In Conversation: John Dance on the realities of Racehorse Ownership, Life, Laurens & Business

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🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 197 minutes

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In association with At The Races and The Betfair Exchange: Emmet Kennedy talks to leading owner John Dance about the harsh realities of owning Racehorses and running a Bloodstock business during the COVID19 lockdown. John give's us his opinions on how the situation has been handled by the BHA so far, what needs to be done for the industry as a whole and what it's like race planning with Trainers. John also reflects on the fantastic career of his star Horse Laurens. He talks about his favourite racecourse memories with her, the friendships she helped to forge and her career as a broodmare. Plus the lads discuss their favourite films! Likes & Shares on Twitter appreciated 👍 Subscribe for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and all Podcast apps. If you're listening on an Apple device, we'd really appreciate a Five Star Rating on Apple Podcast's to help spread the word about the show. Can You Dig It - Brian Tyler www.attheraces.com/finalfurlongpodcast Download on iTunes itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-f…id601526577?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Betfair Exchange, more ways to bet, more ways to win, proud sponsors of the Final
0:06.4	Thurlong Podcast.
0:07.7	The Final Furlong Podcast is proudly brought to you by at the races.com, the ultimate online resource for racing fans.
0:15.0	Welcome along to the final forlum podcast. I'm your host
0:17.6	Timothy delighted to be joined again by a man who was a race source owner and a hugely successful one, a racehorse breeder, a major sponsor of
0:28.5	group one racing in the UK, a highly successful businessman. Is there anything else I've left out for this 500
0:35.4	pay off? I'm not entirely sure. It's the great and powerful John Dance.
0:38.5	Hello Emma, hello everybody. Welcome back to the show my friend how are you
0:43.4	any of that introduction yeah I'm good I didn't hear any of back
0:47.8	introduction you cut off which I presume is your Irish broadband or something.
0:53.2	Oh, you know what?
0:55.3	I'm going to leave this in because we're using new tech today.
0:58.3	We have the Road Podcaster Pro Desk,
1:01.9	which is like Space Age Star Trek level technology, which is fantastic, except for the fact
1:08.1	that Irish broadband is absolutely pathetic.
1:11.6	So it doesn't matter what your tech is if the broadband's not quite up to it.
1:15.1	Talking about broadband by the way we're all working from home and you would be part of that how are you
1:19.8	managing and coping with the quarantine in the lockdown.
1:23.6	Everyone else is working from home,
1:24.8	but I'm office-bound at the moment,
1:26.8	then literally as we speak.
1:28.7	My board runs okay here,
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