The Irish Field podcasts

Willie McCreery runs Jancis in the Group 1 Falmouth Stakes next Friday. He talks about his stable star’s ideal conditions and why he won’t hear criticism of the Curragh training grounds.    The Racing Edge team of Mark Costello, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam review the Eclipse and other talking points before looking ahead to the July meeting highlights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Ado McGuinness was one of 18 different trainers to register a winner at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby Festival when his well-bought Pierre Royal snared a €100,000 premier handicap, and he joins The Racing Edge Podcast this week for our weekly review.   The trainer, who has a knack of unearthing big handicap winners, has some smart targets to look forward to with his lightly raced four-year-...

Joey Sheridan rode his first Royal Ascot winner last week. He tells us all about the occasion and talks about his career to-date.    The Racing Edge team of Mark Costello, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam discuss the winners and losers from the Royal meeting, and pick out some horses to follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Royal Ascot week and top jockey Billy Lee joins The Racing Edge team of Mark Costello, Mark Boylan and Anne Marie Duff to preview the top class meeting. Billy has had four Ascot winners and has some exciting mounts for the week ahead. The Irish Field team give their opinions on all the big races and also put forward some dark horses and handicappers to note at big prices. Hosted on Acast. See...

Trainer Danny McLoughlin stole the show at Navan on Sunday when saddling a 1-2 for his first blacktype success in the Listed Darley Irish EBF Kooyonga Stakes, and he joins this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast to discuss his yard’s continued growth.   The 24-year-old is Ireland’s youngest trainer and has a capable team of horses and staff around him for a lucrative flat season in 202...

It’s Betfred Derby week at Epsom and The Racing Edge Podcast team of Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam are on hand to preview each of the three Group 1s down for decision.   Fresh from a stunning 1-2-3 in Sunday’s French Derby, Aidan O’Brien has a strong hand in both classics, as well as in the revamped Coolmore Coronation Cup.   Following the news that popular Queen Mother Cham...

Tune in to this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast for a comprehensive rundown of all the Group 1 action on Tattersalls Irish Guineas weekend at the Curragh, with Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff, and Mark Costello joined by Sarah Lynam for analysis.   Podcast listeners would have been in clover if following the advice of Amy Lynam last week when Headmaster dramatically got on top close ho...

Karl Burke has become a mainstay in major Irish prizes in recent seasons, and the top trainer joins this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast to discuss his team for Tattersalls Irish Guineas Weekend at the Curragh.   Alparslan, a winner at last year’s Irish Champions Festival, is on course to tackle Gstaad in Saturday’s Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas, while Burke is set to run a long-ab...

There were almost back-to-back fireworks at the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale in France last weekend for Mick Murphy and Sarah O’Connell’s Longways Stables, as they supplied two of the sale’s top six lots sold in quick succession.   Murphy joins this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast to discuss how he and his partner turned a 98,000gns yearling by Blue Point into an €800,000 breeze-up colt, a...

After one of the busiest spells of top-class racing in the calendar, The Racing Edge Podcast is back to review the main talking points from the Punchestown Festival, Guineas weekend at Newmarket and a host of other eye-catching performances.   Fresh from capturing the Betfred 1000 Guineas on the impressive True Love, Wayne Lordan is our special guest. A key part of the Ballydoyle team, he is...

Get set for the 2026 Punchestown Festival with The Racing Edge Podcast’s special episode previewing all 12 Grade 1 races this week.   Will Marine Nationale end his season on a high against Il Etait Temps and Majborough in the William Hill Champion Chase? Who will reign supreme in the latest rematch between staying giants Gaelic Warrior and Fact To File? Can anyone stop Lossiemouth from winnin...

The countdown is on ahead of the 2026 Punchestown Festival, and trainer Barry Connell joins this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast to discuss Marine Nationale’s bid for back-to-back wins in the Grade 1 William Hill Champion Chase.   Last season’s runaway winner missed the Cheltenham Festival this term, but Connell provides up an upbeat bulletin before his stable star’s anticipated cla...

No Irish rider recorded more winners at the 2026 Randox Grand National Festival than J.J. Slevin, who joins this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast - looking back at a massive three days at Aintree.   Home By The Lee and Zeus Power ensured the leading rider visited the winner’s enclosure on Merseyside last week, and he also was just touched off in second on Solness in an absorbing Mell...

After a memorable BoyleSports Irish Grand National weekend at Fairyhouse, The Racing Edge Podcast team welcome trainer Andy Slattery to this week's episode - fresh from winning his first Grade 1 with Fleur In The Park in the WillowWarm Gold Cup.   There cannot be many more in-form stables in Ireland or Britain right now than the family-run operation in Co Tipperary, and Slattery also has a sm...

Ahead of BoyleSports Irish Grand National weekend at Fairyhouse, Grade 1-winning trainer Fergal O’Brien joins The Racing Edge team to discuss his hopes of a top-level success in Sunday’s WillowWarm Gold Cup with stable star Sixmilebridge.   The Co Tipperary native, who plies his trade in Britain, bypassed the Cheltenham Festival with his unbeaten chaser and could be set for quite the homecomi...

In this episode of  Bloodlines, Sweat and Tears , the Irish Horse Breeding podcast from Irish Country Living and The Irish Field, host Helen Sharp explores the enduring influence of Thoroughbred blood on Irish sport horse breeding. Long valued for adding stamina, sharpness and athletic refinement, the Thoroughbred has helped shape the success of the modern Irish Sport...

How do you turn a 25,000gns horse-in-training purchase, rated 75, into a dual listed winner who could yet take on Constitution Hill? On this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast, Kevin Blake tells the story behind Beset, the winner of Naas’ joint-feature on Sunday.   The leading pundit, who wears many hats as a horseman, owner-breeder and race planner, is involved in the partnership behi...

Trainer Padraig Roche joins The Irish Field team to reflect on the highs and lows of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Field team share their final thoughts on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jump jockey John Shinnick talks about the joy of riding out his claim, while Mark Boylan reports from Dubai where many racing professionals were stranded following the aerial attacks on Iran Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The recently-turned professional jump jockey joins Mark Costello, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam to discuss the racing week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After seeing his star novice hurdler Heads Up bounce back with a listed victory at Punchestown on Sunday, Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer John McConnell joins The Racing Edge podcast this week to discuss his Cotswolds contender and a host of other topics.   Joined by Mark Boylan and Anne Marie Duff from The Irish Field, the panel weigh up whether Jonbon can make it Grade 1 win number 13 i...

Gowran Park manager Eddie Scally joins Mark Costello, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam to discuss the racing week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a breathtaking bank holiday weekend of racing, The Racing Edge team are back to review the 2026 Dublin Racing Festival.   Mark Walsh took the meeting by storm and his Grade 1 four-timer is analysed by Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff, who are joined this week by special guest Finny Maguire. Widely regarded as one of the top amateur jockeys in Ireland and Britain, Maguire w...

At a live preview, sponsored by the Tote, Mark Boylan gets the views of David Casey, Rory Delargy, Jamie Codd and Amy Lynam ahead of the two-day Leopardstown meeting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.