"Lorna Fowler found Colonel Mustard, with the Champion Hurdle Trophy, in the in the Library."

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Trainer Lorna Fowler joins Emmet Kennedy to discuss the remarkable tale of Colonel Mustard's rise from a backward-looking Flat horse to a contender for the Champion Hurdle. With a Festival third to State Man already on his CV, can he land another podium finish at Cheltenham, or could he be the one who kills State Man’s Champion Hurdle dream? Plus get £5 off your purchase of the essential Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide at https://weatherbysshop.co.uk by using this code FF24CF. 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/ 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	As our countdown to shut them continues, you are very welcome back to the final
0:34.0	problem podcast. I'm Emmish Kennedy and today I am joined by somebody who wrote
0:38.2	arguably the greatest certainty in the history of the Cheltenham Festival. Let me
0:42.3	take you back very briefly to 2011, one of the
0:45.2	greatest flat trainers of all time, Sir Henry Cecil saddled Plato, a wide margin winner of a
0:50.1	flat maiden with a beautiful pedigree by Arc winner bago, the dam and un raced sister to the
0:55.5	outstanding meesque carrying one of the most famous silks in racing the Niaicos family backed
1:00.3	into even money the pressure was very much on this jockey's shoulders, but Lorna was cool as ice,
1:06.8	producing a perfectly time to run to win by an easy length and a half, to lift a trophy that not even Ruby Walsh and Tony McCoy won, getting her
1:16.1	hands on the coveted St. Patrick's Day Darby. Lorna Fowler, welcome back to the Final Furland
1:22.1	podcast. Thank you very much yes. None of those
1:25.7	great jockeys got that one. But lots of other good riders got that one but no no I have
1:32.3	one over on Ruby Walsh and Amy AP McCoy that's for sure.
1:36.0	Take that Ruby and you retired in the saddle with something that very very few people can do.
1:41.0	A 100% record at the Cheltenham Festival and even Sir Henry
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