About this episode

Nick Luck and Lydia Hislop discuss the latest racing news, including insights from Jockey Club CEO Jim Mullen on governance and financial assessments.

Coming to you today from the July Course in Newmarket as Nick his joined on track by Lydia Hislop to bring you the latest news stories from around the racing world. First up, Jockey Club CEO Jim Mullen talks all things Kempton, governance of the sport and his views on the financial risk assessments that the Gambling Commission gave the green light to this week. Lydia, listening in to this, shares her views and tries to infer what the Jockey Club’s stance is on Kempton and what’s likely to happen there. Trainer in form, Ed Bethell joins the show ahead of Danger Bay in the John Smiths Cup at York tomorrow and runs through his other weekend runners whilst Richard Ryan looks forward to Superlative Stakes hopeful, Green Sovereign, who was luckless at Royal Ascot. Lydia previews what looks to be a competitive and classy renewal of the July Cup tomorrow before proving an update on the classification of pattern races in Australia. Finally, Eva is at the sales speaking to Tattersalls’s Jason Singh.

People in this episode

Host: Nick Luck

Guests: Lydia Hislop, Jim Mullen, Ed Bethell, Richard Ryan

Topics covered

• racing news
• Jockey Club governance
• financial risk assessments
• July Cup preview
• pattern races classification
• trainer insights

Keywords

• Kempton
• Jockey Club
• Gambling Commission
• July Cup
• John Smiths Cup
• Superlative Stakes
• Ed Bethell
• Lydia Hislop

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jockey Club, Gambling Commission

Places: Kempton, Newmarket, York

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