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The new racing preview podcast from Starsports.bet with top pundit Johnny Ward who previews the big race action from the Curragh and York over the weekend.

Welcome to the very first episode of Star Sports TV - 15 minutes of top midweek betting banter from the Star Stable. We welcome your feedback or ideas for next week's programme - please email the TV team [email protected]

Hosted by Johnny Ward this week we look ahead to: Racing Verdict: York and Curragh top weekend races under the spotlight with Star's PR man Luke Tarr England v West Indies 2nd Test: Brand ambassador Ryan Sidebottom has forecast a 2-1 series win for England. Can they turn it around? Golf Memorial Tournament: our top pundit Blue Horseshoe looks at this week's Memorial Tournament - picks include a 150/1 shot! Politics: in-house guru William Kedjanyi discusses US Presidential Election and (absolute) state of British Politics! The #BettingPeople: Simon Nott tees up this week's feature interview with Australian pro-punter Shane Ciurleo Hello from Hannah: meet our roving reporter Hannah Baycroft Tweet of the week, WIN A FREE BET WITH STAR and plenty more .....

Interview: SIMON ROWLANDS Simon Rowlands is a sectional timing expert whose work can be seen on Sky Sports Racing, Timeform and in the Irish Field. Rowlands, who worked for years to make accurate sectional timings and course distances a priority in racing, previously worked full time at Timeform – setting up the very popular Betfair/Timeform Radio – was the Racing Editor at The Sportsman and chaired the Horseracing Betting Forum and a Handicapping Appeals Panel. A fan of handicapping from an early age, he worked in shop for William Hill, managing one of London’s busiest shops at the age of 21. Now a freelance writer, he still writes regularly on top class racing and has his own company, Rowlands Racing And Research Limited. Meeting Simon Rowlands with William Kedjanyi.

Interview: MADDY PLAYLE Maddy Playle is a racing journalist and the host of the Racing Post Postcast. One of the most respected young people in racing, Playle has been at the Racing Post for three years and has appeared as a guest on Luck On Sunday & Talksport’s The Racing Club. She is also known for her love of Colin Tizzard’s Thistlecrack, in particular. Meeting Maddy Playle with William Kedjanyi

Interview: JOHN McCRIRICK John McCririck was arguably the face of British horseracing for three decades via his work with Channel 4 Racing and beyond. In this bumper interview he covers a whole gamut of subjects starting with his rise from working for an illegal one armed bookmaker to becoming a mainstream TV personality. Meeting John McCririck with Simon Nott.

Interview: DAWN GOODFELLOW Dawn Goodfellow is the Chief Executive of Racing Welfare, the leading charity that provides support for racing’s workforce in Britain. Racing Welfare is at the forefront of the industry’s response to the COVID-19 crises, providing a wide range of support measures. Goodfellow joined Racing Welfare as Chief Executive in 2015 from the Northern Racing College, where she had been CEO for the previous 8 years, and discusses Racing Welfare’s response to COVID-19 with us. Meeting Dawn Goodfellow with William Kedjanyi.

Interview: TERRY NORMAN Terry Norman has represented some of the best known jockeys in flat racing as both an agent and analyst. He is currently analyst for champion jockey Oisin Murphy and in the past has been agent for Kevin Darley, Jason Weaver and Kieren Fallon amongst others. He also has an extensive background in journalism including The Sporting Life, early days of At The Races and Timeform Radio. In this four part series we find out more about how he started in the industry through greyhound racing, life as a jockey’s agent, finding angles on the all-weather at Southwell and his thoughts on the current state of the sport. Meeting Terry Norman. Meeting Terry Norman with William Kedjanyi.

Interview: STEVE PALMER Steve Palmer has been a Racing Post columnist, golf tipster and punter for most of his working life. One of the most well-known tipsters in the country, his columns have been must read material for years. Palmer’s weekly diaries were so popular that Michael Owen, Dietmar Hamann, and Paul Merson gave endorsements to his 2011 book ‘Born To Punt’. In the same year he landed the biggest winner in the Racing Post’s history when 200/1 shot Thomas Bjorn won at the Qatar Masters. Palmer was also part of the 2015 BBC documentary Britain at the Bookies, in which his performance of ‘This Will Not Be Beaten’ became an instant meme. Meeting Steve Palmer with William Kedjanyi.

Interview: MIKE CATTERMOLE Sports broadcaster and commentator Mike Cattermole talks about his early passion for horseracing, learning the ropes at Timeform, starting a three-decade commentating career at Fontwell with a warning ring in his ears, Channel 4 Racing and its demise and living with Type 1 Diabetes. Meeting Mike Cattermole. In three parts. (interview by Simon Nott)

Interview: STEVE SMITH ECCLES Steve Smith Eccles – that last of the ‘cavalier’ jump jockeys who played as hard they worked. Probably most famous for winning the Champion Hurdle three times on the trot on Nicky Henderson’s See You Then, the son of a Derbyshire miner was also in the headlines for his ‘extracurricular’ activities. In this four part interview Steve talks us through his career, from being shown down a pit by his dad, arriving at a Newmarket racing yard aged just 15, riding Tingle Creek to victory, Cheltenham glory and shenanigans aplenty, hilarious and outrageously related. Meeting Steve Smith Eccles. (interview by Simon Nott)