Tom in for Nick and joined by broadcaster and journalist Lydia Hislop. We first reflect on Sir Michael Stoute having sent out his last ever runner yesterday at Nottingham and discuss just how much the industry will miss him. We hear from Jour De Galop’s Adrien Cugnasse who brings us news of today’s French protests against proposed tax rises and what they might mean for the industry. Lydia reports further on the news from Ireland broken on the podcast yesterday re the IHRB’s financial impropriety and on Luke Comer jnr’s successful appeal. We look ahead to the pick of the weekend action and hear from Valvano’s rider Hector Crouch who is current favourite for the November handicap and from Barry Connell who sends out Marine National in the Barberstown Castle Chase at Naas on Sunday. Plus we welcome the return of our point to point segment in association with ThoroughBid as Ben Atkins tells us what we can look forward to this weekend.