Front Runner

JT joins us to wrap up a massive Spring Carnival and we look ahead to a cracking days racing at Morphettville. We get a stable update from Kerrin Stokes and tips from guest form analyst Zak Trussell! 

What a 24 hours it’s been! Three South Aussies have won the 2025 Melbourne Cup with Half Yours. We break down the race and have a look ahead to a massive Saturday of racing across three state. We also chat with trainer Travis Doudle, who saddles up two runners at Flemington.

With Arlen away, Andy steps off the bench ahead of the Andy Adams Handicap at Morphettville and Derby Day at Flemington. We catch up with Andrew Gluyas, who’s in red-hot form, as he looks to continue his winning run with Freedom Flame and Watchme Win both chasing feature success in Melbourne. 

A huge weekend in racing kicks off with a sensation edition of the Gawler Cup on Friday night and the final Cox Plate at The Valley as we know it. We’re joined by Gawler based trainers Gary Searle and Aaron Bain who both have strong chances in their hometown Cup and across the weekend. Plus Lincoln Moore has plenty of tips to get you through a big weekend

Stakes racing returns to Morphettville with the Listed Hill Smith Stakes — the race that produced last year’s Derby winner.

We chat with International G1 winning trainer Henry Dwyer about his time in Europe with Asfoora and his runner in the Hill Smith, Different Gravy. We also chat to Gary Brook who owns Ferivia who tackles the G1 Thousand Guineas and we welcome back Lincoln Moore!

It’s Murray Bridge Gold Cup week on the Front Runner Podcast! We chat with the ‘mayor’ of Murray Bridge, James Tzaferis, last year’s Cup-winning trainer Michael Hickmott, and get all the best bets from Mitch Lewis.

With Linc sunning himself in Bali this week, Arlen is joined by James Tzaferis for all the latest news around the state. Andrew Gluyas chats about his exciting sprinter Watchme Win as he heads across the border to run in the G2 Gilgai Stakes, while Richard Jolly hopes Shakespeare can claim another Jamestown Cup win for the stable. Form Expert Mitch Lewis also jumps on to give his best bets for Saturday. 

It’s a blockbuster weekend of racing around the country! The boys chat with Lachy Neindorf ahead of Sir Sway’s shot at the G1 Manikato, dive into the Morphettville form, reveal their Top 5 SA sprinters of the 2000s, and fire off a stack of best bets for a huge weekend on the punt.

We recap the Wylie Stakes, look back on our favourite Macdonald-Gluyas stars and chat with G1 trainer Dan Clarken about his Melbourne-bound horses Mating Call and The Map.

Fresh off the Balaklava Cup, attention turns to a mouthwatering edition of the Listed Wylie Handicap. Linc will dissect the quality field and we catch up with trainer Peter Hardacre as Press Down looks to go back-to-back in the feature.