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The Final Furlong Podcast

Review: 25/1 & 5/1 Ante Post Bets, Sussex Shocker, St Leger Banker, Sprint Mayhem & Classic Showdown

The Final Furlong Podcast

The Final Furlong Podcast

News, Sports News, Leisure, Hobbies, Sports

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

What a week at Glorious Goodwood — and we’ve got every major angle covered. Emmet Kennedy is joined by Adam Mills and Jamie Wrenn to unpack a seismic week on the Downs. From a record-breaking 150/1 shock in the Sussex Stakes to major Arc and St Leger implications, this is your full recap with betting angles, bold predictions, and explosive opinions. 🔍 What’s Inside: • How 150/1 outsider Qirat pulled off the biggest Group 1 upset in UK/Irish turf history• The fallout for Field Of Gold, Rosallion & Henri Matisse – what went wrong?• Whirl wins the Nassau – but should she really be Arc joint-favourite?• Track bias, tactics, and one of the worst rides of the week sparks a furious rant• Adam Mills says Scandinavia's Goodwood Cup win makes him a St Leger certainty• Juvenile spotlight: Why Lady Iman could shock in the Nunthorpe & Zavateri is a must-back at 20/1 for the 2000 Guineas• Is Merchant a genuine Arc threat or just hype?• Jm Jungle lands a fan-favourite win – but is the sprint division in disarray?• Stateside: Sierra Leone bounces back in the Whitney – Breeders’ Cup Classic showdown loading... 🔥 Plus: The team reveal their ante-post bets for York, the Arc & the Breeders’ Cup. Whether you're a casual punter or a form fanatic, this is data-led, passionate racing analysis from the podcast that gives you winners. 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: radioemmet@gmail.com 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

The stage is set. Another massive performance needed. Look at this, Jason. They're out warming up already.

0:07.5

Listen to that. Pitch perfect. George, they just keep going. The best fans in the world? Probably.

0:14.4

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0:22.7

Never miss an episode of the Final furlong podcast. Subscribe now on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:29.6

And now, here's your host, Emmett Kennedy. It is great to have your company as we look back on

0:34.1

the big talking points on a bonkers weekend at glorious goodwood was it really

0:39.4

glorious i'm not so sure we'll do so in the company uh some of our favorite pundits adam mills returns

0:45.0

to the final for a long podcast people were getting worried at him people were starting to think oh no

0:50.4

where's he got he's back adam mills returns and j Wren, one of our favorites returns to the show as well.

0:56.7

Boys, you're very welcome back.

0:58.0

Looking forward to getting your insight.

0:59.5

As we begin by talking about the Sussex Stakes, we warned you.

1:03.2

Page Fuller and I warned you about Field of Gold.

1:07.9

He did obviously have an injury.

1:10.3

How did Kirat win the Sussex Stam mills um because the five jockeys

1:15.4

behind the pacemakers made an enormous mistake and that's the only way to describe it if the easiest

1:22.5

way to do this and i don't know everyone's like in the sexual times but the simplest way is watch notable

1:26.7

speeches win 12 months earlier side by side with Kirat.

1:31.0

And when you watch it, the pacemakers have gone quite hard. There's a bit of a gap opened up.

1:35.8

Actually, Kirat's behind notable speech from most of the race. So while visually it looks like the two pacemakers are getting on with it, it just doesn't happen. They're not that quick. And as a result, I mean, you can tell they're not that quick because let's face it, Serengetti is not the sharpest tool in Aiden O'Brien's shed by any means. And at the two-ferlong pole, if Wayne Laudan really threw his kitchen sink, he might have still finished third or fourth, which shows you kind of, how can a horse rate in the 90s be anywhere near that? It's just a bit of a shambles. At the four furlong pole, no one reacts. At the three furlong pole, they're only just starting to react. And really, it's only when we get to the final two furlongs that what you would call the group one horses are actually

2:18.2

really being thrown at kirat and by that stage kirat is not the worst horse in the world and if you're

2:24.0

going to give him eight nine lengths you're not you're not going to make it back on a downhill finish

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