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🗓️ 13 November 2025

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The Final Furlong Podcast team are back for a massive weekend of National Hunt action, with Cheltenham’s November Open Meeting taking centre stage and Grade 2 from Navan adding intrigue. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, George Gorman, and Peter Michael to preview the best bets, bold opinions, and big-value plays for the weekend’s top races. Expect strong views, data-backed arguments, and plenty of laughs along the way. 🔥 Headlines & Talking Points• Gold Cup Handicap Chase: Cheltenham Festival hero Jagwar faces a tough task under top weight. The lads find value at 28/1 and 16/1—and one goes all-in on a 10/1 play.• The Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle: Is Parchment the real deal? He’s been hyped on the podcast—now it’s time to prove it.• Arkle Trial: Be Aware, Burdett Road, and July Flower clash in a thriller. Three of the team are all-in on the 6/5 favourite.• 3m Handicap Hurdle: Split opinions on the market leader—but one 6/1 each-way shot is getting serious attention.• Intermediate Handicap Hurdle: Emmet’s 7/2 NAP sparks a panel war—Peter, George, and Andy all take him on!• Fortria Chase (G2, Navan): Marine Nationale returns, but George backs a 7/2 rival, and Emmet thinks Gordon Elliott’s 8/1 runner could cause an upset. 💥 Best Bets Andy: 6/5 NAP banker, 12/1 next best, 9/2 value. Emmet: 7/2 NAP + Lucky 63 featuring 10/3, 6/5, 8/1, 6/1, 16/1. Peter: 6/5 NAP, 5/1 NB. George: 7/2 NAP, 9/1 NB. Presented by 1xBet.ie – more than 7000 events per day, fast withdrawals, and new customer specials. The link to 1xBet.ie is here: ⁠https://cutt.ly/0r7bzDoH⁠ 18+. T&Cs apply. Gamble responsibly. 1xBet knows the craic. Bet with your head, not above it. ⚡ Proven Form: Winners tipped recently at 20/1, 16/1, 14/1, 12/1, and 10/1.🎯 Smart betting meets sharp analysis — only on The Final Furlong Podcast. 💬 Comment below 👍 Likes appreciated. 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: [email protected] 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	Never miss an episode of the Final Furlong podcast.
0:04.0	Subscribe now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:09.5	And now, here's your host, Emmett Kennedy.
0:12.3	You're welcome to the weekend preview.
0:13.8	All eyes on Cheltenham this weekend for the major Gold Cup.
0:16.9	Of course, the Great Wood Handicap Erdle as well.
0:18.4	As always, on a Thursday, we've got the brilliant expertise of George Gorman, Andy Newton, and Peter Michael, three men who continue to be in Red Hot Form, none more so than Andy Newton, who was banging in. Not just one, not just two, not just three. Four winners every single day for the last few weeks. It's been absolutely insane the run of form this man is on. So let's see if you can keep it going. This episode brought to you by one expect.
0:38.1	You can find out more about them in the episode description below on YouTube and are all good podcast apps. We're going to start with the feature race of the weekend. The Gold Cup handicap chase, very classily run in memory of the late great Edward O'Grady, who of course had great success in this race in the past as well. but with the going conditions changing
0:52.3	and the fact that we now have
0:54.0	an anti-post favorite who's been burdened
0:55.8	with top weight of 12 stone
0:57.1	than the Chelten Festival Hero Jaguar, which puts me off for all that there are weight statistics that would be in his favourite, George. Who are you going to side with in the Gold Cup? This race is a bit of a stat man's dream. There are some very, very strong trends in it. You've got nine last 12 winners were between seven and nine.
1:12.4	Nine last 12 carried 11 stone or less.
1:15.6	Nine of the last 12 ran within the last 35 days.
1:19.0	Only one of the last 12 had won on that last run.
1:22.2	Previous course forms important.
1:25.2	I think 11 out of 12 had two previous runs at Cheltenham.
1:28.3	Seven out of 12
1:29.1	had at least one previous win
1:30.5	in a graded race.
1:31.9	Basically, all of that just
1:33.1	screams Elredoto,
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