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
72 episodes since 2022
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 ...
April 19, 2024
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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...
April 11, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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1:09:02
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...
April 10, 2024
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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...
March 28, 2024
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53:03
Talking Horses (S3, Ep22 - 21/03/2024) - Cheltenham Reflections & The Grand National Antepost Angle!
Well that was fun wasn't it! Another Cheltenham Festival in the can. We hope it went well for you! Bruno and I had a great time (and are broken now!).This week, we share a couple of brief reflections on our sport's big...
March 21, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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45:02
Talking Horses (S3, Ep21 - 11/03/2024) - Cheltenham Festival '24 Final Preview!
Can you smell the Prestbury Park turf yet? Are you seeing Cleeve Hill in your dreams? Is everything you see starting to look like a pint of Guinness? Oh yes ladies and gentlemen, the week that's better than Christmas f...
March 11, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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1:19:53
Talking Horses (S3, Ep20 - 23/02/2024) - Cheltenham Festival Handicaps Preview (Thursday & Friday)
After covering the Tuesday and Wednesday Festival handicaps in last week's episode, we're back this week to go through the remainder across days 3 and 4.We look at some of the angles that can often help to find the winner of each race a...
February 29, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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1:07:29
Talking Horses (S3, Ep19 - 23/02/2024) - Cheltenham Festival Handicaps Preview (Tuesday & Wednesday)
With less than 3 weeks to go until the Festival and the handicap entries out this week, the handicap markets are about to go into silly season so this week we attempt to get you ahead of the curve with the horses to consider backing now before ...
February 23, 2024
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50:52
Talking Horses (S3, Ep18 - 15/02/2024) - A bumper episode about bumpers (including a Champion Bumper Antepost Angle)
This week we tuck into the discipline of jumps racing that doesn't require any jumping, National Hunt Flat Races, otherwise known as BUMPERS.We recap on why a lot of people (including us) feel there are far too many of them, and why the...
February 15, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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45:03
Talking Horses (S3, Ep17 - 09/02/2024) - Antepost Angle on ALL the Cheltenham Festival Novice Chases!
WOW...what a weekend in Dublin.How do we come back from that, especially after putting up 7/1, 16/1 and 20/1 winners!Well by crunching through ALL of the Cheltenham Festival novice chase antepost markets - that's how! We i...
February 09, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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56:23
Talking Horses (S3, Ep16 - 02/02/2024) - Dublin Racing Festival Preview!
I mean Trials Day was one of the best in recent memory so just imagine a world in which the following weekend is EVEN BETTER. Well let us tell you, we're living that reality. It's Dublin Racing Festival Time!This week we go ...
February 02, 2024
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1:06:17
Talking Horses (S3, Ep15 - 25/01/2024) - Cheltenham Trials Day Preview!
Wow! WHAT day we have ahead of us at HQ on Saturday. This looks to be the best Trials Day card in years and it's a cracker from both a quality and a punting perspective. So much to look forward to!We crack throug...
January 25, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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1:05:44
Talking Horses (S3, Ep14 - 18/01/2024) - How good are this season's novice hurdlers? + Triumph Hurdle & Mares Novices Hurdle Antepost Angles
Bruno got really annoyed last weekend after Firefox got beaten in the Lawlor's of Naas that this season's novice hurdler maybe just weren't that good. It got us thinking. How good a bunch (or not) are they and how can we tell? ...
January 18, 2024
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1:00:03
Talking Horses (S3, Ep13 - 11/01/2024) - New Year's Resolutions For Racing + Ballymore & Albert Bartlett Novice Hurdle Antepost Angles
Well bugger all happened last weekend didn't it. Ah early January....To fill the void, we look this week at ideas that could really move our sport forward in 2024, including crating a qualification structure for the Cheltenham Fes...
January 11, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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58:26
Talking Horses (S3, Ep12 - 04/01/2024) - PTPs, Bumpers, France? Where do Cheltenham Festival winners start their careers? + Supreme Novices Hurdle Antepost Angle
Happy new year!Wow what a 2 weeks we've been treated to on the racecourses of the UK and Ireland. You'll be please to know however that this isn't yet ANOTHER review episode and, instead, we're tackling something we think is altog...
January 04, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:03:03
Talking Horses (S3, Ep11 - 21/12/2023) - Christmas Racing Preview!
Every year, we're left feeling dazed and bewildered by New Year's eve as we try to keep up with and digest the barrage of Christmas racing. This year...this year it can and will be different and the Talking Horses Podcast is here to help!...
December 21, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:07:37
Talking Horses (S3, Ep10 - 19/12/2023) - Who are the most impressive novice chasers of the season so far....
What's this? An episode on a Tuesday? YES. This is the second part of our double episode and this time we're looking at the best novice chasers of the season so far, and there have been some very good performances already!&nbs...
December 19, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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21:22
Talking Horses (S3, Ep9 - 14/12/2023) - Which horses have taken the eye in the novice hurdling division so far + Cheltenham December Meeting preview
This week we are excited to bring you a double episode, the first of which (this one) is a review of the novice hurdling division so far and which horses have stood out as the cream of the crop. The second will follow early next week wher...
December 14, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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54:42
Talking Horses (S3, Ep8 - 07/12/2023) - The '23 Irish National Winner Wins a Novice Chase in December? + Ascot's Betfair Exchange Hurdle Antepost Angle
Bruno is back from his week in NYC and thankfully he still has a show to come back to after my solo effort last week. Probably because I tipped a 5/2 and a 7/1 winner on Saturday at Newbury! Remember, this is not a tipping podcast. ...
December 07, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:05:52
Talking Horses (S3, Ep7 - 30/11/2023) - Coral Gold Cup Weekend Newbury Tipping!
This week Bruno has been summoned to NYC of all places with work and so I'm going solo with an attempt to find some winners for us across the Friday and Saturday at Newbury!Hopefully I don't lose all of our listeners and Bruno has a pod...
November 30, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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41:57
Talking Horses (S3, Ep6 - 23/11/2023) - Irish Trainer Monopolies & King George Antepost Angle
This week we look at what can be done to ensure races don't get swamped with declarations from a single yard after 15 of the 22 runners in last weekend's Troytown Handicap Chase hailed from Gordon Elliott's Cullentra yard. We look at why ...
November 23, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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52:21
Talking Horses (S3, Ep5 - 16/11/2023) - Cheltenham November Meeting Preview!
This week we dispense with our usual Deep Ground and Antepost Angle features and dive head-first into the forthcoming 3 glorious days at HQ. We take a look at the races that are likely to have the greatest bearing on the rest of the seas...
November 16, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:06:00
Talking Horses (S3, Ep4 - 09/11/2023) - Judging Race Pace + Coral Gold Cup Antepost Angle
This week in Deep Ground we discuss race pace. Why is it important? How can you spot how fast horses are going in race? How does that heighten the enjoyment of watching a race and improve your chances if you're having a bet? A...
November 09, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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55:51
Talking Horses (S3, Ep3 - 03/11/2023) - Grand National Changes + Greatwood Hurdle Antepost Angle
This week we take a look at the well publicised changes to jumps racing's biggest prize, the Grand National. We review the debate as we left it at the end of season 2, highlight the changes that the Jockey Club announced in mid-October an...
November 03, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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59:30
Talking Horses (S3, Ep2 - 26/10/2023) - The American Grand National + Paddy Power Gold Cup Antepost Angle
This week in Deep Ground we decided to have a look behind the curtain at just what the hell goes on across the pond once a year that justifies the likes of Gordon Elliott, Shark Hanlon, Willie Mullins & Nicky Henderson sending top horses ac...
October 26, 2023
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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55:58