The Talking Horses Podcast
The Talking Horses Podcast is a weekly podcast "by the people, for the people". Each week Ben and Bruno will preview and review the biggest meetings in the racing calendar, explore ante-post angles and attempt to shed light on one of the bigger topics within our sport in regular segment, "Deep Ground".
Phil Brunetti and Ben Collier have been National Hunt Racing fans for more than 10 years and, quite frankly, bloody love the game.
Episodes
93 episodes
Talking Horses (S4, Ep21 - 07/03/2025) - Cheltenham Festival Handicaps Preview!
Well it's seems almost impossible to believe that the best week of the year is nearly upon us and Bruno and I could...not...be any more excited. The four best days in racing, jumps or flat, beckon and in what is our final episode before t...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep20 - 28/02/2025) - Stayers Hurdle Antepost Angle + Kelso's Morebattle Hurdle Meeting Preview!
As we count down the days to Cheltenham, this week we look ahead to the Stayers Hurdle in our Antepost Angle and ask, can Teahupoo be beaten? The answer...well you've have to listen to find out... We then get stuck into four o...
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep19 - 21/02/2025) - Mares Chase Antepost Angle + Kempton's Adonis Meeting Preview!
Well I guess we're into the last major weekend of jumps racing before we hit the calm before the Cheltenham Festival storm. Can you believe it's less than three weeks away now! This week we preview the Mares Chase at the Festival in...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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56:00
Talking Horses (S4, Ep18 - 14/02/2025) - Mares Novices Hurdle & Triumph Hurdle Antepost Angles + Ascot Chase Card Preview!
We're motoring through the new year and this week marked less than 4 weeks to go now until the Cheltenham Festival! With the Festival in mind, this week we focus on two more of the Festival novice hurdles in our Antepost Angle before we t...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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55:38
Talking Horses (S4, Ep17 - 07/02/2025) - Ryanair Chase Antepost Angle + Newbury Saturday Preview!
It's the calm after the DRF storm this week so we take the opportunity to look at the Ryanair Chase antepost market now there's some shape to it before looking ahead to some nice racing at Newbury on Saturday including a BULLISH THP Nap double....
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep16 - 31/01/2025) - DRF Full Weekend Preview - All 15 Races!
That's right girls and boys, this weekend is DRF weekend! Probably only 2nd to the Cheltenham Festival in terms of the highest quality National Hunt racing, we've 15 races packed full of interest from Leopardstown and, we think, some grea...
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep15 - 24/01/2025) - Cheltenham Festival '25 Antepost Angle / The Champion Chase + Cheltenham Trials Day Preview
We're back again for you this week with an antepost look at the Champion Chase (is there a case to take on Jonbon?) and then a full preview of Saturday's mouthwatering Trials Day card at HQ.Enjoy!
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep14 - 17/01/2025) - Cheltenham Festival '25 Antepost Angle / The Grade 1 Novice Chases + Ascot Saturday Preview
The cold snap has gone and we have jumps racing back on the agenda!That means this week we're back with a full length episode including our latest Antepost Angle, looking ahead to the Arkle and the Brown Advisory Novices Chase at the Ch...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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1:03:24
Talking Horses (S4, Ep13 - 09/01/2025) - Cheltenham Festival '25 Antepost Angle / The Novice Hurdlers
As the cold snap sees off Warwick and threatens Kempton this weekend, we've decided not to waste our time going through meetings that may not be on and, instead, focus purely on our first Antepost Angle segment of this season, specifically the ...
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep12 - 20/12/2024) - Ascot Preview
Well Christmas is nearly here but, before that, we've the small matter of the Long Walk Hurdle meeting at Ascot on Saturday which presents a beautiful pre-Christmas cracker of a card and a selection of 3 horses in particular that we're keen to ...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep11 - 13/12/2024) - Cheltenham December Meeting Saturday Preview
We're back at HQ and it's a belter of a Saturday card. After a hatful of winners at Sandown last Saturday Bruno is back in his chair this week to help us continue on that winning thread this Saturday. We also give a nod to fancies o...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep10 - 05/12/2024) - Sandown Tingle Creek Day Preview
This week Ben ploughs a lonely furrow with Bruno off in NYC with work but it's all hands to the pump as ever to find you weekend winners, this week from the Esher venue as it's Tingle Creek day!Enjoy the fantastic card at Sandown and th...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep9 - 29/11/2024) - Newbury Preview incl. the Coral Gold Cup
The big jumps weekends are coming thick and fast and this weekend marks Newbury's big meeting of the year. We scour all 7 races on Newbury's Saturday card and bring you some detailed, balanced, unemotional analysis which will hopefully le...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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48:18
Talking Horses (S4, Ep8 - 21/11/2024) - Ascot & Haydock Preview
After a very successful 3 days of punting at HQ last weekend, we're back this week to look ahead to cracking cards at Ascot and Haydock with both of our naps coming in handicaps, so nice prices to be had!Enjoy what promises to be a fant...
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep7 - 16/11/2024) - Cheltenham November Meeting Day 3 Preview
It's the 3rd and final day of the Cheltenham November meeting...and it's Greatwood Hurdle day! Can Dysart Enos prove just how well handicapped she surely is and stamp her mark on the Mares Hurdle scene? Will Burdett Road recapture t...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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32:14
Talking Horses (S4, Ep6 - 15/11/2024) - Cheltenham November Meeting Day 2 Preview
We're back again for a full breakdown of Day 2 of the Cheltenham November meeting, including the Paddy Power Gold Cup! It's great card with some opportunities to get our heads in front so fingers crossed...Enjoy!
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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35:43
Talking Horses (S4, Ep5 - 14/11/2024) - Cheltenham November Meeting Day 1 Preview
We're back at HQ for one of the very best meetings of the year - it's the Cheltenham November Meeting!We'll be doing a separate preview each day including a very exciting in-person recording for both the day 2 and 3 previews!Day...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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43:28
Talking Horses (S4, Ep4 - 07/11/2024) - Saturday Preview: Wincanton & Aintree
Well the season well and truly kicked off last weekend, didn't it? Aaaaaaah it's good to have the jumps back. This weekend marks one of Bruno and I's favourite of the season as it's BADGER BEERS weekend at Wincanton, fr...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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48:00
Talking Horses (S4, Ep3 - 31/10/2024) - Saturday Preview: Ascot, Wetherby & Down Royal
After a cracking weekend at HQ for the October meeting, the season is in full flow and this weekend always feels like the one where the season's big guns really start to fire on both sides of the Irish Sea.We preview four compelling han...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep2 - 24/10/2024) - THE SHOWCASE MEETING
I think we can now legitimately say that the jumps are officially back, and we mark that particular piece of good news with a deeper look at the season's curtain-raiser at Cheltenham - it's the Showcase Meeting, and it's shaping up to be 2 pret...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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Talking Horses (S4, Ep1 - 17/10/2024) - We're back! With our 2024/25 National Hunt horses to follow
New season, new format...new music! We are back after our flat racing-induced hibernation, almost 6 months to the day since we signed off series 3. This time round we are freshening things up, not least with an epic ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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42:55
Talking Horses (S3, Ep26 - 19/04/2024) - Season Finale! End of Season Awards + Cheltenham Festival '25 Accas
Every year it's the same. October and the Persian War at Chepstow rolls around and the buzz for the new NH Racing season is audible! We're selecting our horses to follow. We have the first HQ meeting. The Grade 1s start ...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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48:02
Talking Horses (S3, Ep25 - 11/04/2024) - Aintree Grand National Meeting Day 2 & 3 Tipping
We're back for day 2 and 3 of the Grand National meeting after landing a 4/1 NAP on the Thursday!We get stuck in to a load more Grade 1s and some competitive handicaps, not least the big one - the GRAND NATIONAL itself, in which our mut...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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Talking Horses (S3, Ep24 - 10/04/2024) - Aintree Grand National Meeting Day 1 Tipping
This week we are getting stuck into the GRAND NATIONAL MEETING. Bloody hell that felt like an age to wait after Cheltenham, didn't it?In this episode we go through an amazing Thursday card at Aintree (including FOUR Grade 1s!) wit...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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48:22
Talking Horses (S3, Ep23 - 28/03/2024) - Which Cheltenham Festival Races Should Go? + Irish Grand National Antepost Angle
OK so everyone (it seems) has been banging on (far too negatively for the most part) about the Festival over the last couple of weeks but, within all of that, there is certainly a meaningful conversation to be had about positive change. T...
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