A weekly show with Racing TV's Martin Dixon and Dan Barber bring you the latest news, opinions and tips from the world of horse racing, with special guests along they way!
With Martin Dixon at the sales, Tom Bull joins Dan Barber at Heath House for an afternoon with Sir Mark Prescott. Sir Mark looks ahead to Tiffany’s Breeders’ Cup bid; explains how he worked out Pivotal was a sprinter and how the famous Pasternak gamble was landed. He also tells the stories of the jockey who inspired him to go racing, the trainers who started out at Heath House, and why he’s only had three stable jockeys in 57 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dan Barber and Martin Dixon are joined by punter and tipster Dave Nevison, celebrating 50 years in racing, who has been to three Arcs and backed the winner every time. Dave goes back to leaving the City in 1993 to bet full time, life in the betting ring at its peak, and the code he still lives by: the bookmaker has to be right about every horse, he only has to be right about one. He also relives the Stewards' Cup photo he knew he'd lost and the Super Seven that slipped away ten yards from the line. To finish, there's a first catch-up with Kieren and Cieren Fallon, who look back on Kieren's two Arc wins and give their take on Sunday's big race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dan Barber and Martin Dixon look back at Irish Champions Festival before having a fascinating chat with James Willoughby. Martin makes the case for Sun Goddess as a 1000 Guineas favourite and explains why the number of two-year-old starts matters more than people think, with Darkness Falls and the National Stakes also covered. James then talks about his grandfather — a self-taught modeller of every sport who never went to school, and whose working-out he later found mirrored in statistical textbooks he'd cry over in Foyles. He covers his years at Timeform and the Times, the influence of Mark Johnston, why he stepped away from broadcasting to focus on his son, and what he thinks betting is really for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dan Barber and Martin Dixon look back at York and through Saturday's cards at Sandown, Goodwood, Beverley and the Curragh. Roger Varian joins to talk about Rock Montreal ahead of the Solario, the progressive Barstow at Sandown, and a season with a strike rate he's delighted with. Eve Johnson Houghton explains the quick turnaround for Zavattari in the Celebration Mile, with the QE2 potentially next. Andrew Cooper, clerk of the course at Sandown, on watering through a difficult summer, the badgers, and where the ground stands going into the weekend. Jane Mangan previews the Curragh, including an eighteen-runner Irish Cambridgeshire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dual champion jockey Paul Hanagan rode 95 winners at York. He walks the track with Dan Barber and Martin Dixon and explains exactly where the Ebor Festival is won and lost. We walk the Nunthorpe course start to finish — from the five-furlong stalls to the winning post — through the draw, the homework, and the moment a rider commits. Along the way Paul revisits Vintage Premium in the John Smith's Cup, Wootton Bassett before the gates were fully open, Sands of Mali in the Gimcrack, and the two furlongs where Taghrooda didn't pick up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dan Barber is joined by Chris Dixon, in for Martin this week, to look back on the Qatar Goodwood Festival and Galway — and by Jim Crowley, days after he called time on his riding career. Crowley describes the moment he knew the injury had beaten him: "When I looked at my leg and it was facing the wrong way, I thought, well, I won't be riding Anmaat in the Champion Stakes on Sunday." He also explains why he thinks race riding comes down almost entirely to a jockey's confidence, how professionalism in the weighing room has changed across his career, and looks back on Royal Scotsman — the one that got away. On the festival itself, Chris makes the case that Qatar's sponsorship has transformed Goodwood, filling the fields at a time when small fields have blighted the flat. "The flat racing generally of late has been blighted by really small fields — Goodwood's such a tonic from that." Dan and Chris both share their top three moments of the week. And where does Bow Echo sit? The comparisons with Frankel and Kingman get an airing, with Dan reflecting that making up that ground on top-class horses was as good as anything he saw all week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jane Mangan joins Dan Barber and Martin Dixon to talk about the horse that shaped her — Monty's Pass — and the Cheltenham heartbreak she turned that experience into a positive with "the silver lining" of her new career as one of the most popular racing broadcasters around. From the Grand National glory that ran through her family to the raw side of racing supporters rarely see, Jane opens up on what the sport has given her and what it's taken. Then it's into the racing. The team reviews a busy week: the Market Rasen Summer Festival, the retirement of the remarkable Beat the Edge, and the confusion over advertised race distances. Jane breaks down the Irish Oaks, where Aidan O'Brien came up short and a new crop of fillies staked their claim. Plus a look ahead to this weekend's action — and a first glance at Goodwood next week. #horseracing #racingtv #sport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dan Barber and Martin Dixon are joined by Mick and Jack Channon on this week's The Racing TV Podcast. Mick Channon played for England before forging a hugely successful second career as a racehorse trainer, and he opens up about handing over the licence to son Jack — why a yard needs one leader, how the transition has worked, and what comes next for the stable. Jack shares his ambitions for the yard, from finding more winners to targeting Group races. Plus, the lads look back on a brilliant week of racing, including Comanche Brave's July Cup win and what it means for the sprint division, Venetian Sun's bold run against her elders, Senorita Benita's eye-catching performance in the Duchess of Cambridge Stakes, and the rest of the action from the Debenhams July Festival at Newmarket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A weekly show with Racing TV's Martin Dixon and Dan Barber bring you the latest news, opinions and tips from the world of horse racing, with special guests along they way!
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