Peter Bell
What's Racing About Podcast
Get more from UK & Irish hose racing. Whether you’re going to a race meeting, watching on TV, Tablet or simply want the inside track on the current hot topics in UK & Irish horse racing – you’ve come to the right place.
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Episodes
A Love Letter To Racing 02.07.2026 16:26
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up You know anything with layers and depth and complexity and genuine vibrancy has been neutered in pursuit of optimisation, monetisation and standardization, leaving a big ersatz pile of nothing You DO understand that on some level, don't you? Horse racing is the antidote. Twitter @RacingWhat
A Lookback at Ascot 23.06.2026 15:20
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up What ran well, what was unlucky, a few for the tracker, a couple of trainers for the Royal Meeting - and one to avoid like a French kiss at a wedding Twitter @RacingWhat
"Parker - Don't Ever Do That Again!" 08.06.2026 9:55
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up "Yes m'lady" Another day of racing covering itself in excrement.......when will we ever learn? Twitter @RacingWhat
A Night At The Races 31.05.2026 42:12
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up In which your All-English Boy takes his listenership through the ups and downs of an evening at the Brigadier Gerrard Stakes meeting at Sandown, with only minimal swearing, bile and general invective. Twitter @RacingWhat
Gamscare 16.05.2026 12:14
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up It's the biggest issue facing us - Josh (and his sodding) Ap (iafi) Twitter @RacingWhat
Affordability and Ascot 07.05.2026 15:13
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up Two subjects - one overarching theme. There's always something coming along in our funny little world to undermine the great 24-hour party UK Horseracing COULD be Twitter @RacingWhat
Final Guineas Selection(s) 01.05.2026 5:20
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up Curse you to Hades, Aiden O'Brien for NOT declaring Puerto Rico in the 2000 Guineas!! Oh well, a couple it is then, at biggish odds for the Fillies Classic on Sunday. Here's hoping they've watered the course fairly! :( Twitter @RacingWhat
An Early Look at The Guineas 28.04.2026 17:24
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up A left-field take on the upcoming Newmarket Classics, giving (hopefully) a new angle in to both races ....and if not, well there's a gothic metal reference in there for the music onanists! Twitter @RacingWhat
Counterblast! 10.04.2026 8:00
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up How does racing respond to Animal Aid and the ill-informed 'antis'? The Grand National Festival WILL give a platform to these people - here's the antidote Twitter @RacingWhat
This, That....And The Grand National 08.04.2026 13:17
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up A look back at the issues vexing our little world over the past couple of weeks and a quick take down of The Grand National Twitter @RacingWhat
The Brocklesby 2026 26.03.2026 17:12
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up Some unique angles on the race and a couple of each-way pokes that may give us a run for our money! Twitter @RacingWhat
Cheltenham - How Was It For You, Darling? 18.03.2026 20:16
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up I had a great old time, despite the starts, the allegations of racism and the 'Willy-Waving' Oh - and a couple of horses and trainers to note too Twitter @RacingWhat
Cheltenham Ahoy! 07.03.2026 8:33
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up You copping that buzz yet? You're dead already if you're not! All my people right here, right now - you know what I mean? Twitter @RacingWhat
Farewell To The Barstewards 02.03.2026 7:57
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up The Sunday Sermon is no more! In the words of that Manc troubadour Liam Gallagher "a four-letter word really gets my meaning - nothing ever lasts forever!" Twitter @RacingWhat
The Only Cheltenham Podcast You Need! 24.02.2026 18:44
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up No bets! No horses to Follow! No Trends! No Atomised Stats about Horses to Back Based on their Starsigns! Pubs, Bars, Hostelries, Accommodation Advice.....stuff for those who love the Fez that much they're actually going rather than talking about it! Bit of heavy metal too, natch. Twitter @RacingWhat
The Grand National 15.02.2026 13:58
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up It's just not the same anymore is it, be honest. Time to take it outside and shoot it. ......or not, what do you think Twitter @RacingWhat
The Psychology of Punting 08.02.2026 17:22
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up Getting right into the guts of punting and dealing with the losing run. Heavy (metal) podcasting! Twitter @RacingWhat
Cheltenham, I Mean For Pity's Sake! 26.01.2026 14:59
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up Cheltenham! Like you've not had a tit full of it and we're not even out of January yet! Okay but there's a bit of Black Sabbath in there as well as the usual life affirming stuff about 'life's a carousel, spinning fast, you gotta ride it well' Twitter @RacingWhat Twitter @RacingWhat
'We Like Our Sport Exclusive' 18.01.2026 20:49
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up A look at the Invades phenomenon - attracting Gen-Z to race days, in what numbers, and to what effect both present and future. ......oh and a story about Oasis and a live one of Dan Skelton's! Twitter @RacingWhat
Lazarus! 13.01.2026 9:57
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up A return of the podcast (proper), attempting to retain the 'immediacy' and intimacy of the Limor casts (meaning limited post-recording sound engineering and plenty of 'umms' and 'ahhs') but on wider-reach platforms. I guess the success will be down to content and if an audience can be arsed to keep showing up - but hey Pun...
Thanks and Goodbye 04.07.2022 5:21
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up An explanation for the temporary hiatus in the delivery of The WRAP and an invitation to join me on the website and on LIMOR Twitter @RacingWhat
Born Slippy, Losing, Epsom and The Man 31.05.2022 26:45
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up In which Podcast Pete takes a look at how racing is handling the current spate of abandonments, how he's handling the mother of all losing runs, gives a few insights into the Epsom Classics - and looks back at the life of a Racing Legend (no, not that one). Twitter @RacingWhat
Jumps Season Washup - and now for The Guineas! 28.04.2022 28:27
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up In which Podcast Pete and Wayward Lad - the Waldorf and Statler of the UK Turf - go large on what was in the UK Jumps Season and what might be in the first English Classics at Newmarket this weekend Twitter @RacingWhat
The Lambourn Open Day 20.04.2022 23:28
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up In which your all-equine boy takes a tool around Nicky Henderson and Clive Cox's yards.....and develops a horse-crush on Jonbon! Twitter @RacingWhat
Back at Cheltenham - Forward to The Brocklesby! 25.03.2022 20:26
Love to hear from you - thanks for showing up In which we run the rule over all things Cheltenham Festival 2022 - and not just the racing either - as well as a quick shufty at The Brocklesby Stakes, the first 2 year old turf race of the season at Doncaster, and come up with an 8/1 shout Twitter @RacingWhat
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