Ebor Excitement: Ralph Beckett on his York contenders and Best Bets for the week

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Emmet Kennedy and Lucy Russell-Hughes are joined by top trainer Ralph Beckett, who previews his leading contenders for the York Ebor meeting, provides the latest updates on Arc challenger Westover, and shares his opinions on the controversial BHA whip rules. William Derby, the CEO of York Racecourse, discusses the current track conditions and offers insights into the upcoming week. Later, Lucy and Emmet provide previews for the key races of the week, including: - Sky Bet Great Voltigeur Stakes (Group 2) - Juddmonte International Stakes (Group 1) - Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks (Group 1) - Weatherbys Hamilton Lonsdale Cup Stakes (Group 2) - Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes (Group 1) - Sky Bet Ebor Handicap (Heritage Handicap) All aboard the FFP Gravy Train! Venatour Racing Social: If your planning a racing trip to Europe or further afield, check out Venatour Racing Social for a large range of bespoke racing holidays at Venatour.co.uk 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/ Clothing: Racing Tee's offer fully customisable horse racing T-shirts, Hoodies, Gilets, Hats and more in your favourite horses colours. https://racingts.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	The final furlong podcast is brought to you by Venetua Racing Social.
0:08.3	If you are planning a racing trip to Europe or further a field, check out Venetua Racing
0:13.1	Social for a large range of bespoke racing holidays at Venetua.co.uk.
0:19.1	Now, here's your host, Emmett Kennedy.
0:21.5	Oh hello, and welcome to the show as we count down and preview the York E-Bore meeting,
0:26.9	really looking forward to this.
0:28.1	We don't have quite the massive field size that I was expecting for the German international,
0:32.8	although I wasn't really expecting a massive field size, but I thought we'd get more
0:35.5	than four anyway.
0:36.9	We are going to have Paddington against Nashwell, and of course the Wild Ascot hero
0:41.0	Mustardath.
0:42.0	We'll talk about that.
0:43.0	We're also going to have Rafe Beckett on to talk to us about his leading contenders,
0:46.5	the latest on Westover, and we'll get some, we'll sneak in some chat about everybody's
0:50.9	favorite topic, the Whip Rules, with Rafe a little bit later as well.
0:54.9	A CEO of York Racecourse, William Darby, will be here to give us the latest on their
0:58.9	track, how things are looking, and what to expect for the week.
1:01.6	We'll announce the three winners of our tickets for Cool More Race Day at York Racecourse.
1:07.6	We'll do that with William a little bit later on.
1:10.0	And joining us to break down all the big races is my Talksport 2 colleague, Lucy Russell
1:14.2	Hughes.
1:15.2	Lucy, welcome back to the show.
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