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Subscribe now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And now, here's your host, Emmett Kennedy. Welcome to Punchestown for our annual Cheltenham Festival special, but one of the best minds in betting. It's Gavin Lynch from Gavillin Racing.com. You're very welcome back to the show. Thank you very much. Always always pleasure. Never a chore. And a huge thank you to the team with Punchestown, Sean Crow,

Leon and all the crew for giving his Punchestown for the afternoon. It seems right that we record at Punchestown instead of the Curran. We'll be glad to go back to the Currah later in the year. But for jumps racing, it has to be here. Yeah, we usually film with the Corr for the, because the charity cycle and stuff but yeah this is literally the home or one of the homes of

irish national and so yeah

okay lots to talk about we're going to go through as many races as we possibly can we're going to start with the supreme novice hurdle

I don't even need to talk about the runners because everybody knows who's going to go.

It could be a switch switchy from the Willie Mullen's bingo team,

but this is one of the most open and competitive superiors I can remember.

Tell me who you like.

I don't like that much in it really because I think it's a book Bingo team, but this is one of the most open and competitive Supremes I can remember. Tell me who you like.

I don't like that much in it really because I think it's a Buckees dream. I think if you asked a bookmaker, give me the ideal setup for the Supreme, taking in tons and tons of money, this is it. There's lots here with chances. The Favit is very, very good. He hasn't been a grade one level yet. he will love decent ground. If it's good to soft, which we don't know yet, but if it was, that would really suit him. Talk to Talk. Amazing that he won the last day, considering he gave the others, say, four or five lengths at the bend. So to come and do them on the line was brilliant. El Chiroas has a lot to answer in terms of his jumping.

Obviously he's a quick horse but he hasn't, you know, he's only been in two maiden hurdles yet. I would definitely give a chance to things like obviously if Mighty Park goes here instead of the turners, he's got a chance. There's lots of talk about him. Leader Dallier was probably going to be Paul Townend's right, so that'll end up seven or eight to one. Sober Glory was very good on the clock.

Idaho son beat my daddy and a horse that I'm starting to hear it whispers for depending on which race is sober whether he goes here or goes to turners I'm not sure yeah that's becoming the the quiet Willie Mullins one now all of a sudden there's just a bit of talk about him. So I just think it's a

really open race and I think if you're going to if you're going to try and make money by the end of

Friday, I would be, there's a lot of lot of races there. I'd be keeping my stakes to an absolute minimum. Look at it's the Supreme and the roar and everything else is the first race. We'll all get excited and it's it is brilliant but in terms of having a bet I'd be trying as best you can have a

favour on something for an interest. and it's it is brilliant but in terms of having a bet i'd be trying as best you can have a five

on something for an interest but i'd be going very small in this race proceed with caution definitely

is the main advice if you have a main pick two main picks for the supreme oh i don't right mighty

park if he shows up here okay uh just because the the comparisons you've heard a few of them, but Faheen and stuff like that.

They're very positive in him.

Old Park stars excellent.

If I was going to have a bet at this stage, maybe something very small each way and talk to talk,

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