The Irish Field podcasts

After an action-packed weekend of top-quality racing, The Racing Edge Podcast returns to review all the highs and lows from the 2026 Irish Champions Festival.

Mark Boylan is joined by Anne Marie Duff and Amy Lynam to discuss the biggest races from Leopardstown and the Curragh, analysing each of the seven Group 1s, as well as a historic Betfred St Leger win for Saffie Osborne and Joseph O’Brien at Doncaster.

With the ever-popular Listowel Harvest Festival on the horizon, the track’s Pat Healy joins the show to talk Listowel memories and look ahead to the coming seven days in the Kingdom.
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Get ready for the biggest weekend in the Irish flat racing calendar with The Racing Edge Podcast’s Irish Champions Festival 2026 preview.

Mark Boylan is joined by Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff to run through each of the seven Group 1 contests at Leopardstown and the Curragh this Saturday and Sunday.

The panel nominate their best bets, favourites to oppose and value outsiders to note, while also looking back at last week’s high-class action at ParisLongchamp, Kentucky Downs and Haydock.

The Irish Field editor Mark Costello speaks to Leopardstown boss Mark Clayton ahead of his first Irish Champions Festival in charge at the Co Dublin track.
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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.
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This Saturday at the Curragh marks one of the track’s most poignant fixtures in the calendar when the Pat Smullen Raceday in aid of Cancer Trials Ireland takes place, coinciding with the Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle.

On this week’s episode of The Racing Edge Podcast (by The Irish Field), Frances Crowley provides an update on the impact that funds raised in her late husband’s name have been making in medical circles, while looking ahead to the activities upcoming this weekend.

Following a top-class period of racing at York’s Ebor Festival, Mark Boylan is joined by Mark Costello to discuss all the Group 1 action and main talking points from the week.

A sensational five-timer for Dylan Browne McMonagle at the Curragh and top-level prizes in France are also analysed, before the team nominate a horse to follow each.

If you would like to support the efforts of Cancer Trials Ireland in the name of Pat Smullen, please visit www.cancertrials.ie/pat-smullen

Alternatively, if you would like to make a specific donation to the fundraising efforts of one particular rider competing in Saturday’s charity race, you can find details of each rider on https://patsmullenraceday.enthuse.com/profile
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No female rider in Ireland has ridden more winners on the flat this season than Orla Tynan, who joins The Racing Edge Podcast (by The Irish Field) this week after recording her first Curragh success on Sunday aboard Liberation Date.

The Co Tipperary teenager has ridden nine winners in the calendar year and seven since the turf season got underway, continuing to make a bright impression in the apprentice ranks.

It’s Sky Bet Ebor Festival week at York and the usual team of Mark Boylan, Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff are on hand to preview the main races from a sensational few days on the Knavesmire.

There is also a review of Sunday’s Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois action in France, and a look ahead to what should be a spectacular Irish Champions Festival on home soil next month.
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