Bred For It

It's Episode 12: Its Breeze Up Season and with consigners and buyers reading themselves for a busy sales period, Jess asks the people that make it happen why this type of sale has become such an attractive source of buying horses.  Jess speaks with leading consignor Rodgie Kavanagh of Glending Stables who was responsible for the breeze up post boy and champion racehorse, Vandeek. Rodgie discusses...

It's a special edition of the Bred For It Podcast!  Jess is in Meydan for the Dubai World Cup and sits down with FanDuel Host and Analyst Christina Blacker to discuss welfare standards and improvements to safety in America, breeding and declining foal numbers, broadcasting about horse injuries and her roles with Light Up Racing & The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. Christina also shares an in...

It's Episode 10: Jess details out the winners at the Cheltenham Festival, with a big breeding prediction that came good from Episode 9!  With the flat turf season about to get underway in the UK, Jess takes a deep dive into the first season sires to follow for 2025 with breeder and bloodstock aficionado Archie Brookes. Jess asks why first season sire lists are so popular in this country and Archie...

Its Episode 9: This podcast is brought to you in association with The The Thoroughbred Breeders' Association and Weatherbys We are counting down the days to the 2025 Cheltenham Festival and ahead of the biggest four days in National Hunt Racing, Jess is joined by a panel of esteemed guests to discuss the breeding clues around some of the standout horses involved in the standout races at Prestbury...

Its Episode 8: A podcast dedicated to the life and memory of His Highness The Aga Khan who died on February 4th at the age of 88 and Grade 1 winning jockey Michael O'Sullivan who died in February as a result of his riding injuries at the age of 24.  Jess speaks to legendary owner breeder Miss Kirsten Rausing of Landwades Stud who shares her personal and professional memories of His Highness The Ag...

Its Episode 7: It's the start of a new year and January means foaling time and mating decisions are made. In an exclusive interview with Juddmonte CEO Douglas Erskine Crum at the Longines World Horse Racing Awards, Jess finds out the mating plans for 2024 champions Bluestocking and Idiomatic.  Jess catches up with Simon Sweeting, general manager of Overbury Stud to discuss the ups and downs of bei...

Its Episode 6: After a stellar Christmas period for National Hunt racing, Jess chats to Grade 1 winning breeder Jackie Chugg of Little Lodge Stud about the success of Challow Hurdle winner The New Lion.  With British NH breeding having a memorable festive period on both sides of the Irish Sea, Jess speaks with Will Kinsey who bred Leopardstown Grade 1 Future Champion Novice Hurdle star Romeo Cooli...

Its Episode 5: We focus on National Hunt breeding with Ian Kellit, co-breeder of current Champion Hurdle favourite Lossiemouth. Listen to the journey to breeding the popular grey mare, the family coming through as well as insight to Lossiemouth formative years in France before joining Willie Mullins. Champion Point To Point rider turned Point To Point handler Derek O'Connor takes us through his ap...

Its Episode 4: We talk all things foals with Charlie King of Heritage Thoroughbreds as he goes through best practice for foaling, why foals are so in demand at the sales and how his business will look to foal both Northern and Southern Hemisphere broodmares in England.  We catch up with David O'Callaghan of one of the most celebrated studs in Ireland, Yeomanstown Stud after a record breaking year...

Its Episode 3: It is a Breeders' Cup special and Jess digs into the pedigree of City Of Troy ahead of the eagerly anticipated running of the Breeders' Cup Classic.  Will City Of Troy throw more to Justify or Galileo? Does he have the speed to go the Classic pace?  Listen to a fascinating conversation with legendary bloodstock journalist Bill Oppenheim as well as insights from US analyst and host K...

Its Episode 2!   Jess catches up with Bernard Condren of auction house Goffs about what it takes to put a sale together an auctioneering a €1.85million yearlings.  Jess talks data with Tom Wilson of Racing Squared as he explains his biomechanics model and how data can be used in the bloodstock industry.    Please like & subscribe for plenty more to come! 

  Its Episode 1! With the sales season in full swing, Jess catches up with bloodstock journalist Kitty Trice about the health of the industry, new stallions to follow and she shares her thoughts on the key stallion making race of this season. Jess goes on to speak to breeder Stuart McPhee about turning an 800gns purchase into the dam of Classic winner, Metropolitan. He shares his breeding journey...

This is Bred For It, a podcast dedicated to the thoroughbred bloodstock industry. Join me, Jess Stafford, as I aim to uncover all aspects of bloodstock and breeding in the company of the best in the business.