About this episode

Charlotte Greenway and Lee Mottershead discuss the latest in racing, including financials from Ascot and updates on key horses ahead of the King George.

Charlotte Greenway in for Nick and joined by the Racing Post’s Lee Mottershead as they kick off by hearing from Ascot’s Nick Smith on their 2025 financials, which paint a very encouraging picture, as do their latest attendance figures. Lee shares his thoughts before looking ahead to the King George there this weekend as we get the latest confirmations through and Josh Stacey gets the latest on last year’s winner Calandagan with the Aga Khan Stud’s racing manager, Nemone Routh. Lee and Charlotte discuss the victory of Johanna Walsh in Saturday’s Irish Oaks before Eva O’Neill has an update on last year’s Group 1 winning two- year-old Zavateri who’s nearing a return before finally, a day early this week, we head around the bloodstock world with Weatherbys and this week end up in Turkey at Emirsoy Stud Farm.

People in this episode

Host: Charlotte Greenway

Guest: Lee Mottershead

Topics covered

• racing
• King George
• financials
• attendance figures
• bloodstock
• Irish Oaks
• two-year-old horses

Keywords

• Calandagan
• King George
• Ascot
• Irish Oaks
• Zavateri
• bloodstock
• Emirsoy Stud Farm
• financials
• attendance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Racing Post, Ascot, Emirsoy Stud Farm

Places: Turkey

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