Mark Boylan visits Ballydoyle to hear directly from Aidan O’Brien about the trainer’s Irish Champions Festival running plans. Mark also speaks to Curragh Racecourse CEO Brian Kavanagh about the upcoming big meeting.

Mark Costello chips in with his thoughts on some of last weekend’s big races and the team finish with a preview of next weekend’s racing highlights including the Haydock Sprint Cup, the September Stakes at Kempton and a couple of multi-million dollar races with Irish runners in the USA.

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This Saturday at the Curragh marks one of the track’s most poignant fixtures in the calendar when the Pat Smullen Raceday in aid of Cancer Trials Ireland takes place, coinciding with the Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle.

On this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast (by The Irish Field), Frances Crowley provides an update on the impact that funds raised in her late husband’s name have been making in medical circles, while looking ahead to the activities upcoming this weekend.

Following a top-class period of racing at York’s Ebor Festival, Mark Boylan is joined by Mark Costello to discuss all the Group 1 action and main talking points from the week.

A sensational five-timer for Dylan Browne McMonagle at the Curragh and top-level prizes in France are also analysed, before the team nominate a horse to follow each.

If you would like to support the efforts of Cancer Trials Ireland in the name of Pat Smullen, please visit www.cancertrials.ie/pat-smullen

Alternatively, if you would like to make a specific donation to the fundraising efforts of one particular rider competing in Saturday’s charity race, you can find details of each rider on https://patsmullenraceday.enthuse.com/profile

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No female rider in Ireland has ridden more winners on the flat this season than Orla Tynan, who joins The Racing Edge Podcast (by The Irish Field) this week after recording her first Curragh success on Sunday aboard Liberation Date.

The Co Tipperary teenager has ridden nine winners in the calendar year and seven since the turf season got underway, continuing to make a bright impression in the apprentice ranks.

It’s Sky Bet Ebor Festival week at York and the usual team of Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff are on hand to preview the main races from a sensational few days on the Knavesmire.

There is also a review of Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois action in France, and a look ahead to what should be a spectacular Irish Champions Festival on home soil next month.

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Former Grade 1 winner Asterion Forlonge took the Dublin Horse Show by storm last weekend when capturing the Racehorse to Riding Horse crown with talented horsewoman Clare Ricketts, who tells the popular grey’s story on this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast (by The Irish Field).

The Co Carlow-based Ricketts has been steeped in horses throughout her life but got an immense thrill from her victory at the RDS. She is also responsible for looking after the mighty Douvan in his retirement from racing and gives an insight into the options open to racehorses once their careers on the track have come to an end.

Mark Boylan is joined by Anne Marie Duff and Mark Costello to discuss Group 1 action from Ireland and France over the weekend, including Sunday’s Keeneland Phoenix Stakes won by Sun Goddess.

Bow Echo’s upcoming Aga Khan Studs Prix Jacques Le Marois test on Sunday is previewed and the panel weigh up how the 2026 Irish Champions Festival could be key to Aidan O’Brien’s chances of breaking the world record for most Group 1/Grade 1 wins in a year.

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This week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast (by The Irish Field) is jam-packed, as Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff, and Amy Lynam dive into the Galway Festival and Qatar Goodwood Festival’s main races and talking points.

Feature-race winners are analysed, as well as plenty of discussion surrounding racing’s stories away from the track over the past week.

Ahead of Sunday’s Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh on Sunday, the panel gives their early selections for the Group 1 contest, while also nominating their eye-catchers from the past week at Ballybrit.

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The Racing Edge team of Mark Boylan, Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam discuss Kalpana’s King George, Jessica Harrington’s Group 1 winner, Rossa Ryan’s 28-day ban, Amo Racing, and they pick out horses to follow at Galway and Goodwood.

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fter watching a host of informative action at the Curragh’s Juddmonte Irish Oaks meeting, The Racing Edge Podcast team discuss the main talking points to emerge from the classic weekend.

Johanna Walsh’s runaway Group 1 victory is dissected by Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff, while in-form breeze-up consignor Cormac Farrell reflects on another smart winner to emerge from his academy, Joseph O’Brien’s impressive Curragh maiden winner Star Performer. Farrell’s first two juvenile representatives of the season went on to finish second in the Chesham Stakes and fourth in the Norfolk Stakes, while this season’s 2,000 Guineas third/Irish 2,000 Guineas second Distant Storm also went through his hands after selling for €1.9 million out of the breeze-ups last year.

Cheltenham’s false start review is assessed by the panel, while some early fancies are put forward for the Tote Galway Plate and Guinness Galway Hurdle, following the publication of entries in recent days. A poor turnout of just three runners for the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin is put under the microscope too.

Finally, Anne Marie Duff and Mark Costello give their early selections for a star-studded edition of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot this Saturday, as well as nominating a horse to follow from the recent action for listeners.

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