Dublin Racing Festival Betting Guide: Best Bets for Irish Gold Cup, Grade 1s & an 18/1 NAP!

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Dublin Racing Festival Day 1 is here and this is the betting roadmap serious punters wait for. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Andy Newton, George Gorman and Peter Michael to break down every key race at Leopardstown and Sandown, with price-led analysis, strong opinions, and proper betting angles you won’t hear anywhere else. If you’re betting DRF or looking for Cheltenham clues, this is essential listening. Irish Gold Cup (G1)Galopin Des Champs chases a fourth straight win. Can Affordale Fury, Gaelic Warrior or I Am Maximus upset the king? Irish Arkle (G1)Romeo Coolio sets the standard, but does he really want further? The panel make a strong case for a Mullins alternative at the prices. Nathaniel Lacy (G1)Another Closutton conveyor belt. Is Doctor Steinberg the next Festival horse? Juvenile Hurdle (G1)Mange Tout already beat the favourite and gets the mares’ allowance. Three of the team think she’s the value play. Leopardstown handicaps & bumpersFestival plot horses, big prices and runners the market may be missing. Sandown – Scilly Isles (G1)Irish raiders dominate the betting and the panel are split. • 18/1 NAP• Multiple double-figure next bests• Strong handicap angles• Emmet’s new Lucky 63 after another profitable weekend Form, pace, profiles and price. No hype. No guesswork. If you’re serious about winning through the Dublin Racing Festival, start here. 🔵 Presented by 1xBet Ireland. More than 7,000 events per day, fast withdrawals & new customer specials 👉 ⁠https://cutt.ly/0r7bzDoH ⁠18+. T&Cs apply. Gamble responsibly. Your game. Your odds. Your 1xBet. 🔔 Subscribe on YouTube for weekly reviews, previews & Festival insight🎧 Follow on Spotify, Apple & Podbean for instant episode drops💬 Comment: Who is your NAP of the weekend at the DRF? 👍 Like & share to support the show and grow the community ⚡ 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. 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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0:39.3	And now, here's your host, Emmett Kennedy.
0:42.3	Welcome to a special podcast, Day 1 preview of the Dublin Racing Festival.
0:46.3	George Gorman returns to the show.
0:48.3	We're glad to have him a man who's going to be there.
0:50.3	He flies out tomorrow.
0:51.3	Andy Newton is back with us as well.
0:53.3	And of course another man is going to be there, Peter Michael,
0:55.8	who may very well need to get a ticket because he was going to buy his ticket on the day, and it's sold out. So if you've got a ticket for the DRF, get in touch with Peter Michael. Don't worry. He's one of the most well-connected men in Irish racing. He'll be well-looked after. he'll be well looked after Andy Peter and I will be there if you're at, please come over and say hello. We'd love to see you. And it's going to be a fantastic racing weekend, despite the absolutely atrocious weather. We're going to make for interesting conditions. We'll begin with the Irish Gold Cup. We're Gallup on the shop bids to join Florida Pearl, the only four-time winner of this race. He did it as a 12-year-old. We've only seen him once this season, but if he improves from that run, he should be hard to beat, George Gorman. I think you'd be a brave man to oppose Gallupando jumps here. Like, he's, obviously, he's shown now he's not invincible around Leopardsdown, but it was his first run of the season. A lot of willies who are needing, have been needing their first start
1:44.4	the season. If that was him badly needing it, then you'd sort of have to think that the fire
1:49.8	still burns pretty strongly there. And this would be easier than winning the Gold Cup,
1:55.7	I would have thought, especially for him being around Leopard's down. I couldn't take him on, that's for sure.
2:01.6	I'd rather probably play this each way.
2:04.6	And probably I and Maximus would be one the more obvious ones for me.
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