Grand National Debate & the Talking Horses Podcast Awards for the '22/'23 SeasonSend us a textIt's been a wonderful season of jumps racing and this week we look back at it through the medium of our inaugural end of season awards! But not before we reflect on the debate that's emerged in the last week about the Grand National and whether, ultimately, it can continue in its current guise in today's world.We hand out awards to horse of the year, race of the year, trainer of the year, professional & conditional jockeys of the year and personal moment of the year before we finish by highlighting s...2023-04-211h 01The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep22 - 13/04/2023) - What are bumpers and are they redundant? + Aintree best bets for Friday & Saturday!Send us a textThis week we follow on from last week's point to point episode with a bumper episode...and no that does not mean a particularly long one but in fact an episode in which we focus on "bumpers", also known as National Hunt flat races. We ask what they are, why they exist and why there's an increasingly strong voice to reduce the number of bumpers or even remove them from the National Hunt racing programme.We then look ahead to Friday and Saturday at Aintree for our 3 best bets each from e...2023-04-1351 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep21 - 07/04/2023) - What's the point in Point to Point + Irish Grand National Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week we ask ourselves, what is the point in Point to Point racing? Where did it start, what exactly is it and how does it differ to what we see on TV, where does it take place and which horses from Point to Point backgrounds performed at the very highest level at this year's Cheltenham Festival?In our antepost angle, we then have a look ahead to Good Monday's Irish Grand National. We identify the key trends for finding the winner in recent years and, in the likely absence of a...2023-04-0752 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep20 - 30/03/2023) - Grand National SpecialSend us a textThis week we start getting excited about the jewel in the National Hunt Racing crown, the Grand National at Aintree. We dive into the history of the race, look at the unique nature of the course and highlight how the race conditions have developed in recent years before applying the key trends of recent winners to select a shortlist of 4 horses for this year's renewal that could be worth an investment, including 2 on which we firmly agree!We than wrap up with a quick look ahead to this weekend w...2023-03-3056 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep19 - 24/03/2023) - 2023 Cheltenham Festival Review & 2024 Cheltenham Festival AntepostSend us a textCheltenham Festival 2023 - you were wonderful.This week Ben and Bruno look back on a fantastic four days at Prestbury Park and reflect on the festival as a whole from attendances to the racegoer experience before looking ahead to next year's Festival where we bring you three each to consider backing now for 12 months' time.And yes, there is life after Cheltenham. This weekend's selections come from Newbury on Saturday and Limerick on Saturday, including a 25/1 home run swing for Ben as he bids to get his nose back i...2023-03-2441 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep18 - 09/03/2023) Why Do Certain Racecourses Suit Certain Horses + Cheltenham Festival NAPsSend us a textThis week we get stuck into why different racecourses suit certain horses, including some jargon busting of some of the more confusing terminology, and which racecourses bear the greatest similarities to Cheltenham in order to try and shed some light on which non-Cheltenham form might lead one towards Festival winners.We then go through each of the four days of next week's National Hunt racing showpiece, the Cheltenham Festival, and identify our NAP from each day.Enjoy next week and let's hope we all find some nice winners.2023-03-0952 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep17 - 03/03/2023) National Hunt Pedigree: the rise of the French & leading Cheltenham Festival Sires + Cheltenham Festival Handicaps Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week, we get stuck into the meaty topic of National Hunt pedigree including the leading NH Sires and the rise of the French Stallions, particularly evident in their dominant showing at the Dublin Racing Festival. We discuss the differences in the profiles of the leading Stallions in the UK/Ire vs France, the impact of gene pools and prize money, and why it might be that there's a reticence in UK/Ire to send "entires" over obstacles which happens a lot more in France. We also have a look at the leading Si...2023-03-0356 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep16 - 17/02/2023) w/ Special Guest Will Mort from Pat Whelan Racing - Ask the Bookmaker : Antepost BettingSend us a textThis week we're delighted to welcome back friend of the podcast Will Mort from Pat Whelan racing to talk all things antepost betting, but from the Bookmaker's perspective. How do bookies price up antepost markets? Are bookies too quick thee days to cut horses for antepost targets? When is the best time to start building an antepost book and how do you find value?Morty also gives our listeners an each way Lucky 15 for the Cheltenham Festival as well as a bonus tip for the weekend from Ascot!With the...2023-02-1754 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep15 - 09/02/2023) - Dublin Racing Festival Review + Champion Bumper Antepost Angle!Send us a textWe're back this week with a review of the whirlwind of top class National Hunt racing that was last weekend's Dublin Racing Festival, including 3 horses each to take out, our Cheltenham Banker and our predictions of the number of winners last weekend will produce in March (spoiler - we're predicting it to be fruitful!).We then take a look ahead in our Antepost Angle feature to the Champion Bumper which looks wide open but may not be as wide open as it seems when you look a bit closer and we...2023-02-0959 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep14 - 02/02/2023) - BUMPER Dublin Racing Festival Special!Send us a textIt's one bumper preview special after another at the moment! Straight off the back of last week's Cheltenham Trials Day preview special, we're back this week with a look ahead to another delicious weekend of racing at Leopardstown in its own right but certainly with a view to the Cheltenham Festival too. We get stuck into 8 races across the two days, discussing Willie Mullins bingo, form lines and how they relate to others with big Festival targets and even possible Irish Champion Hurdle jockey tactics! We also bri...2023-02-0252 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep13 - 26/01/2022) - BUMPER Cheltenham Trials Day Preview Special + Cheltenham Festival Mares Races Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week Ben & Bruno get stuck into this weekend's monster 9 race Trials Day card at Cheltenham, highlighting the races that tend to be pointers to big festival performances in March and some horses to take seriously on Saturday.They then have a look at the three mares races at the Cheltenham Festival - the Grade 1 Mares Hurdle on the Tuesday, the Grade 2 Mares Novices Hurdle on the Thursday and the Grade 2 Mares Chase on the Friday - creating a nice shortlist for each including one that Ben really fancies for the...2023-01-261h 02The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep12 - 19/01/2022) - Happy Birthday to Us! Just 3 Confirmations for the Clarence House + Novice Chasers Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week Ben & Bruno try and unpick what's at play with a meagre three confirmations last Monday for one of the premier races of the National Hunt calendar, the Clarence House Chase at Ascot, now hopefully being rescheduled to Cheltenham Trials Day after Ascot was abandoned during the recording of this episode!They then try and unpick the complex tapestry of the novice chasing division ahead of Cheltenham, identifying an overpiced 25/1 shot for the Arkle and two they'd hang their hot on in this division.Finally, they wrap up...2023-01-1946 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (S2, Ep11 - 12/01/2022) - Syndicates : The Future of Racing? & Cheltenham Festival Stayers Hurdle Antepost AngleSend us a textThis week the boys consider syndicate ownership – What is it? How does it work? What syndicates’ silks might you have seen on big race days without knowing? What’s the attraction? They then look ahead to the Stayers Hurdle at Cheltenham in March with a couple each for the shortlist, one of which is mutual and makes plenty of each way antepost appeal, before wrapping up with their weekend selections, both from Warwick, fresh off the back of two big runs from their big-priced selections last weekend. [00:03...2023-01-1347 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep10 - 05/01/2023) - Finding Value : "The Tissue" + Novice Hurdlers Antepost AngleSend us a textIn this week's "Deep Ground" we discuss the concept and merits of doing your own "tissue" for a race and have a go at doing our own for this Saturday's Grade 1 Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown, hopefully finding some serious value in the process!This week's Antepost Angle features the Novice Hurdlers Class of 2023 and the names we have at the top of our lists for the Supreme, Ballymore and Albert Bartlett Novices Hurdles at this year's Cheltenham Festival. And lastly, as always, we finish up with a tip each f...2023-01-0550 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep9 - 22/12/2022) - Great Rides, Ryanair Chase Antepost Preview & Two to Follow for XmasSend us a textIn this week's "Deep Ground" the boys are trying to get under the skin of what makes a great ride. They look at three examples from previous Cheltenham Festivals and try to identify what made those widely acclaimed rides so special.This week's Antepost Angle features the 2023 Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. In light of recent news that all is not 100% for short-priced antepost favourite, Allaho, the boys try to find some alternatives at nice prices that could have you in a nice position come March and settle on two th...2022-12-2251 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep8 - 09/12/2022) - A look at antepost betting + Cheltenham Gold Cup antepost previewSend us a textThe boys are back and in this week's "Deep Ground" they're taking a look at antepost betting - What is it, why is it so popular and how does one go about making it pay?Fittingly, the "Antepost Angle" feature returns again this week and the focus turns to jumps racing's blue ribband event, the Cheltenham Gold Cup! Ben and Bruno pick out three each to consider at this stage with prices ranging from 7/1 to 25/1!They wrap up with a selection each from Cheltenham on Saturday with Bruno fresh o...2022-12-0953 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep7 - 01/12/2022) - Festive Fun - The races to follow this Christmas periodSend us a textThis week the boys endeavour to lift the mist that can descend over the Christmas period where the racing comes thick and fast. It's often said that "the picture is clearer after Christmas" and so Ben and Bruno pick out the top level races from either side of the Irish Sea that are likely to have the biggest bearing on the second half of this National Hunt season, including an antepost pick each!They then wrap up with a selection each from this weekend's racing, one from Aintree in the Many C...2022-12-0155 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep6 - 25/11/2022) - Why is good ground not good?Send us a textThis week the boys look back on the events of last weekend at Ascot and ask why is good ground not good for national hunt race horses?They then have a quick recap on their horses to follow for this season and how they're looking a couple of months in to the season before a quick look at tomorrow's Coral Gold Cup and then a weekend selection each from Newbury on Saturday.Even though the flame of the flat season has dimmed, we'll have plenty of content from our...2022-11-2546 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep5 - 11/11/2022) - Cheltenham November Meeting SpecialSend us a textThis week the boys dedicate the entire episode to three of the best days of jumps racing in the season, the Cheltenham November Meeting.Bruno has done some sparkling research to give us a fascinating background on the history of Cheltenham Racecourse and this meeting in particular, following which the key races of the meeting are scrutinised in terms of those which are most likely to produce horses to follow and, crucially , Cheltenham festival winners based on recent history.The boys also recap on the trends for finding the...2022-11-1157 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep4 - 03/11/2022) - "Too much racing" - what's going on, why does it matter and what's being done?Send us a textThis week Ben & Bruno discuss the problem with too much racing, in light of last weekend's farcical walkover for Pentland Hills in a novice chase at Huntingdon, and what's being done about it They then follow up last week's Antepost Angle with a look at the other of the two big Cheltenham November meeting handicaps, the Greatwood Hurdle, won last year by West Cork in the form of a classic Skelton plot job. Will there be another this year or is the winner likely to come from elsewhere? They pick out th...2022-11-0346 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep3 - 27/10/2022) - "Punting Perspectives" - Our approaches to gambling (+ Paddy Power Gold Cup Antepost Angle)Send us a textIn light of last week's Safer Gambling week, this week Ben and Bruno discuss their own approaches to and feelings about punting and what they've learned over the years. They then look ahead to one of the hottest handicaps of the early part of the jumps season, the Paddy Power Gold Cup at the Cheltenham November won last year by the legend but sadly ill-fated Midnight Shadow. They pick out the key trends for finding previous winners before providing a shortlist of six from the 36 entries. And lastly, the Tip...2022-10-2749 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep2 - 20/10/2022) - "Four the best?" The Cheltenham Festival remains at four days.Send us a textThis week Ben and Bruno discuss this Monday's news of the Jockey Club announcing the Cheltenham Festival, jump racing's flagship event, will remain at four days (at least for now) and not be extended to five as many feared it would. They look at some of the reasons given, the wider reaction and some of the improvements that the Jockey Club might have in mind (or should!) to improve the Festival. In the first Antepost Angle feature of the new season, the lads look ahead to the Grade 1 King George VI Ch...2022-10-2050 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (S2, Ep1 - 13/10/2022) - We're back for a new season!Send us a textAfter a summer break, Ben and Bruno are back with a brand new season of the Talking Horses Podcast in association with Roudee Racing!This week Ben and Bruno review horse racing's answer to Drive to Survive in the form of "Horsepower", the new 4 part documentary released on amazon Prime last month that tracks the fortunes of Oisin Murphy and the Andrew Balding yard from late 2020 through to Royal Ascot 2021. They assess whether the programme fits the brief of making racing more accessible to the mass audience. As it its...2022-10-1351 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 23 - 22/07/2022) - Summer Jumpin'Send us a textThis week Ben and Bruno dip their toes back into the jumps waters and take a look at the jumps seasons so far as well as a look ahead to next week's Galway Festival.They also preview the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday and finish with their weekend selections, both of which are from Ascot this week. Please rate and review the podcast (thank you!) and share your questions and comments for future episodes on the YouTube channel (Talking Horses Podcast) or Instagram (t...2022-07-2257 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 22 - 15/07/2022) - The new whip rule recommendationsSend us a textThis week Ben and Bruno delve into the new whip rule recommendations that were published this week, including what they are and what they might mean for the sport and its various stakeholders going forwards.They then provide their weekend selections from Newbury and Chester this weekend. Please rate and review the podcast (thank you!) and share your questions and comments for future episodes on the YouTube channel (Talking Horses Podcast) or Instagram (thetalkinghorsespodcast). As always, you can also find out more about Roudee Racing and how to...2022-07-1550 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 21 - 08/07/2022) - What happens to race horses when they retire?Send us a textThis week Ben and Bruno take on the question of what happens to race horses when they retire from racing? What are the common routes for retired race horses, how is their welfare looked after and who is responsible, how are they traced and what more can the sport be doing in this area?They then provide their weekend selections from Newmarket and Ascot. Please rate and review the podcast (thank you!) and share your questions and comments for future episodes on the YouTube channel (Talking Horses Podcast) or In...2022-07-0845 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 20 - 23/06/2022) - Royal Ascot Reflections & Irish Derby PreviewSend us a textThe podcast is back after a week off for Royal Ascot and this week Ben and Bruno look back on the Royal meeting after a sun-baked week of wonderful racing with, after two years of disruption, the return of all the trimmings!They then preview the next classic of the season in the form of this Saturday's Irish Derby at the Curragh, agreeing on the potential value in the race in the process(!), before wrapping up with this weekend's selections from Newcastle and Newmarket. Please rate and review the p...2022-06-2357 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 19 - 09/06/2022) with Rob Hornby + Roudee Racing's Mike EdwardsSend us a textWith Bruno on holiday this week, Ben is left to fend for himself but he's joined but two special guests to keep him company.Firstly, he meets top jockey Rob Hornby who rode Westover to a luckless 3rd place in his first ever ride in The Derby last weekend. Rob talks us through what it's like riding in the world's most prestigious flat race and his view on how the race panned out as well as his background in racing and some of his big rides next week at Royal Ascot.2022-06-091h 01
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 18 - 01/06/2022) with Ben Curtis + Oaks & Derby PreviewsSend us a textThis week, Ben meets red hot jockey and all around good guy Ben Curtis to discuss his spectacular start to the flat season, how he got into race-riding and the winners he's ridden for Roudee Racing this season including when breaking Glorious Angel's maiden tag at Redcar on Monday. He also gives us a recent ride of his to follow for the rest of the season! Following on from the promise made in last week's episode with Will Mort from Pat Whelan Racing, Ben and Bruno then attempt to do their ow...2022-06-0158 minThe Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 17 - 27/05/2022) with Will Mort from Pat Whelan Racing - A bookmaker's perspective on the betting ring and punting past, present and futureSend us a textThis week, Ben and Bruno talk to Will Mort from Pat Whelan racing about life inside the betting ring, pricing up races, the battle of punter vs bookmaker and what needs to be done to educate the punters of tomorrow. It's an absolutely fascinating chat!The boys also take a look at Roudee Racing's runners in the coming days, with Roudemental having been declared for the 1m2f handicap at 4.55 at Chester on Saturday, before looking to Saturday's cards at Beverley and Haydock for their weekend selections!Please rate a...2022-05-2752 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 16 - 20/05/2022) - Interviews with Roudee Racing owner Scott Davis & "Are racegoers getting the best bang for their buck?"Send us a textThis week, Ben talks to one of the new Roudee Racing owners, Scott Davis, who tells us all about his love affair with racing and Chester racecourse and his involvement with Glorious Angel and Ibiza Love - it really is a family affair!Ben also catches up with Mike Edwards of Roudee Racing to review the very encouraging performances from Ibiza Love and Roudemental at Doncaster last weekend before looking ahead to Glorious Angel's run at Haydock on Friday afternoon.In this week's Deep Ground, Ben and Bruno ask...2022-05-201h 03
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 15 - 13/05/2022) - Interview with Roudee Racing's Mike Edwards & Demystifying The DerbySend us a textWith Ben and Bruno having (just about) recovered from last week's fabulous Chester May Festival, they talk to Roudee Racing's Mike Edwards about Glorious Angel's excellent run in the Lily Agnes Stakes at the festival and look ahead to an exciting Saturday for the syndicate at Doncaster this weekend in which the well-bred Ibiza Love makes her racecourse debut and Roudemental attempts to make it two wins on the bounce.Deep Ground is back this week and, having seen all the Derby trials in the last eight days, the guys have a...2022-05-1350 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 14 - 28/04/2022) - The Chester May FestivalSend us a textAnother week, another cracking line-up of guests! This week Ben and Bruno welcome Roudee Racing's Dylan Jenkins and fellow syndicate owner Neil Mather to tell us from their own perspectives why Chester and the May Festival in particular are so special and what it means to have a runner at the city's biggest race meeting of the year. Mike Edwards, co-Founder of Roudee Racing, also drops in for an update on Glorious Angel, who hopefully runs in the Lily Agnes on the Wednesday of the Festival next week, as well as Roudemental and Lo...2022-04-2857 min
The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses x Roudee Racing (Episode 13 - 21/04/2022) - reviewing Roudee Racing's first runners of 2022 with special guests Ross Coakley & Hugo Palmer!Send us a textThis week we have a very exciting episode as Ben meets Hugo Palmer and Ross Coakley to discuss Roudee Racing's first runners of the new flat season - Glorious Angel and Lordman! Hugo also gives us an update on Roudemental just over a week before he's due to kick off his 2022 campaign.Find out more about Roudee Racing at https://roudeeracing.com/Ben and Bruno also look back at a fabulous Fairyhouse Easter Festival over in Ireland last weekend and then ahead to the jumps season finale at Sandown t...2022-04-211h 16The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 12 - 14/04/2022) - the annual Grand National safety review + Aintree review & Fairyhouse preview!Send us a textThis week, the Ben & Bruno scrutinise jumps racing's flagship event and whether revisions to the race format are required on safety grounds.They also review the wonderful three days of racing at Aintree and look ahead to the three day Easter festival at Fairyhouse, culminating in the Irish Grand National on Easter Monday, with two tips for Saturday!Enjoy, rate and review and please do leave us your questions/thoughts to tackle in future episodes.[00:06:06] "Deep Ground" - Can the Grand National be made safer?[00:22:26] A...2022-04-141h 03The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 11 - 06/04/2022) - Robbie Dunne appeal fallout + Grand National Meeting Preview!Send us a textIt's Grand National Week and the boys look ahead to three glorious days of racing up at Aintree including not one but TWO selections, one for the National itself and one from the supporting races, off the back of a successful weekend's tipping last weekend!In this week's Deep Ground, they address the significant negative press from leading commentators, namely Lydia Hislop, around the apparently farcical appeal hearing relating to Robbie Dunne's appeal against his 18 month ban handed down last December by an Independent Disciplinary Panel for bullying fellow...2022-04-061h 00The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 10 - 01/04/2022) - Interview with Roudee Racing!Send us a textEpisode 10 marks a big moment for the podcast as the THP boys meet Mike Edwards and Dylan Jenkins, the founders of the fabulous Roudee Racing syndicate! Ben and Bruno travelled up to Manor House stables to meet the guys and ask them everything from how they fell in love with racing and how they first got into ownership through to setting up their own syndicate, what it stands for and what their aspirations are for horses and owners going forwards. It's a fascinating interview and look for plenty more content from Roudee Racing in...2022-04-011h 04The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 9 - 26/03/2022) - 2022 Cheltenham Festival BUMPER ReviewSend us a textThis is what it says on the tin really! Ben and Bruno pick the bones out of all 28 races at the Festival including their personal highlights and even a very early selection each for next year...[00:02:52] Day One[00:25:22] Day Two[00:42:45] Day Three[01:03:40] Day Four[01:21:28] Highlights of the week[01:23:19] 2023 Cheltenham Festival Selections!Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and o...2022-03-261h 28The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 8 - 11/03/2022) - "When British & Irish handicapping systems meet..." + Gold Cup Antepost Angle, Weekend Review, Sandown/Navan Preview & Cheltenham NAPs!Send us a textThis week in "Deep Ground", Ben & Bruno look at the clash of the British and Irish handicapping systems that is causing a lot of noise on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival (as it seems to every year!).With Cheltenham in mind, they also take an antepost look at jumps racing's blue ribband event, the Gold Cup, and identify a shortlist of three...They review a wonderful Saturday at Kelso as well as look ahead to good racing at Sandown and Navan this weekend and of course look out...2022-03-111h 17The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 7 - 03/03/2022) - Considering Horse Pedigrees, Stayers Hurdle Antepost Preview & Weekend Review + PreviewSend us a textThis week Ben and Bruno attempt to provide an accessible perspective on pedigrees for the average racing fan in "Deep Ground" as well as reviewing last weekend's action and previewing a couple of highlights form good cards at Kelso and Newbury.With Cheltenham in mind, they also take an antepost look at the Stayers Hurdle with a couple of selections from among the main contenders as well as another each at tasty prices!And of course look out as always for their weekend selections. Bruno is coming in hot o...2022-03-031h 14The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 6 - 24/02/2022) - Ascot/Gowran Park Review, Kempton/Naas Preview, Cheltenham Handicap Fancies & The Case of "Champ Is Real"Send us a textThis week Ben and Bruno look back on last weekend's action at Ascot and Gowran Park and take a brief look at the racing this weekend as we enter the calm before the Cheltenham storm.With Cheltenham in mind, they also take a look at some antepost fancies for the Festival handicaps with the entries having been announced this week.In this week's "Deep Ground" segment, they address the case of Champ Is Real, in the context of the massive gamble that was landed on that horse at Musselburgh...2022-02-241h 23The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 5 - 18/02/2022) - The Tiger Roll Grand National Debate (again)!Send us a textThis week Ben and Bruno look back on last weekend's good quality action at Newbury, Warwick, Naas and Punchestown and unearth clues for the Cheltenham Festival and beyond. Ben pats himself on the back for securing his first Weekend Selection winner and Bruno licks his wounds after so nearly firing in a 16/1 shot!In this week's "Deep Ground" segment, they address the Tiger Roll Grand National debate. Is his rating for the 2022 renewal fair? Is the Grand National handicapping system fair? Was the Gigginstown reaction justified? There's lots to discuss and demyst...2022-02-181h 16The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 4 - 10/02/2022) - Dublin Racing Festival Review, should water jumps still exist & Newbury/Warwick Weekend PreviewSend us a textThis week Ben and Bruno look back on last weekend's action at the Dublin Racing Festival, preview some of this weekend's racing at Newbury and Warwick, and endeavour to break the duck and tip a winner in their weekend selections (although A Wave of The Sea was given a favourable mention in Episode 3 before his win at Leopardstown on Saturday!). Also in this week's "Deep Ground" segment, they explore why water jumps still exist on British racecourses and whether there's more that the BHA should be doing to ensure racecourse safety fo...2022-02-101h 14The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 3 - 03/02/22) - The Dublin Racing Festival & The 5 Days of Cheltenham DebateSend us a textThis week Ben and Bruno look back on last weekend's action at Cheltenham, Fairyhouse and Naas as well looking ahead to excitement of this weekend's Dublin Racing Festival and endeavour to go one (or even two) better than last week and tip a winner! Also in this week's "Deep Ground" segment, they explore whether a fifth day at the Cheltenham Festival is the right thing for the sport?Please rate and review and don't forget to leave your questions for next week's show![02:34] Weekend Review[20:00] D...2022-02-031h 11The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 2 - 27/1/22) - Cheltenham Trials Day & much, much more...Send us a textThis week, Bruno and Ben review the modern day epic that was last weekend's Clarence House, preview Cheltenham Trials Day this weekend, tackle the sticky matter of horses being ridden with their handicap mark in mind, and take an ante-post look at the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham in March with a pretty exciting outcome!Please rate and review and don't forget to leave us your questions for next week's show![04:00] Weekend Review[31:11] Deep Ground - "Should a trainer be within their rights to use the handicap system to...2022-01-271h 36The Talking Horses PodcastTalking Horses (Episode 1 - 19/1/22) - Shishkin vs Energumene!Send us a textPhil and Ben take a look at the blockbuster weekend of racing, headlined by an almighty renewal of the Clarence House Chase at Ascot, as well as tackle some ante-post betting angles for the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and discussing the big question, "is racing dong all it can to promote itself to it's current audience?"Please rate and review the Talking Horses Podcast - thank you so much!Follow us on Twitter HERE and on Instagram HERE.2022-01-181h 18