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🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Emmet Kennedy is joined by Adam Mills (Total Performance Data), Georgia Cox, and Jamie Wrenn to break down a weekend of drama, controversy, and potential Classic stars from Doncaster, Leopardstown, and the Curragh. 🔑 Key Talking Points & Races • National Stakes (G1, Curragh) – Zavateri beats Ballydoyle’s Gstaad in a thrilling duel and stewards’ inquiry. Guineas contender or just a gritty winner? • Irish Champion Stakes (G1, Leopardstown) – Christophe Soumillon guides Delacroix to victory for Aidan O’Brien. Career-best performance or flattered by no Ombudsman? • St Leger (G1, Doncaster) – Scandinavia outstays Lambourn for O’Brien’s ninth win in the world’s oldest Classic. Cup horse in the making? • Flying Five Stakes (G1) – Arizona Blaze headlines the sprint chaos, with whispers of a future star. • Matron Stakes (G1) – Fallen Angel strikes, beating January in a rematch. • Moyglare Stakes (G1) – Precise and Diamond Necklace put down juvenile markers. • Juvenile Spotlight – Puerto Rico (Champagne Stakes) and Benvenuto Cellini (Champions Juvenile) add to the 2026 Classic picture. • Supporting Action – Convergent (G3) shines, plus under-the-radar performances for your tracker. ⚡ Why Listen? • Sectional timing and pace analysis from Adam Mills. • Jockey insights from Georgia Cox. • Yard and breeding context from Jamie Wrenn. • Debate: Scandinavia the next Gold Cup star, or was Lambourn simply overrated? 🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & all platforms. 📺 Watch the full show on YouTube. 💬 Engage: Comment your 2026 Guineas or Arc picks – Zavateri, Delacroix, Scandinavia… who’s the real deal? 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: [email protected] In association with Adelicious Podcast Network. Hosted on Megaphone. Follow us for free on Spotify Podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/3e6NnBkr7MBstVx5U7lpld National Hunt racing, Cheltenham tips, Cheltenham Festival 2025, Aintree tips, Grand National preview, Punchestown Festival 2025, Horse racing betting tips, National Hunt horses to follow, Racing analysis, expert racing tips, Irish National Hunt, UK jumps racing, Gold Cup 2025 contenders, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Final Furlong Podcast racing tips, #FinalFurlongPodcast, #NationalHunt, #CheltenhamFestival, #CheltenhamTips, #HorseRacingTips, #GrandNational, #JumpsRacing, #GoldCup, #HorseRacingBetting, #AintreeFestival, #PunchestownFestival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Final Fallon podcast and the review of what was a pretty dramatic weekend at Doncaster, Leopards Town and the Currah for Irish Champions weekend.
0:07.6	We are going to start by talking about the superstar, the best horse we saw over the weekend in the company of Georgia Cox, Adam Mills and Jamie Wren.
0:14.5	And obviously I'm talking about the undefeated Zavitari.
0:17.5	Who will never be beaten.
0:19.1	He will win everything, including the champion stakes,
0:22.9	or Irish champion stakes in a year's time. We can dream, we can dream, but we told you, we told you.
0:29.6	We are going for the race that we were right about, and then we'll work back through some of the
0:33.8	others. It was an interesting weekend. Zavitari, sensational scenes, Georgia. He comes from off the pace on a speed favoring track. There were a couple of horses like Precise and El Rifa came from off the pace. We'll talk about a little bit later on. But just from a jockey's perspective, for Charlie Bishop to be going in to a group one against Aidan O'Brien and Christoph Sumion at Bally Doyle's backyard and ride a horse from off the pace on a speed favoring track.
0:57.6	That was bald. one against Aidan O'Brien and Christoph Sumeon at Bally Doyle's backyard and ride a horse from
0:54.9	off the pace on a speed-favoring track. That was ballsy. How difficult is it to do that? Yeah, I mean, he kept it to what he's done every time, every time he's sort of been out of the back. And I do think there'll be more improvement for him when he steps up to a mile, because I don't think they intentionally hold him up.
1:11.8	You know, he's not a keen horse that needs to settle.
1:14.1	He just lands. improvement for him when he steps up to a mile because I don't think they intentionally hold him up.
1:11.6	You know, he's not a keen horse that needs to settle. He just lands there.
1:15.6	He was possibly one of the first to come off the bridle.
1:19.6	He's a proper little terrier when he took that dump.
1:22.6	Italy couldn't, Italy looks very awkward and he couldn't really hold him in any longer and that
1:28.7	bump sort of set him a light to crack on and he battled the whole way to the line.
1:34.4	I think he will improve from a step up to a mile as I don't think they intentionally hold him
1:39.4	up.
1:41.0	And it was great that, you know, a lot of people would have passed taking on the
1:45.7	Balladol battalions in their own backguard.
1:48.2	And it's great for Eve.
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