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The Irish Field podcasts

The Irish Field

126 episodes

1 week ago

The Irish Field is Ireland’s only newspaper dedicated to racing and equestrian sports. The Irish Field is available online from 10pm every Friday night and in all good newsagents every Saturday. If horses are part of your life, make The Irish Field part of your week.

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The Irish Field is Ireland’s only newspaper dedicated to racing and equestrian sports. The Irish Field is available online from 10pm every Friday night and in all good newsagents every Saturday. If horses are part of your life, make The Irish Field part of your week.

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Episodes (20/126)

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Ep 127: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 46 – Racing Reflections, Christmas Selections

The Irish Field team discuss the highs and lows of 2025 on and off the track, plus there’s plenty of tips for the festive period.

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1 week ago

59 minutes 39 seconds

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Ep 126: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 45 – Hoping for a Christmas fairytale at Ascot.

Racehorse trainer Lorna Fowler joins The Racing Edge team to chat about lots of racing stories and Colonel Mustard’s chances of a big win this Saturday.

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2 weeks ago

1 hour 3 minutes 15 seconds

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Ep 125: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 44 – Majborough concerns, annual awards and dream TV duos

Anne Marie Duff and Mark Costello join Mark Boylan to recap the week's events in Irish racing, including a superb success for Willie Mullins and Paul Townend in the Tingle Creek at Sandown. Is Il Etait Temps now the standout horse to beat in the two-mile chasing division? Stablemate Majborough was let down by his jumping on his Hilly Way Chase comeback at Cork, and the team weigh up whether he can cope with the demands of a Champion Chase at Cheltenham. Another excellent weekend for Gordon Elliott is discussed too - how far away is he from launching another meaningful Irish National Hunt Trainers' Championship bid?

All three members of the team attended Monday evening's annual Horse Racing Ireland Awards and reflect on the big winners from the night, while also highlighting some names who didn't collect a trophy but were deserving of credit for their year's work. With HWPA Broadcaster of the Year Nick Luck the subject of this week's edition of The Big Interview in The Irish Field, the panel each put forward their favourite racing television broadcasting pairings.

This weekend's feature handicap chase at Cheltenham has a special new name in the title, being run on Saturday as the Support The Hunt Family Fund December Gold Cup. The Hunt Family Fund has been established to support charities and causes helping, empowering and inspiring young women following the tragic loss of Carol, Hannah and Louise Hunt - the beloved family of popular commentator John Hunt. A silent auction to raise money for the fund is upcoming and full details of the initiative can be found here, as well as links to donate to this excellent cause - https://bidaid.com/auction/HFF

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3 weeks ago

1 hour 1 minute 42 seconds

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Ep 124: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 43 – What now for Constitution Hill?

The two-mile hurdling scene is the gift that keeps on giving in terms of drama, and this week The Racing Edge looks back on an eye-opening edition of the Fighting Fifth Hurdle. Where do connections of Constitution Hill go now after a third fall in four starts? Mark Boylan and Anne Marie Duff weigh in on the former champion’s future. On home soil, Teahupoo's duel with Ballyburn and Romeo Coolio's dazzling Drinmore victory are put under the microscope, as well as previews of this weekend's major action at Sandown and Cork.

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1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute 22 seconds

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Ep 123: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 42 – Warriors of Punchestown and Hill's huge test

After a cracking weekend of National Hunt racing in Britain and Ireland, Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff are back to review all the key action from Punchestown and Haydock, as well as weighing in on the week’s talking points. The team look ahead to the upcoming Fairyhouse Winter Festival and a sizzling edition of the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle, including the return of Constitution Hill.

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1 month ago

1 hour 2 minutes 11 seconds

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Ep 122: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 41 – Finding festival gold at Cheltenham and Navan

A hugely informative weekend of action at the Navan Racing Festival and Cheltenham November Meeting is dissected by Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff of The Irish Field on the latest episode of The Racing Edge podcast. How did the team assess the chasing debuts of top youngsters Final Demand, Kopek Des Bordes and Lulamba? Has the ship sailed on Jonbon winning a Queen Mother Champion Chase after his Shloer defeat? Could this finally be Dan Skelton’s year to win the British trainers’ title? In news, the panel weigh up whether Irish racing really needs another all-weather track, following the announcement that Horse Racing Ireland has finally got the green light to proceed with building a new facility at Tipperary Racecourse. Ahead of a cracking weekend of action at Punchestown and Haydock, the team give their selections for the Morgiana Hurdle, John Durkan Memorial Chase and Betfair Chase, as well as highlighting their latest horses to follow.

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1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute 24 seconds

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Ep 121: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 40 – Jumping up a gear at Cheltenham and Navan

With Cheltenham's November Meeting and the Navan Racing Festival on the horizon, it really feels like the National Hunt season is ratcheting up another gear this weekend. Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff are on hand to discuss the big results and talking points of the last week in racing, as well as looking forward to the main jumping action this weekend. The team also discuss British and Irish racing's promotion in light of the Racing Blogger's success down under in recent weeks, and Rachael Blackmore's new appointment with The Jockey Club.

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1 month ago

52 minutes 25 seconds

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Ep 120: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 39 – Irish winning around the world

Mark Costello and Amy Lynam are joined by racing photographer Pat Healy to discuss Irish success at the Breeders’ Cup and review some good jump racing closer to home.

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1 month ago

36 minutes 36 seconds

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Ep 119: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 38 – Big Irish hopes at the Breeders’ Cup and Melbourne Cup

Mark Costello is joined by Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam to discuss Aidan O’Brien’s latest Group 1 winners and preview the Breeders’ Cup and Melbourne Cup. The team also put forward some horses to follow.

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2 months ago

37 minutes 53 seconds

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Ep 118: Racing Towards A Better World Ep 5 – New Approach

Mark Boylan hears from racecourse managers Emma Meehan (Down Royal) and Michael Moloney (Galway), and Peter Roe of HRI Racecourses about the surprising ways in which tracks are becoming more sustainable.

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2 months ago

28 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep 117: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 37 – Champions, shocks and Cheltenham changes

It’s been an eventful week in the world of horse racing, and The Racing Edge team are on hand to dissect all the key action. From a superb Champion Stakes to major Group 1 shocks, Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam look back on the main takeaways from British Champions Day at Ascot. There have also been some notable changes announced and touted for the Cheltenham Festival, which the panel weigh up, while there were further talking points involving William Haggas and Oisin Murphy, a major Melbourne Cup fancy and more. As usual, the team each nominate a horse to follow and look ahead to this weekend’s Group 1 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster.

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2 months ago

1 hour 4 minutes 12 seconds

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Ep 116: Racing Towards A Better World Ep 4 – Minding

Dr Jennifer Pugh talks to jockeys Shane Foley and Keith Donoghue about the challenges of being a professional jockey, and sports psychologist Dr Ciara Losty gives an insight into the mental toolkit for success.

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2 months ago

54 minutes 37 seconds

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Ep 115: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 36 – The Ombudsman and Delacroix decider

It all comes down to this. Ombudsman and Delacroix are set for a key third-round decider in Saturday’s Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, and hopes are high for a classic finish - though the pair will also have to deal with French star Calandagan and other top performers. Mark Boylan and Anne Marie Duff discuss the clash, as well as a host of talking points from the week in racing, including the Fillies’ Mile and Dewhurst Stakes fallout from Newmarket. There’s been some chat around Ireland’s first academy hurdle series race last weekend at Cork, and Anne Marie reports from Willie Mullins’ press morning to launch the National Hunt season in the last week.

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2 months ago

50 minutes 24 seconds

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Ep 114: Racing Towards A Better World Ep 3 - Hedgehunter

How can those who own and care for horses do their bit to improve biodiversity? Helen Sharp hears some novel ideas from Dr Maria Fitzpatrick (Business for Biodiversity Ireland), Richard Mulcahy (100 Million Tree Project), Alan Creighton (Irish Equine Centre) and breeder Micheál Conaghan

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2 months ago

51 minutes 7 seconds

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Ep 113: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 35 – Assessing the Arc

It was heartache for Minnie Hauk backers in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, and The Racing Edge team are back to assess a memorable feature race at ParisLongchamp on Sunday. Mark Boylan is joined by Anne Marie Duff to look at the weekend’s Group 1 talking points, while Amy Lynam weighs in on a strong Goffs Orby Sale that saw plenty of international interest. The panel also look ahead to the Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket this weekend and nominate a horse to follow each.

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2 months ago

50 minutes 48 seconds

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Ep 112: Racing Towards A Better World Ep 2 – Economics

Mark Costello is joined by Stephen Robb (Irish Farmers Journal/Ear to the Ground), Robert Leonard (Dept of Agriculture) and Ruth Fennell (Teagasc) to discuss various state-backed supports available to horse keepers wishing to make their equine enterprise more sustainable.

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2 months ago

36 minutes 5 seconds

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Ep 111: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 34 – Has Japan’s Arc moment arrived?

The 2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is previewed by Mark Costello, Anne Marie Duff and special guest James Crispe, The Irish Field’s French racing correspondent. The team also review the big races from Newmarket last weekend and we speak to Listowel Races director Pat Healy about the success of the 2025 Harvest Festival.

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3 months ago

41 minutes 33 seconds

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Ep 110: Racing Towards A Better World Ep 1 – Annie Power

Mark Costello is joined by Victor Quinlan (HRI), Cormac McCarthy (SEAI), racehorse trainer Kieran Cotter and Emer Conway (Community Energy Mentor) to discuss how people in all areas of racing can start saving money and energy at the same time.

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3 months ago

43 minutes 43 seconds

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Ep 109: AI in Equine – Part 4

Judith Faherty moderates panel discussion entitled ‘How You and Your Business Can Start Your AI Journey’. Featuring Stephen O’Dwyer (Trojan Track), Diarmuid Byrne (EquiRatings) and Professor Tomás Ward (DCU).

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3 months ago

52 minutes 22 seconds

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Ep 108: AI in Equine – Part 3

Kevin Blake moderates a panel discussion entitled ‘AI and Data Analytics in Equine Breeding Programmes’. Featuring Tom Wilson (Racing Squared), Anna Mackenzie (Pythia Bloodstock) and Dr Sonja Egan (Horse Sport Ireland).

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3 months ago

1 hour 6 minutes 59 seconds