The Final Furlong Podcast

Defending Champion Hurdle winning trainer Jeremy Scott joins Emmet Kennedy as the remarkable Golden Ace prepares to return to the Cheltenham Festival in a bid to defend her crown. Scott reflects on Golden Ace’s dramatic victory last year, charting the journey from a small Exmoor yard to the summit of National Hunt racing. He explains why he believes the mare arrives at Cheltenham in even better sh...

With the Cheltenham Festival just around the corner, we take a different approach to the formbook by diving into RaceiQ data with Racing TV analyst Page Fuller. RaceiQ uses GPS tracking technology to measure performance metrics such as jumping efficiency, stride length, entry speed into obstacles, and finishing sectionals, offering a completely different perspective on how horses perform in top-le...

Paul Ferguson, author of the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide, joins Emmet Kennedy alongside Total Performance Data’s Adam Mills for a Cheltenham Festival Handicaps Special presented by 1xBet Ireland. This episode focuses on eight of the most competitive and potentially rewarding races of the week, highlighting the key horses to include in your shortlists, along with several big-priced...

One of the best jockeys of his generation and a multiple Grade 1 winner, Aidan Coleman joins Emmet Kennedy and Adam Mills to preview the key novice races at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival. The focus begins with a highly competitive running of the Arkle Novice Chase, where Lulamba, Kopek Des Bordes, Romeo Coolio, Kargese, Irish Panther and Steel Ally are set to clash. Aidan reveals the horse he would...

One of the sharpest minds in horse racing betting, Gavin Lynch joins Emmet Kennedy for a Final Furlong Podcast special, recored live at Punchestown racecourse, with his complete cheatsheet for the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, presented by 1xBet Ireland. In under an hour, Gavin breaks down every major race across all four days, sharing his shortlists, key contenders, and betting angles for the week ah...

The Final Furlong Podcast Weekend Betting Guide is back, and the team are coming in hot after tipping eight winners last weekend. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, George Gorman and Peter Michael to break down Saturday’s ITV Racing from Kelso, Doncaster and Newbury, with strong NAPs, confident opinions and big-price angles across the card. If you’re betting this weekend, this is your full ra...

Nicky Henderson has ruled Constitution Hill out of the Champion Hurdle — effectively bringing his jumps career to a close. On this episode of The Final Furlong Podcast, Emmet Kennedy, Adam Mills and Jaime Wrenn react to the bombshell announcement. 🟥 Constitution Hill: What Now? After a striking debut on the All Weather, the focus shifts. • What can he realistically achieve on the Flat? • What is...

Cheltenham Festival preparation is already underway — and the stable tours are starting to shape the narrative. On this episode of The Final Furlong Podcast, Emmet Kennedy is joined by TalkSPORT’s senior racing commentator Rupert Bell, fresh from visiting the yards of Ben Pauling, Gordon Elliott and Willie Mullins. This is insight straight from the source — what trainers are saying, how horses are...

The second Yes/No Gameshow of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival season is here with the attention Switched to the Mares races. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Adam Mills, Lizzie Kelly, Jaime Wrenn and Barry Doyle to take on the ante-post market leaders with 1xBet Ireland — with the favourite for both races facing the same question: YES… or NO? Each panellist votes. No fence-sitting. Then they justify it. Th...

The Final Furlong Podcast Weekend Betting Guide is back. After landing five winners last Saturday and hitting 33/1, 11/4, 5/2, 9/4 and 5/6 in our Punchestown special, Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, George Gorman and Peter Michael to break down Saturday’s ITV Racing card with strong opinions, confident NAPs and big-price angles across Kempton, Lingfield, Newcastle and Fairyhouse. This is a...

The first Yes/No Gameshow of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival season is here. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Adam Mills, Lizzie Kelly, Jaime Wrenn and Barry Doyle to take on the ante-post market leaders with 1xBet Ireland — and every favourite faces the same question: YES… or NO? Each panellist votes. No fence-sitting. Then they justify it. This is where conviction meets pressure. 🟥 Champion Hurdle The N...

Punchestown Grand National Trial Betting Guide | 6/1 NAP, Elliott Trends & Festival Clues Emmet Kennedy is joined by Jaime Wrenn, Andy Newton and Sean Crowe to mark your card for 1xBet Grand National Trial Day at Punchestown. This is one of the most informative staying handicap chases in Ireland — and the stats are impossible to ignore. 🟥 2:30 Punchestown – 1xBet Grand National Trial (Listed) Gor...

In the first of our special Festival countdown interviews, Emmet Kennedy sits down with legendary Seven Barrows trainer Nicky Henderson for a wide-ranging and revealing conversation about his leading contenders for March. 🟥 Jonbon – Ascot, Ryanair & Maturity Jonbon is now 10, chasing another Grade 1 and stepping up in trip at Ascot. Henderson explains: Why Jonbon is now far more amenable than in...

The Final Furlong Podcast Weekend Betting Guide is back, and this is a stacked Saturday across Ascot, Haydock and Wincanton. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, George Gorman and Peter Michael to preview every major ITV race, with strong opinions, big-priced handicaps and Grade 1 headliners. 🟥 3:35 Ascot – Ascot Chase (Grade 1) – 2m5f Jonbon is unbeaten in three starts at Ascot and goes for h...

Emmet Kennedy is joined by Paul Ferguson, author of the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide, for a full assessment of the Grade 1 novice chase division. We start with the Arkle Novices’ Chase (2m) – a race built on speed, precision and temperament. 🟥 Arkle Contenders Assessed Lulamba – now at the head of the market after his Game Spirit win. Does he deserve to be favourite? Kopek Des Bor...

The Final Furlong Podcast | Weekend Review & Cheltenham Festival Clues Emmet Kennedy is joined by Adam Mills, Jaime Wrenn, and Barry Doyle to break down a huge weekend of National Hunt racing packed with Cheltenham Festival contenders. From Arkle favourites to Supreme dark horses, Gold Cup questions to handicap plots, this is a proper race-by-race review of what actually matters for March. 🟥 Arkl...

The Final Furlong Podcast Weekend Betting Guide is back after landing winners at 14/1, 10/1, 7/1 and 5/2 last week. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, George Gorman and Peter Michael to preview every key race from Newbury Racecourse and Warwick Racecourse, with their strongest bets, disagreements and big-price angles across a stacked Saturday card on ITV Racing, Sky Sports Racing and Racing T...

Emmet Kennedy is joined by Jaime Wrenn and leading bloodstock agent Tom Malone to unpack an epic Dublin Racing Festival and, more importantly, what it means for Cheltenham Festival. Gold Cup division Fact To File produces a monster performance in the Irish Gold Cup, leading home a Willie Mullins 1-2-3. Now the big question: 👉 Supplement for the Gold Cup or defend the Ryanair? We also assess: • Ga...

The Final Furlong Podcast Dublin Racing Festival Day 2 Betting Guide is live. Fresh from tipping 12/1, 16/1, 5/1 and 9/4 winners last week, Emmet Kennedy is joined by Adam Mills, Andy Newton and Jake Wilkes to break down every race at Leopardstown with their strongest bets, sharp disagreements and big-price angles. This is one of the best cards of the Irish season and a major source of Cheltenham...

Dublin Racing Festival Day 1 is here and this is the betting roadmap serious punters wait for. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, George Gorman and Peter Michael to break down every key race at Leopardstown and Sandown, with price-led analysis, strong opinions, and proper betting angles you won’t hear anywhere else. If you’re betting DRF or looking for Cheltenham clues, this is essential list...

On this week’s Final Furlong Podcast, Emmet Kennedy, Adam Mills and Jamie Wrenn strip away the hype and analyse what Trials Day actually told us about the Cheltenham Festival. Not who won. But who improved their Festival chance — and who didn’t. 🟥 Champion Hurdle Division — Chaos Incoming The New Lion lands the Grade 2 International… but receiving weight from an inferior rival raises questions. D...

This week on The Final Furlong Podcast Weekend Betting Guide, Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, Jake Wilkes and Peter Michael to break down every race on Trials Day at Cheltenham, plus the best betting angles at Doncaster and Fairyhouse. If you’re serious about Festival betting, this is the card that quietly produces winners for: • The Ultima • The Plate • The Stayers’ Hurdle • The Turners •...

In this special edition of The Final Furlong Podcast, Emmet Kennedy is joined by Paul Ferguson, author of the Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide, to strip away the noise, hype, and headline winners, and focus on the trends, profiles, and performances that actually matter for the Cheltenham Festival. If you’re serious about Festival betting, preparation beats guesswork, and this episode i...

The Cheltenham picture shifted dramatically this weekend, and The Final Furlong Podcast is here to break it all down. Emmet Kennedy, Adam Mills, and Jaime Wrenn review the key talking points from a crucial weekend of racing, with Cheltenham Festival implications everywhere you look. 🟥 OLD PARK STAR — SUPREME FAVOURITE EMERGES We start at Haydock, where Old Park Star delivered an explosive perform...

It’s the second Final Furlong weekend preview of 2026, and the team are swinging big. Emmet Kennedy, Andy Newton, George Gorman and Peter Michael take apart Saturday’s feature races on ITV Racing from Ascot and Haydock, with value plays, and bold NAPs 🟥 FEATURE RACE - CLARENCE HOUSE CHASE (G1), 3:30 ASCOT A heavyweight showdown: Il Etait Temps: 5 straight wins, twice demolishing Jonbon Jonbon, no...