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🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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It’s one of the biggest days of the National Hunt calendar - Boxing Day / St Stephen’s Day — and The Final Furlong Podcast is your complete betting guide to Kempton, Leopardstown and Limerick. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, Jamie Wrenn and Peter Michael for a fast-paced, opinion-packed preview featuring strong fancies, big prices, lively debate and the usual Christmas craic. 🟥 2:30 Kempton – King George VI Chase (Grade 1) The feature race delivers a blockbuster clash: Gaelic Warrior | Fact To File | Jango Baie | The Jukebox Man | Banbridge | Djelo | Il Est Français The panel are split right down the middle: Two are strongly confident about one horse Two are firmly with another A proper King George debate, with angles you won’t hear everywhere else. 🟦 1:05 Kempton – Formby Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) Supreme Novices’ favourite Mydaddypaddy is short in the market. Do the lads trust him… or take him on? 🟧 1:10 Leopardstown – Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) Always one of the most informative juvenile races of the season.The panel split between Narciso Has and Barbizon, while Puppet Master — a Lingfield Derby Trial winner — is a fascinating recruit to hurdles. 🟩 1:20 Kempton – Kauto Star Novices’ Chase (Grade 1) Kitzbuhel heads the market for Willie Mullins, but: Three of the panel agree a bigger-priced runner should be favourite Peter Michael puts up a 10/1 shot as one of his bets of the day 🟨 1:33 Limerick – Defender Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) The team put forward 13/2 and 11/2 selections in a tricky Grade 2. 🟪 1:55 Kempton – Christmas Hurdle (Grade 1) Is Sir Gino a good thing? Or can Golden Ace land yet another major two-mile Grade 1? 🟦 2:20 Leopardstown – Racing Post Novice Chase (Grade 1) Romeo Coolio is odds-on for Gordon Elliott — but two of the panel back a rival to outshine him on the day. With Grade 1 clashes, confident opinions, big-price alternatives and festive atmosphere, this is essential listening before placing a Boxing Day bet. 🔵 Presented by 1xBet.ie More than 7,000 events per day, fast withdrawals and new customer specials: 👉 https://cutt.ly/0r7bzDoH 18+ | T&Cs apply | Gamble responsiblyYour game, your odds, your 1xBet 🔔 Subscribe on YouTube for full previews, expert segments & betting insight 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Apple & Podbean — all major platforms 💬 Comment: Who wins the King George — Gaelic Warrior or Fact To File? 👍 Like & share to support the show this Christmas 1xBet social media pages: Х: https://x.com/1xbet_ireland Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1xbet.ie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1xbet.ie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1xbet-ireland/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@1xBet_Ireland 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: radioemmet@gmail.com In association with Adelicious Podcast Network. Hosted on Megaphone. Follow us for free on Spotify Podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/3e6NnBkr7MBstVx5U7lpld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It pays to be part of the team.
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0:23.4	get your podcasts. And now, here's your host, Emmett Kennedy. Welcome along to our St.
0:28.6	Stephen's Day Boxing Day, Boxing Day, Preview Spectacular. We've got Jamie Wren, Andy Newton, Peter
0:34.1	Michael and me, Emmett Kennedy, taking you through our big fancies for all the
0:37.6	major races on St. Stephen's Day Boxing Day. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for your support of the show throughout the year. Peter Michael continues to bang in the winners. So much so, he's lost his mind. Another double figure price winner the other day, and he decided, do you know what? Tips for all my friends at a discount. What's the offer, Peter? Well, everyone's heard of Santa Claus.
0:53.7	This is Peter Claus.
0:54.8	So I'm doing for the Christmas,
0:56.4	the Christmas period up to New Year's Day, covering all my fancies, all the forces I fancy
1:02.1	for, I mean, on Stevens there, Boxing Day, there's 80 or 90 races alone, and obviously
1:07.5	this continuous racing up until New year's day so anyone that's
1:10.9	interested to receive it 20 20 pound subscription and I'll put you into the group and you got all
1:16.2	my fan season. Yeah we nearly had three out of three yesterday we had a 14 to one winner 10 to 11
1:20.9	and the other one 11 to 1 was in every year a second so that would have been some some timely money
1:26.4	for all the members there. Outrageous. You can find out more about Peter's Telegrand Group on X. At Peter Michael Racing. At P. Michael Racing. And he will sort you out. That's an outrageous offer. Yeah, well, it's the last time it's going to be that low because I really, like because I'm not just saying it should be a lot higher than that.
1:46.0	Absolutely.
1:46.5	You should.
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