The Paddock and The Pavilion - The Horse Racing and Cricket Podcast

After an absorbing First Test in the Men’s Ashes series, The Women’s Ashes are now set to get underway at Trent Bridge. In this show I was joined by former England International Kathryn Leng, a regular on The Paddock and The Pavilion and Rosa Simkin of ‘Rosa Talks Ball’ to preview the seven match multi format series. Kathryn and Rosa chat about the loss of Meg Lanning to the Australian side, the p...

In the Paddock What was it like to…. be the First Woman to ride a winner at Royal Ascot? In Episode 11 of a series where I pose the question ‘What was it like to…. I spoke to Gay Kelleway, who in 1987 became the first woman jockey to ride a winner at Royal Ascot. Gay reflects on her historic win on Sprowston Boy, trained by her father Paul, in the Queen Alexandra Stakes by eight lengths at the Roy...

Are you all ready for the men’s Ashes? After our three-part ‘Memories of the Ashes’ series with Rick McCosker, Dennis Amiss and Richard Ellison joining us on today’s show is our regular cricketing pundit Roland Butcher, the former England International. I caught up with Roland in Nottingham after day 3 of the county championship match between Nottinghamshire CCC and Warwickshire CCC to preview the...

In the third part of our ‘Memories of The Ashes series I was joined by former England swing bowler of the 1980s Richard Ellison. Richard only played two Ashes Test matches, both in 1985, but few players have ever made a bigger impact. Player of the Match in his Ashes debut at Edgbaston, Richard took 17 wickets in his two Test matches to help England win the Ashes.  Capture the magic of his debut w...

In the second part of our ‘Memories of The Ashes series I was joined by former England opening batter of the 1960s and 70s Dennis Amiss. Dennis’s ‘Memories of The Ashes’ went back to watching his hero Denis Compton winning the Ashes on television in 1953. His Ashes career began and ended at Old Trafford (1968-1977). In his opening Ashes Test in 1968 he bagged a pair and Dennis talks philosophicall...

In the first part of our ‘Memories of The Ashes series I was joined by former Australian opening batter of the 1970s Rick McCosker. Rick a previous guest on the podcast recalled his Ashes memories which went back to playing imaginary Test matches in the back garden with his brother and listening to the wireless on cold winter’s nights with his parents in the 1950s. Rick’s Ashes journey included se...

In the Paddock What was it like to…. Win at Royal Ascot? In Episode 10 of a series where I pose the question ‘What was it like to…. I spoke to young Newmarket based trainer Harry Eustace about his win at the 2022 Royal meeting in the Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes with Latin Lover in only his second season as trainer. Latin Lover was Harry’s first runner at Royal Ascot. This episode is brought to...

Fifinella was the last filly to win the Derby in 1916. She won the Oaks only two days later. Our main guests are Sarah Childs, the great granddaughter of Royal jockey Joe Childs, who rode Fifinella to glory, and her partner Zac Watkins. And we have an interesting story for you which covers Joe Childs, a three-time Derby winning jockey, who had classic success for King George V, a painting based on...

In this episode I caught up with Bill Adamson a qualified coach at March Town Cricket Club in Cambridgeshire who has just released a new cricket coaching aid onto the market called Crickbox. A passionate cricket coach Bill talks about the seven-year journey to manufacture. To quote Bill’s new website Crickbox Ltd CRICKBOX is a system, a combination of bespoke equipment designed by us, and training...

The 2nd Fairbreak invitational tournament was held in Hong Kong between April 3rd and the 16th . In this 2nd part with my co-host German international Tina Gough, we discovered the off-field highlights of our featured players Roberta Moretti Avery, Kathryn Bryce and Shizuka Miyaji.  Plus, we found all about Tina’s visit to Disney! The writer of Fairbreak the book Karen Motyka gave us an update on...

Fairbreak is a movement which the Paddock and The Pavilion is pleased to support. FairBreak’s mission is to progress gender equality on a truly global scale, using cricket as their primary vehicle. The 2nd Fairbreak invitational tournament was held in Hong Kong between April 3rd and the 16th . In this podcast of two parts I was joined by German international and Falcons player Tina Gough a regular...

John Buchanan was a highly successful Ashes and World Cup winning coach of the Australian men’s cricket team between 1999 and 2007. But what many people may not know is that he played two years for Cambridgeshire CCC in the late 1970s. Buchanan talks fondly of his two seasons, 1978 and 1979, playing for the Minor County side where he played alongside the West Indian Test player Derick Parry and ag...

Art & Horse is a unique Art exhibition due to be held at Ilka Gansera Leveque’s Saint Wendred’s yard in Newmarket over the Guineas weekend. . In this podcast you will hearing from Ilka along with short clips from ten of the fourteen artists exhibiting at the event. A lover of Art Ilka talks about how her idea has grown over the past few months to include international painters and sculptors from A...

Fifty years ago, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby and went on to win the American Triple Crown, the first horse to do so since 1948. In this podcast you will hear from award winning journalist Jay Hovdey and Chris Goodlett from the Kentucky Derby Museum. Jay gives expert insight into the legendary horse's racing career while Chris talks about the fabulous new exhibition Secretariat – America’s H...

In the Pavilion What was it like to…. Play against a World XI? In Episode 9 of a series where I pose the question ‘What was it like to…. I spoke to Jenny Thompson about playing cricket against a World XI.  Jenny is currently on herworldcrickettour and in only her second game she played for the Hong Kong Divas against a World XI in the opening match at the 2023 FairBreak Invitational event in Hong...

Leading journalist John Oaksey described Captain Donald Swan's ride in the 1975 Grand National as someone who went off like he hadn’t eaten for three days looking to find eggs and bacon behind Becher’s! In this podcast Donald talks about his dream of riding his own horse Zimulator at Aintree, the year Red Rum was chasing his third successive victory in the world's most famous race. Find out if he...

With the Grand National looming we look back at the exploits of L’Escargot a remarkable horse who won the race in 1975 through the voice of sportswriter David Owen. David has just written a book about the Irish horse who denied Red Rum’s third successive victory nearly 50 years ago as well as winning two Cheltenham Gold Cups. David reflects on L’Escargot’s career and the quest by his Irish trainer...

England may not hold the Men’s or Women’s Ashes, but we do hold the grey or silver Ashes as they call them for over 70s cricket. In this podcast you will hear England all rounder Nick Andrews (Market Deeping Cricket club) chat about the England over 70s side success down under in the recent three match one day international series. Nick has been playing the cricket for sixty years, a game he clear...

In preparation for the start of the County Championship season on April 6 our guest is young Gloucestershire and England wicket keeper batsman James Bracey who is back from playing grade cricket in Melbourne. James talks about his plans for the new season, his career at Gloucestershire CCC and his sudden selection to the to the England Test ranks in the summer of 2021 against New Zealand.   He ref...

Roland Butcher, the former England Test player returns to the show to give his views on England’s recent tour of New Zealand. Roland discusses the triumph at The Mount along with the nailbiter in Wellington where England lost, as they say, by the barest of margins, one run. He considers skipper Ben Stokes’s knee injury, the probable return of Johnny Bairstow to the Test side and the progress that...

On 26 February Australia won the T20 Women’s World Cup in South Africa. In this podcast former England Test centurion Kathryn Leng and German international Tina Gough are back on the show to review the 8th T20 Women’s World Cup which proved to be a wonderful advert for the women’s game. The pair are joined by England A wicket keeper Ellie Threlkeld and teenage vlogger Rosa Simkin who both make cam...

Young racing Journalist Sam Martin has featured on The Paddock and The Pavilion on a couple of occasions as a co-host.  Now it's the turn for her to be in the spotlight as she looks ahead to the Cheltenham Festival. Feel Sam’s love of the sport, from how it all began watching the television with her Grandad to now working for Rein it in Racing, Careers in Racing, and recently for Silks Magazine. I...

Karen Motyka joins us to talk about FairBreak the book. Released officially at the beginning of February in the Bradman room at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, Karen reveals the challenges of writing her first book alongside the joy of capturing the magic of Fairbreak. Watch for Winnie, Poppy McGeown’s thank you email, and former Australian Test star Geoff Lawson’s reflections are all covered in this...

On International Women’s Day we would like to give ‘Tribute to a Trailblazer’ Ellen Chaloner, the first woman trainer. In a live podcast from the famous Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket Joe Rendall (Communications Lead, Eastern Region Jockey Club) announced that The Jockey Club would be funding the cost of a headstone for Ellen and members of her family, who lie in two unmarked graves at Newmarket c...

The Paddock and The Pavilion is a keen supporter of FairBreak whose mission is to progress gender equality on a truly global scale using cricket as their primary vehicle.  In this episode four FairBreakers Mariko Hill from Hong Kong, Winnie Duraisingam from Malaysia, Esha Oza from the UAE and Ariana Dowse from England look back at the FairBreak XI’s recent tour of Australia where they played three...