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We are joined as per usual by at the races brilliant pundit mr. Kevin Blake

Hello and from the matchbook betting podcast mr

rory delargy hister eggs all round for the team as we build up to a big big

podcast for the bank holiday Easter weekend.

Now we've just done our first flat preview

and the guineas is in sight.

So obviously we're going to talk about jump racing.

The Irish Grand National is the feature race over the weekend as we skip the

the Dubai World Cup almost entirely and we will briefly touch on it and head straight to Ferrios.

It's a very prestigious race and it's worth a whole lot of money and we'll have a big say so in the Irish

Trainers' title which Gordon Elliott currently leads by over half a million.

He's throwing a lot of it, Willie Mullins is throwing a lot of it, but I'm not entirely certain

that the lads are going to be tipping up the horse from either stable.

Kevin and Rory, Bigfield handicaps tend to be your specialities. Kevin, take it away, your thoughts on the Irish Grand National.

Well, I lead off, but I lead off, and the one I like,

and it won't be a huge surprise to anyone I guess is Maldini and in her

Chelten review we never got a chance to pick through the bones of what was this utter horrendous experience

that anyone that backmanine had had it in the Kimbure.

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