Ayr & Newbury Betting Guide: 8/1 & 13/2 NAPs | 20/1 E/W | Ayr Gold Cup & Mill Reef Stakes Preview

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🗓️ 18 September 2025

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Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, George Gorman, and Jamie Wrenn to preview Saturday’s ITV Racing from Ayr and Newbury. The panel look to extend a strong run of recent winners with a mix of big-priced handicappers, confident NAPs, and Lucky 63 plays. 🔑 Key Races & Betting Angles: • Ayr Gold Cup (Heritage Handicap, 3:35) – George’s NAP at 13/2, value plays lined up. • Mill Reef Stakes (G2, Newbury 3:15) – Can the favourite land it or is 9/4 a lay? Andy lines up a confident play. • Firth of Clyde (G3, Ayr 3:00) – Jamie targets an 8/1 value winner. • Doonside Cup (Listed, Ayr 1:50) – Key form lines dissected. • Autumn Cup (Newbury 2:05) – Each-way angles in a wide-open staying handicap. • Silver Cup (Ayr 2:25) – Heritage sprint with multiple trends pointing to an outsider. • World Trophy (G3, Newbury 1:30) – George & Andy clash over a 11/2 chance. 💰 Panel’s Bets: • Jamie – NAP 10/3, NB 8/1 • Andy – NAP 8/1, Next Bests 12/1, 11/2, 9/4 • George – NAP 13/2, Next Best 11/2 • Emmet – Lucky 63 including 20/1 shots ⚡ Proven Form: The podcast has delivered recent winners at 20/1, 16/1, 14/1, 12/1 & 10/1. 🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & all platforms 📺 Watch the full show on YouTube 💬 Comment your Ayr Gold Cup pick below – who are you backing at 20/1+? Form Tools: Proform is the essential tool for punters looking to make money from betting on Horse Racing. Our form book covers Jumps and Flat racing in the UK and Ireland. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.proformracing.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @FinalFurlongPod Email: [email protected] In association with Adelicious Podcast Network. Hosted on Megaphone. Follow us for free on Spotify Podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/3e6NnBkr7MBstVx5U7lpld National Hunt racing, Cheltenham tips, Cheltenham Festival 2025, Aintree tips, Grand National preview, Punchestown Festival 2025, Horse racing betting tips, National Hunt horses to follow, Racing analysis, expert racing tips, Irish National Hunt, UK jumps racing, Gold Cup 2025 contenders, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Final Furlong Podcast racing tips, #FinalFurlongPodcast, #NationalHunt, #CheltenhamFestival, #CheltenhamTips, #HorseRacingTips, #GrandNational, #JumpsRacing, #GoldCup, #HorseRacingBetting, #AintreeFestival, #PunchestownFestival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Never miss an episode of the Final Furlong podcast.
0:03.8	Subscribe now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:09.4	And now, here's your host, Emmett Kennedy.
0:11.7	Welcome to your weekend preview and your guide to the best of the racing live on ITV.
0:16.6	We've got Jamie Wren subbing in for Peter Michael.
0:19.4	He's not going to be here next week because he's going to be off on holidays, is Jamie.
0:22.4	So he's stepping in to give us his top tips for the weekends racing. Andy Newton is here as always on the Thursday alongside the great George Gorman. Looking forward to their analysis. Let's get into it. The first race we're going to begin with is the feature race at Newbury, the Mill Reef Stakes. and we saw an extraordinary performance on debut
0:36.7	from Into the Sky for Jim Boyle.
0:39.1	Not normally a source of first-time-out winners,
0:41.1	but this horse absolutely bolted up by seven and a half lengths from Darkshore. What was impressive about that was Dark Shore was having his third run on his debut. Words of Truth beat him by five and a half lengths. So for Into the Sky to do that on debut, pretty impressive. What do the boys boys think? Jemmy Raine makes sense of a really interesting running of the Mill Reef. Yeah, I think it's a tip in itself, really the one I like, words of chute, because why the approach is not coming here? They must think this horse is good. Just look at the mainly ran in. So he immediately won. Obviously, he was close up in the salario.
1:12.7	Mara Stencer was in that as well.
1:14.6	Finished close next to Mara Stanchard.
1:17.5	Then, obviously, won, then was Geldit, then won at Ascot,
1:21.0	the beating New Monarch, and then wins the last day at Newmarket.
1:27.6	Sorry, excuse me, beaten Watch the Snoop who's in here by two and a quarter lengths.
1:31.3	Into the sky, I think got a soft lead.
1:33.5	Fair play to me, 80 to one winner.
1:35.9	But I'm all over words and truth here,
1:40.7	with the fact of the matter that they've chosen this instead of wise approach for me.
1:43.1	It's a race that Charlie Appalbee has never won before,
2:01.1	but he was going to run Shadow of Lice, the horse whose name shall never be mentioned on this podcast again, because we told you he was an overrated hype job, but he surely would have won this race a year ago. He did go on to win two Group 1. Say again, George? I've still got the Gile on right now. You can keep that Gle, George.
2:02.7	You can keep that Gleazy again.
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