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Dan Barber and Martin Dixon look back at Irish Champions Festival before having a fascinating chat with James Willoughby. Martin makes the case for Sun Goddess as a 1000 Guineas favourite and explains why the number of two-year-old starts matters more than people think, with Darkness Falls and the National Stakes also covered. James then talks about his grandfather — a self-taught modeller of every sport who never went to school, and whose working-out he later found mirrored in statistical textbooks he'd cry over in Foyles.  He covers his years at Timeform and the Times, the influence of Mark Johnston, why he stepped away from broadcasting to focus on his son, and what he thinks betting is really for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Niall Hannity is joined by Martin Dixon and Jack Ready from the Tote to preview Irish Champions Festival, with World Pool operating across fifteen races. They go through Saturday at Leopardstown — the first running of the Golden Fleece Stakes, the Kilternan, a Matron Stakes with Blue Bolt taking on Precise and True Love, and an Irish Champion Stakes that brings Constitution River and Item back together after York.  Then over to Doncaster for the final Classic of the season, where Christmas Day and Enceladus head the St Leger market. Sunday at the Curragh brings the Moyglare, the Flying Five, the National Stakes and the Irish St Leger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On The Wire is back for a new season, as Andrew Blair White is joined by Donn McClean, Johnny Ward and the Irish Field's Mark Boylan to preview Irish Champions Festival 2026. The panel work through Saturday's card at Leopardstown with full declarations in hand — the Golden Fleece Stakes, the Kilternan, a Matron Stakes with two Ballydoyle fillies taking on Blue Bolt; and an Irish Champion Stakes that brings Item and Constitution River back together. Plus a look ahead to Sunday at the Curragh, and the panel share their best bets for the weekend. BOYLE Sports Irish Offer : €100 in Free Bets & Money Back as a Free Bet if 2nd to SP Favourite - Irish Champions Festival Claim here: https://ads.boylesports.com/redirect.aspx?pid=56116&bid=8544 BOYLE Sports UK Offer: £40 in Free Bets + Money Back as a Free Bet if 2nd to SP Fav – Irish Champions Festival Claim here: https://ads.boylesports.com/redirect.aspx?pid=53304&bid=8544 #IrishChampionsFestival #bettingtips #horseracing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Niall Hannity is joined by Martin Dixon and Jack Ready to preview Betfair Sprint Cup day at Haydock Park, with World Pool in operation on Merseyside for the first time. Last year's winner Big Mojo returns, bidding to become only the second dual winner of the race, with American Affair, Kind Of Blue, Almeric and Marvel Man all in the mix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dan Barber and Martin Dixon look back at York and through Saturday's cards at Sandown, Goodwood, Beverley and the Curragh. Roger Varian joins to talk about Rock Montreal ahead of the Solario, the progressive Barstow at Sandown, and a season with a strike rate he's delighted with. Eve Johnson Houghton explains the quick turnaround for Zavattari in the Celebration Mile, with the QE2 potentially next.  Andrew Cooper, clerk of the course at Sandown, on watering through a difficult summer, the badgers, and where the ground stands going into the weekend. Jane Mangan previews the Curragh, including an eighteen-runner Irish Cambridgeshire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices