About this episode

Mark Boylan discusses Aidan O’Brien's plans for the Irish Champions Festival and upcoming racing events.

Mark Boylan visits Ballydoyle to hear directly from Aidan O’Brien about the trainer’s Irish Champions Festival running plans. Mark also speaks to Curragh Racecourse CEO Brian Kavanagh about the upcoming big meeting.  Mark Costello chips in with his thoughts on some of last weekend’s big races and the team finish with a preview of next weekend’s racing highlights including the Haydock Sprint Cup, the September Stakes at Kempton and a couple of multi-million dollar races with Irish runners in the USA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Boylan

Guests: Aidan O’Brien, Brian Kavanagh

Topics covered

• horse racing
• Irish Champions Festival
• Aidan O’Brien
• Curragh Racecourse
• racing highlights
• upcoming races

Keywords

• Aidan O’Brien
• Irish Champions Festival
• horse racing
• Curragh Racecourse
• Haydock Sprint Cup
• September Stakes
• Mark Costello

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Curragh Racecourse

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