This week’s Sporting Probe with Roy and HG saddles up to celebrate the Horses’ Birthday with timely revelations to help champion racer Chautauqua overcome his continued failure to jump out of the starting barrier.

One tip would be how Roy overcame Bludging Slug’s refusal to start racing (Question: Are batteries up the date to give a horse a gee-up illegal these days?)

Then there was Roy’s slightly more extreme way of helping Rooting King overcome his fear of barriers (Hint: Parental guidance suggested if kiddies are listening to the podcast.)

World famous horse whisperer Monty Roberts gets a free character assessment as his techniques are examined (Hint: Again, parental guidance is suggested) but in family friendly news, kiddies will learn how homing pigeons use magnetic forces to guide themselves home.

Then there’s the biggest issue of the week: Roy calls him The Murderer while HG calls him The Killer – which is correct? AFL fans may also ponder a related issue: why do umpires need a bag over their head to get them to the game these days?