The Talking Horses Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno discuss this Monday's news of the Jockey Club announcing the Cheltenham Festival, jump racing's flagship event, will remain at four days (at least for now) and not be extended to five as many feared it would.  They look at some of the reasons given, the wider reaction and some of the improvements that the Jockey Club might have in mind (or should!...

Send us Fan Mail After a summer break,  Ben and Bruno are back with a brand new season of the Talking Horses Podcast in association with Roudee Racing! This week Ben and Bruno review horse racing's answer to Drive to Survive in the form of "Horsepower", the new 4 part documentary released on amazon Prime last month that tracks the fortunes of Oisin Murphy and the Andrew Balding yard...

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno dip their toes back into the jumps waters and take a look at the jumps seasons so far as well as a look ahead to next week's Galway Festival. They also preview the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot on Saturday and finish with their weekend selections, both of which are from Ascot this week.   Please rate and review the podcast (thank y...

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno delve into the new whip rule recommendations that were published this week, including what they are and what they might mean for the sport and its various stakeholders going forwards. They then provide their weekend selections from Newbury and Chester this weekend.   Please rate and review the podcast (thank you!) and share your questions and comments for f...

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno take on the question of what happens to race horses when they retire from racing?  What are the common routes for retired race horses, how is their welfare looked after and who is responsible, how are they traced and what more can the sport be doing in this area? They then provide their weekend selections from Newmarket and Ascot.   Please rate and review t...

Send us Fan Mail The podcast is back after a week off for Royal Ascot and this week Ben and Bruno look back on the Royal meeting after a sun-baked week of wonderful racing with, after two years of disruption, the return of all the trimmings! They then preview the next classic of the season in the form of this Saturday's Irish Derby at the Curragh, agreeing on the potential value in the race i...

Send us Fan Mail With Bruno on holiday this week, Ben is left to fend for himself but he's joined but two special guests to keep him company. Firstly, he meets top jockey Rob Hornby who rode Westover to a luckless 3rd place in his first ever ride in The Derby last weekend.  Rob talks us through what it's like riding in the world's most prestigious flat race and his view on how the r...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ben meets red hot jockey and all around good guy Ben Curtis to discuss his spectacular start to the flat season, how he got into race-riding and the winners he's ridden for Roudee Racing this season including when breaking Glorious Angel's maiden tag at Redcar on Monday.  He also gives us a recent ride of his to follow for the rest of the season!   Following o...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ben and Bruno talk to Will Mort from Pat Whelan racing about life inside the betting ring, pricing up races, the battle of punter vs bookmaker and what needs to be done to educate the punters of tomorrow.  It's an absolutely fascinating chat! The boys also take a look at Roudee Racing's runners in the coming days, with Roudemental having been declared for the...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ben talks to one of the new Roudee Racing owners, Scott Davis, who tells us all about his love affair with racing and Chester racecourse and his involvement with Glorious Angel and Ibiza Love - it really is a family affair! Ben also catches up with Mike Edwards of Roudee Racing to review the very encouraging performances from Ibiza Love and Roudemental at Doncaster last...

Send us Fan Mail With Ben and Bruno having (just about) recovered from last week's fabulous Chester May Festival, they talk to Roudee Racing's Mike Edwards about Glorious Angel's excellent run in the Lily Agnes Stakes at the festival and look ahead to an exciting Saturday for the syndicate at Doncaster this weekend in which the well-bred Ibiza Love makes her racecourse debut  and Ro...

Send us Fan Mail Another week, another cracking line-up of guests!  This week Ben and Bruno welcome Roudee Racing's Dylan Jenkins and fellow syndicate owner Neil Mather to tell us from their own perspectives why Chester and the May Festival in particular are so special and what it means to have a runner at the city's biggest race meeting of the year.  Mike Edwards, co-Founder of Roudee R...

Send us Fan Mail This week we have a very exciting episode as Ben meets Hugo Palmer and Ross Coakley to discuss Roudee Racing's first runners of the new flat season - Glorious Angel and Lordman!  Hugo also gives us an update on Roudemental just over a week before he's due to kick off his 2022 campaign. Find out more about Roudee Racing at https://roudeeracing.com/ Ben and Bruno also look...

Send us Fan Mail This week, the Ben & Bruno scrutinise jumps racing's flagship event and whether revisions to the race format are required on safety grounds. They also review the wonderful three days of racing at Aintree  and look ahead to the three day Easter festival at Fairyhouse, culminating in the Irish Grand National on Easter Monday, with two tips for Saturday! Enjoy, rate and revi...

Send us Fan Mail It's Grand National Week and the boys look ahead to three glorious days of racing up at Aintree including not one but TWO selections, one for the National itself and one from the supporting races, off the back of a successful weekend's tipping last weekend! In this week's Deep Ground, they address the significant negative press from leading commentators, namely Lydi...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 10 marks a big moment for the podcast as the THP boys meet Mike Edwards and Dylan Jenkins, the founders of the fabulous Roudee Racing syndicate!  Ben and Bruno travelled up to Manor House stables to meet the guys and ask them everything from how they fell in love with racing and how they first got into ownership through to setting up their own syndicate, what it stands for...

Send us Fan Mail This is what it says on the tin really!   Ben and Bruno pick the bones out of all 28 races at the Festival including their personal highlights and even a very early selection each for next year... [00:02:52] Day One [00:25:22] Day Two [00:42:45] Day Three [01:03:40] Day Four [01:21:28] Highlights of the week [01:23:19] 2023 Cheltenham Festival Selections! Please rate and review th...

Send us Fan Mail This week in "Deep Ground", Ben & Bruno look at the clash of the British and Irish handicapping systems that is causing a lot of noise on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival (as it seems to every year!). With Cheltenham in mind, they also take an antepost look at jumps racing's blue ribband event, the Gold Cup, and identify a shortlist of three... They review a w...

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno attempt to provide an accessible perspective on pedigrees for the average racing fan in "Deep Ground" as well as reviewing last weekend's action and previewing a couple of highlights form good cards at Kelso and Newbury. With Cheltenham in mind, they also take an antepost look at the Stayers Hurdle with a couple of selections from among the m...

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno look back on last weekend's action at Ascot and Gowran Park and take a brief look at the racing this weekend as we enter the calm before the Cheltenham storm. With Cheltenham in mind, they also take a look at some antepost fancies for the Festival handicaps with the entries having been announced this week. In this week's "Deep Ground" se...

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno look back on last weekend's good quality action at  Newbury, Warwick, Naas and Punchestown and unearth clues for the Cheltenham Festival and beyond.  Ben pats himself on the back for securing his first Weekend Selection winner and Bruno licks his wounds after so nearly firing in a 16/1 shot! In this week's "Deep Ground" segment, they add...

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno look back on last weekend's action at  the Dublin Racing Festival, preview some of this weekend's racing at Newbury and Warwick, and endeavour to break the duck and tip a winner in their weekend selections (although A Wave of The Sea was given a favourable mention in Episode 3 before his win at Leopardstown on Saturday!).  Also in this week's...

Send us Fan Mail This week Ben and Bruno look back on last weekend's action at Cheltenham, Fairyhouse and Naas as well looking ahead to excitement of this weekend's Dublin Racing Festival and endeavour to go one (or even two) better than last week and tip a winner!  Also in this week's "Deep Ground" segment, they explore whether a fifth day at the Cheltenham Festival is th...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Bruno and Ben review the modern day epic that was last weekend's Clarence House, preview Cheltenham Trials Day this weekend, tackle the sticky matter of horses being ridden with their handicap mark in mind, and take an ante-post look at the Pertemps Final at Cheltenham in March with a pretty exciting outcome! Please rate and review and don't forget to leave us...

Send us Fan Mail Phil and Ben take a look at the blockbuster weekend of racing, headlined by an almighty renewal of the Clarence House Chase at Ascot, as well as tackle some ante-post betting angles for the National Hunt Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and discussing the big question, "is racing dong all it can to promote itself to it's current audience?" Please rate and review the...