After Zaaki's dominant return to the track on Saturday, the former UK galloper is now a short-priced favourite for the Cox Plate, but has the market overreacted?

Matt and Paul share their thoughts on the rising superstar as well as Nature Strip's winning return and all the other key moments and big news from a monster weekend of spring racing.

How will Melbourne's Friday deluge impact Saturday's racing? How will vaccination impact your race day experience? How badly did the banned jockeys read the room? And how do we find a winner for Feehan Stakes day?

The answers are (largely) right here on this podcast

Racing has dominated the headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent days and whilst the Covid controversy has cost the spring carnival some of its biggest names, there are some positives if you dig deep enough.

Matt and Paul unpack it all as well as a review of the first Melbourne Group 1 of season and take an early look to Tuesday's meeting and a potential Tuesday fill-up.

The boys are back to tackle another monster week of racing news including police raids on racing industry participants, the potential for no jab, no race and a look at the first Victorian Group 1 of the season. And, of course, Welshy has found a few out wide for Saturday

They came from the same trial and won their respective races, Zouzarella and Invincible Caviar were the eye catchers across a big weekend of racing.

Unpacking it all plus with a couple of tips to get you through your Monday, the Backmarker boys on the mic

In the maiden voyage for racing.com new podcast, form guru, Matt Welsh and Editor In Chief, Paul Tatnell discuss the big stories from the week including the Covid impact on Spring Carnival crowds, prizemoney boosts in Vic racing and Tabcorp's annual report and a look toward some value at The Valley on the punt