About this episode

Charlotte Greenway discusses the rumors surrounding Kia Joorabchian and David Egan's split, along with updates on upcoming races and performances.

Charlotte Greenway in for Nick again this morning and joined by the mirrors David Yates. They begin with the rumours doing the rounds this morning that Kia Joorabchian and his number one jockey David Egan have parted ways and what this might mean for the Amo Racing operation. We bring you an update from Beverley’s chief executive Sally Iggulden before looking head to the racing this weekend as we hear from Naohiro Goda on the Japanese runners in Saturday’s King George as well as Andrew Balding, who’s hoping Kalpana can go one better than she did last year. He also has an update on Dante winner item, who returns to York this weekend. Billy Nash of Timeform has our weekly update and reflects Johanna Walsh’s performance in Saturdays Irish Oaks, as well as a two year-old to note for later this year and next.

People in this episode

Host: Charlotte Greenway

Guest: David Yates

Topics covered

• racing news
• jockey updates
• Amo Racing
• King George
• Irish Oaks
• two-year-olds

Keywords

• Kia Joorabchian
• David Egan
• Amo Racing
• King George
• Irish Oaks
• Naohiro Goda
• Andrew Balding
• Billy Nash

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amo Racing, Timeform

Places: Beverley, York, Ireland

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