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It's back! Dukey, Gavin and Johnny couldn't stay away for too long and return for a two-part special, just like the Dublin Racing Festival. In part one, we go through every race, with not a great deal of agreement among the lads on any of the races. Dukey provides an update on how his love life progressed since our last podcast at Christmas, while Gavin affirms his love for everyone. Learn more ab...

On The Wire is back for a Christmas Special with Johnny and Dukey joined by Gavin Lynch. Dukey speaks of dealing with Stockholm Syndrome and potential new love, while looking ahead to four cracking days' racing. Gavin has some strong fancies at Limerick and Leopardstown, while we have Christmas naps from Fran Berry, Patrick Mullins and Donn McClean - as well as some old Leopardstown memories. Lear...

The punting opportunities look thinner on the ground on a tricky second day of action on Irish Champions Weekend, but there's a bet to be found in the Irish St Leger according to Gavin Lynch, as well as some rather questionable impressions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny Ward and Brendan Duke are joined by Gavin Lynch to run share their favourite memories of the Irish Champions Stakes and nominate their best bets for all of the action from Leopardstown on the first day of Irish Champions Weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colin Keane is the latest star guest and joins Johnny, Brendan and Fran Berry - who is typically modest about his 10-1 winning nap from last weekend - to talk about Siskin's Goodwood challenge, Even So's Irish Oaks success and much more. Along with fellow rider Donagh O'Connor, we discuss jockeys' weights in Ireland and end up with a barrelful of tips for the weekend, horses to follow and a health...

He's top of the jockeys' championship standings and now he's top of the On The Wire bill too! We're joined by Shane Foley ahead of his big ride in the Irish Oaks this weekend as he talks about his amazing season so far. But he's not the only star jockey we're talking to this week as Barry Geraghty is our guest answering The Joy Of Six questions. Can you guess which ride gave him the biggest buzz i...

So it turns out that everybody backed Serpentine! Well, Johnny Levins did. And Donnacha O'Brien fancied him too, as both revealed to us in the latest episode of On The Wire. How does it feel to be a Classic-winning trainer? Does he now feast every day on fast food since freed from the shackles of professional riding? And has he got a winner for us? We heard in depth from the newest O'Brien in the...

Above all weeks, we seem to have plenty to discuss, with Dukey imposing a running order on proceedings which Donn McClean agrees with but Johnny still finds time for a curveball at the end. What did the lads make of the Irish Derby, Magical, and The Shunter? What do they make of the Epsom Oaks, in which Donn and Johnny have a strong each-way fancy, and the Derby, in which they also agree on a big...

Fran Berry joins the crew again to look ahead to the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby and the rest of the action at The Curragh over the weekend. Brendan Duke has some strong fancies, as well as some firm views on lockdown haircuts, while Sir Dragonet's prospects in the Alleged Stakes also very much divide opinions. With Gavin Cromwell also joining in with his Joy Of Six and a positive mention for a ru...

Ger Lyons joins for the majority of the show as he reflects on the victory of Siskin, achieved despite "taking on a football team" of runners from the Ballydoyle stable in the Irish Guineas. Lyons talks about his weekend runners, his ambitions for the future and compares Colin Keane to a notable jockey from the past. Lyons, Dukey and Johnny each come up with one thing they would like to improve ra...

Jim Bolger tells Johnny Ward exactly how good he hopes his Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas hope Fiscal Rules could be, while we also hear from Donnacha O'Brien and Racing TV's Fran Berry joins Johnny and Brendan Duke to preview the action from The Curragh this weekend. With the fall-out from Newmarket also covered, it's a bumper edition to get stuck into ahead of a great weekend of racing. Learn m...

We're just days away from the resumption of racing in Ireland, before which we have the excitement of the QIPCO 2000 and 1000 Guineas to look forward to.  Johnny Ward is joined by a lockdown-weary Brendan Duke and Bar One Racing's Peter Kingston, while there is an extended interview with Seamie Heffernan, who gives his view on the weekend's Classics, offers an interesting horse to follow for the s...

Aidan O'Brien and Joseph O'Brien join Johnny Ward and Brendan Duke on the phone to talk about the cessation of racing in Ireland, the latest situation in their own stables and the effect of Covid-19 on their own families and staff. There's plenty of more talk from our socially-distancing duo too as they look at ante-post options for next year's Cheltenham Festival, while jockey David Mullins joins...

In unprecedented circumstances, Johnny and Dukey convene but observe social distancing to bring you On The Wire. Brian Kavanagh, Horse Racing Ireland CEO, gives us an exclusive interview to explain why racing continues in Ireland and what might happen if an ambulance were needed at the track. Gavin Cromwell and Denis Hogan explain how racing is functioning behind closed doors. We also have Fran Be...

Recorded before racing from Cheltenham on Friday, the usual crew get together with Racing TV's Donn McClean to review the highs and lows from the first three days of the Festival and share a few tips for the weekend action at Navan and Limerick. From Samcro and Envoi Allen to the Champion Chase clash of the week that wasn't, it's all covered on the weekly On The Wire podcast, brought to you in ass...

It's finally here... and it's actually happening, right? Johnny Ward and Brendan Duke are on their way to Cheltenham and the pair are joined by Bar One Racing's Peter Kingston to preview every single race at the meeting! Joseph O'Brien tells us about his running plans for... well... most of his team, while Gavin Cromwell says nothing that would put you off backing Darver Star. It's a packed episod...

Johnny and Dukey have been on the circuit this week - the Cheltenham Preview Night (TM) circuit - with tales to tell from Leixlip on Tuesday night, and some exclusive, smuggled audio to boot, featuring Gordon Elliott, Eddie O'Leary and Oakley Brown, who is eyeing a big ride in the Martin Pipe. Not only do we have their naps but we have handicap naps for the Festival from The King, Kevin O'Ryan, Ja...

This week's show may not have it all, but arguably it does. Johnny spent Tuesday morning at Gordon Elliott's and Wednesday's at Willie Mullins', relaying what he was told, featuring interviews with the pair as well as with their lieutenants, Busty Amond and David Casey. John Small, Dublin Gaelic football star, gives us his Joy Of Six, while we have Fran Berry giving not one nap but two this weeken...

Who will ride Delta Work at Cheltenham? Will Tiger Roll run at Aintree? How did racing knowledge help Brendan Duke win a fiercely contested Countdown battle? It's all in Episode 13 of On The Wire, hosted by Johhny Ward. We also hear from Jack Davison and get the latest weather update from Gowran Park's Eddie Scally, as well as the best bets for the weekend action in Ireland. Learn more about your...

Something for everyone in episode 12 of On The Wire as Johnny Ward and Brendan Duke review the highs and lows of the Dublin Racing Festival and preview the weekend action. Can Fran Berry put up another winning nap at Dundalk? What does Gavin Cromwell have planned for Darver Star and Wolf Prince after their big runs? What are Johne Murphy's horses to follow for 2020? Is Eddie O'Leary still waiting...

It's the second On The Wire of the weekend! Brendan Duke and Johnny Ward are again joined by Gavin Lynch to discuss day two of the Dublin Racing Festival. Dukey, "a proven sire", has a strong fancy in the mares' handicap hurdle but so does Johnny; Gavin targets his winning nap in one of the Grade 1s on an incredible day's racing. Add in Henry de Bromhead, Leopardstown CEO Tim Husbands, Presenting...

(Apologies for the sound interference in some sections of this podcast). We love the Dublin Racing Festival so much we're doing it twice: On The Wire, that is. This is the first of two episodes, focussing not only on Dundalk but primarily day one of the DRF at Leopardstown. After two winning naps last weekend, Gavin Lynch, one of the most respected voices in Irish punting, joins the team and agree...

Benie des Dieux vs Honeysuckle, Dallas Des Pictons-gate, a chat with Jerry Hannon and all the best bets for the upcoming action at Dundalk, Fairyhouse and Naas. Johnny Ward is joined by Peter Kingston, Brendan Duke and Racing TV's Donn McClean for the latest episode of On The Wire, in association with Bar One Racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Johnny Ward catches up with top jockey Rachael Blackmore to talk about some of the highlights of her season so far. Joe Chambers gives us a dark horse to follow from the Rich Ricci ranks, while Brendan Duke joins Johnny, along with Racing TV pundit Fran Berry, to give their best bets ahead of the weekend action at Dundalk, Navan and Thurles. It's all in the latest edition of On The Wire, in associ...

We hear from Patrick Mullins, Sarah Lynam and Donnacha O'Brien in our weekly Irish racing podcast, sponsored by Bar One Racing. Johnny Ward is in the chair, joined by Brendan Duke. The pair preview some exciting weekend action at Dundalk, Fairyhouse and Punchestown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices