Royal Ascot Review: Racings Best Festival? O'Brien Shines while Godolphin Flop. Election Interference. Are ITV Overzealous?

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🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Aly Vance, Geoff Banks, and Emmet Kennedy review Royal Ascot and ask if it has become racing's greatest festival. We chat about the star performances from Rosallion, Henry Longfellow, Charyn, Porta Fortuna, Opera Singer, Haatem, Auguste Rodin, Isle Of Jura, Kyprios, Inisherin, Asfoora, Khaadem, Port Fairy, Fairy Godmother, Bedtime Story, and more. With Oisin Murphy, Sean Levey, James Doyle, Billy Loughnane, Rossa Ryan, Tom Marquand, Colin Keane, Callum Shepherd, Dylan Browne McMonagle, and Ryan Moore excelling, who needs Frankie? We chat about potential election interference by the Gambling Commission. What is going on with Godolphin after Charlie Appleby drew a blank for the second consecutive Royal Ascot, while Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore were crowned leading trainer and rider yet again? Plus, has ITV Racing become the propaganda arm of British racing? This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. It’s entirely online, designed to be convenient, flexible, and suited to your schedule. Our listeners get 10% off their first month, so give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/FURLONG. The Final Furlong Podcast is proudly brought to you by Geoff Banks Bet. Join the excitement and Sign up to Geoff Banks Online now with promo code FFP500 and get 10% of any net losses returned as cash after your first month of betting, up to £500 at geoffbanks.bet. Its tradition redefined with modern tech and unbeatable odds. Apple: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/geoff-banks-online/id881898186 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geoff_banks.geoffbanks 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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0:00.0	The Final Fulham Podcast is proudly brought to you by Jeff Banks Bet.
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0:17.0	Welcome to the Final Forlum Podcast podcast.
0:19.0	It is great to have your company and great to be joined by a fantastic broadcaster to review Royal Ascot again.
0:23.7	Ali Vance, welcome back to the show and one of the most famous bookmakers in British
0:27.6	Racing. Jeff Banks is here with some more hot takes and what was an incredible week of
0:32.0	British Racing. Jeff and I have been incredible week of British racing.
0:32.7	Jeff and I have been very critical of a lot of things in British racing.
0:35.7	I think we have been right to be critical of those things.
0:38.0	But we're gonna struggle to criticize.
0:39.6	Jeff might be able to find something,
0:41.0	but we are gonna struggle to criticize an epic five days of
0:44.0	racing at Royal Askeid. Ali you were there for three of them. How good was it from your perspective?
0:48.9	Yeah it was brilliant, it was great. Hi guys, sorry I didn't get the memo about being on YouTube and I'm sitting on my sofa with my old t-shirt, but sorry about that. After Royal Alaska, it's nice to put the slippers on and sit down. It was lovely. I think the weather helped the fact that the king and the queen were
1:07.0	there for every day the king's only there for four days but there was just a really
1:11.5	good crowd and walking around the place. I know we're going to discuss this a bit later on.
1:16.0	Aside from the racing, it was just easy to get around, easy to get a drink, no cues for the lose,
1:22.0	didn't see any scuffles, any fighting, anything like that.
1:26.4	It was just had a sort of very feel-good, happy atmosphere about it for the days that I were there anyway.
1:31.6	Yeah, I said in 2019 that I preferred the experience of Royal As much as I love Cheltenham and the trolls
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