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Thanks for downloading the show. It's so much Kennedy in studio without the race

despondent Mr Kevin Blake. Hello producer D is once again sequestered to the

secondary production room so once again she's off here today but it worked well for

her last time and she managed to remain saying, so that's all right.

Fair bit to discuss on this week's show. Next week we are previewing York, which is one of my favorite flat meetings of the year,

and we will have Mr Roy Delargy and Mr Tony Keenan alongside it as well so looking forward to that no pressure lads but hopefully lots of winners to be found speaking of winners aid and up Ryan when he's 16th Phoenix stakes at the weekend when Sioux Nation proved that Royal Ascal wasn't just a fluke and only one because he's a scat daddy.

He is proofing that he has improved significantly throughout the season.

That Royal Ascot win was good, but this was even better.

His 16 Phoenix Steaks win, how good could he be Kevin Blake? Hard to know because the Phoenix Stakes, you look back on it over the years, we often hope it produces

you know a future Guinea's horse and it may have this year.

I don't necessarily think the winner is the

best Guinea's prospect we saw. It's more of a Commonwealth Cup prospect. I'd be

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