Ep 142: The Racing Edge Podcast Ep 60 – Fergal O’Brien on his Fairyhouse Grade 1 favourite

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Fergal O’Brien discusses his hopes for the WillowWarm Gold Cup and shares insights on recent racing events.

Ahead of BoyleSports Irish Grand National weekend at Fairyhouse, Grade 1-winning trainer Fergal O’Brien joins The Racing Edge team to discuss his hopes of a top-level success in Sunday’s WillowWarm Gold Cup with stable star Sixmilebridge.   The Co Tipperary native, who plies his trade in Britain, bypassed the Cheltenham Festival with his unbeaten chaser and could be set for quite the homecoming if the Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase winner can provide him with a first success in Ireland for more than a decade. O’Brien also weighs in on the recent cancellation of Cheltenham fixtures due to drainage work and shares his thoughts on the resurgence of British National Hunt racing.   The Irish Field’s Mark Costello and Mark Boylan discuss the week’s talking points in racing and look ahead to the main events at Fairyhouse, including their names to note for the Irish National. Mark Costello visited the Curragh on Sunday for Aidan O’Brien’s gallops morning and shares his list of Ballydoyle dark horses.   Listeners of The Racing Edge Podcast have the chance to win a The Irish Field-branded Aquatec gilet by completing a survey on their feedback to the podcast series. To complete…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mark Costello, Mark Boylan

Guest: Fergal O’Brien

Topics covered

• horse racing
• interviews
• training insights
• Irish Grand National
• Cheltenham Festival
• British National Hunt racing

Keywords

• Fergal O’Brien
• Fairyhouse
• Irish Grand National
• Cheltenham Festival
• horse racing
• training
• Sixmilebridge

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BoyleSports

Books & works: The Racing Edge Podcast

Places: Fairyhouse, Co Tipperary, Britain

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