The Irish Field podcasts

The Irish Field team look forward to Aintree with the Grand National as the highlight on the calendar. Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone look ahead to all of the Aintree action. The team look through all aspects of the big race on Saturday as well as previewing the Grade one races from Aintree. We also run the rule over the prizemoney controversy highlighted by the Irish Racehorse Train...

The Irish Field team were on the road this week and called into Grand National favourite Intense Raffles as Boylesports launched the Irish Grand National. Mark Costello, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone looked ahead to the Grand Nationals on both sides of the Irish Sea and the muted start to the flat turf season. We caught up with Puppy Power about Fairyhouse and spoke exclusively to Senior Irish H...

The team look ahead to every race on day four of the Cheltenham Festival. Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone look forward to Galopin des Champs bid for History as he seeks a third Gold Cup, can he join Arkle and Best Mate? The team picks out bets on the rest of a tricky card including a highly anticipated clash in the Martin Pipe! For more content from Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Th...

The team look ahead to every race on day three of the Cheltenham Festival. Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone run through the third day at Prestbury Park where Fact to File will look to bounce back in the Ryanair, Teahupoo seeks a second Stayers Hurdle. For more content from Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone pick up The Irish Field every week or subscribe at www.theirishfield....

The team look ahead to every race on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone run through the second day at Prestbury Park where Jonbon will look to end his Festival hoodoo, The New Lion will look to roar in the Turners, Wille Mullins is mob-handed in the bumper and we will find out if Ballyburn really stays three miles. For more content from Mark Boyla...

The team look ahead to day one of the Cheltenham Festival. Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone run through all seven races of the opening day at Cheltenham 2025. Lossiemouth diverts to the Mares Hurdle, Constitution Hill takes on Brighterdaysahead, Majborough tries to give JP McManus a first Arkle win and Kopek des Bordes will look to give favourite backers the best possible start. For mo...

Gold Cup winning jockey Robbie Power joins The Irish Field team of Mark Boylan and Thom Malone to look ahead to the Cheltenham Festival. We run through all of the big races and see which of the short priced favourites to side with or take on. The bumper Cheltenham Preview podcast looks through every day of the festival with Robbie’s unique insights into Cheltenham and he tells us what horses he wo...

The Irish Field team of Mark Boylan, Amy Lynam and Thom Malone review the weekend racing and cast an eye over some of the stable tours in recent days. We look through the Nicky Henderson & Dan Skleton stable tours, how many winners will Gordon Elliott have at Cheltenham, reflect on Fairyhouse and Intense Raffles Grand National Performance, chat about some value buys making hay on the racecours...

The Irish Field team of Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone remember the late Michael O’Sullivan and take a short look back at the weekend racing. The Grand National weights have a green and gold hue, but some other horses stand out on the list, more trainers do not renew their licences, some unique stallions sire winners and we uncover a possible Albert Bartlett horse. For more content f...

The Irish Field team of Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone review the weekend racing and cast an eye over some of the stable tours in recent days. Gavin Cromwell goes from strength to strength, Gordon Elliott looks to have a clear plan ahead of Cheltenham, some bright shoots for Henry de Bromhead, JP McManus has a plan come together, and the UK challenge for Cheltenham looks even weaker...

As the dust settles on the Dublin Racing Festival, The Irish Field team of Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone review a brilliant weekend of horseracing. As Galopin des Champs dazzled, and Lossiemouth fluffed her lines, Willie Mullins again emerged on top at Leopardstown, the team assess what will happen next for the Leopardstown winners and losers ahead of the Spring festivals while iden...

Live from JR Mahon’s in Dublin City Centre on the eve of The Dublin Racing Festival the Irish field team look forward to Sunday racing at Leopardstown.  Mark Boylan, Danny Mullins, Amy Lynam and Jamie Codd preview all of the action for the Sunday card at the Dublin Racing Festival.  The Irish Field panel look through the four grade one races including the battle between State Man and Los...

Live from JR Mahon’s in Dublin City Centre on the eve of The Dublin Racing Festival the Irish field team look forward to Saturday racing at Leopardstown.  Mark Boylan, Danny Mullins, Amy Lynam and Jamie Codd look though all of the action for the Saturday card at the Dublin Racing Festival.  The Irish Field panel look through the four grade one races including Galopin des Champs looking t...

Lesley Hunter Nolan talks to some of the winners at the awards ceremony staged in The K Club on January 27th, 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Irish Field Team of Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Thom Malone take an early look at the entries for the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown supported by Lottoland. The team look though the entries hot off the press and try pick some winners ahead of one of the biggest horseracing festivals of the year and answer a few questions. Will Willie Mullins dominate again? What will Paul Townend...

Mark Boylan and Anne Marie Duff chat with Thom Malone about what 2025 holds for some of the stars of horse racing and gaze into the crystal ball. The Irish Field team look ahead to what could be epic renewals of The Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup. Why Britain will have a much stronger hand to play at Cheltenham. We look at the strength of JP McManus’s team of horses. Could Gordon Elliott be the top...

As the jumps season proper prepares to unfold, The Irish Field team discuss the key talking points for the 2024/25 campaign. Mark Boylan is joined by Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam to talk through their horses to follow in each division, thoughts on recent changes to the Cheltenham Festival and best value bets for the season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of the two-day flat racing bonanza at Leopardstown and the Curragh this weekend, Mark Boylan is joined by Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam to discuss all of the Group 1 action at the Irish Champions Festival.    Trainer Clive Cox gives the lowdown on his Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes contender Ghostwriter, while Robson Aguiar of the Amo Racing/Adrian Murray operation speaks abou...

Judith Faherty speaks to Grade V para dressage rider Sarah Slattery after her seventh place finish at the Paralympic Games in Paris last weekend. Sarah grew up in a horse-loving show jumping family in Tynagh, Co Galway. At the age of 8, a cancer diagnosis meant the removal of tendons and ligaments in her left arm. Leaving her with reduced power in the arm. Nearly 20 years later, she discovered par...

Brendan McArdle, Judith Faherty and Lesley Hunter Nolan preview the 2024 Dublin Horse Show with special guests.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brendan McArdle and Judith Faherty review the eventing competition from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games where Britain won a record fifth Olympic team gold medal and Germany’s Michael Jung became the Olympic champion for a record third time   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the 2024 Galway Races fast approaching, Mark Boylan catches up with trainers Paddy Twomey, Peter Fahey, Natalia Lupini, Paul Gilligan and Ciaran Murphy about their leading hopes for Ballybrit.   For more Galway content, visit  www.theirishfield.ie  or pick up the pre-Galway edition of the paper in shops from Saturday 27th July. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

The countdown is on to the Paris Olympic Games. Ireland’s sole dressage rider Abigail Lyle talks to Judith Faherty about getting her first Olympic call-up, her love for her horse, Giraldo or Arty as he is known at home, and her hopes for the Games. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sharon Power, chief executive of the Irish Horse Welfare Trust, talks to Mark Costello about the charity’s work in rescuing neglected horses and how the authorities and the public can help Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The countdown is on to the Paris Olympic Games. Judith Faherty talks Team Ireland chef de mission Bernard Jackman about the logistics of getting nine athletes to Paris, plus High Performance managers Michael Blake, Dag Albert and Anne Marie Dunphy give an update on how the preparations are going. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.