Inside the Rails

Phil and Simon pay their tributes to the sadly departed Stefano Cherchi, a guest on ITR in 2023.  They discuss the early action on the flat, the end-of-season action over jumps and their own syndicates and horses.  They are then joined by Deputy Ireland Editor at the Racing Post, David Jennings.  David explains how he grew to love racing and ended up working in the industry and he discusses his role with the Racing Post.  David shares his thoughts on the current state of jumps racing and the importance of shared ownership in the future of the sport.

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

www.inthepaddock.co.uk

www.racingpost.com

 

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

 

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Phil and Simon discuss the recent Cheltenham Festival and what has been going on with their syndicates.  They send their best wishes to recent guest, Stefano Cherchi who was injured in a fall in Australia in March. 

Sophie Buckley, the stud manager at Culworth Grounds Farm, a stud near Banbury is their special guest.  Sophie outlines her role into racing and describes her role at Culworth Grounds and how the stud farm operates including her beliefs in achieving marginal gains to make her yearlings as well-prepared as possible for the sales

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

www.inthepaddock.co.uk

www.culworthgrounds.co.uk

 

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

 

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Follow Culworth Grounds on Twitter/X - @CulworthGrounds

Follow Sophie Buckley on Twitter/X - @sophiewwbuckley

Phil and Simon discuss their syndicates and chat about a new development in horse shoes which Phil is about to try on Stryder. Simon has an impressive book of shareholder events upcoming and the guys look ahead to the Cheltenham Festival this month. Matt Colemen from Stroud Coleman Bloodstock joins our hosts for a chat about his role as a bloodstock agent and tells us what he looks for when buying a horse. A fascinating interview and Matt provided us with some great insights.

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

www.inthepaddock.co.uk

www.stroudcoleman.com

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

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One month after chatting with former Champion Jump Jockey, Richard Johnson, this month Simon and Phil are joined by Paul Johnson the head of the National Trainer’s Federation. Phil and Simon discuss their syndicate runners and the social benefits that can arise from shared ownership before reviewing the recent action and some of the latest stories from the racing industry. Paul joins to talk about the various roles that he has held in racing. His passion for the sport is evident and he shares his thoughts on how racing could be more strategic in realising its goals.

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

www.inthepaddock.co.uk

www.racehorsetrainers.org

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter/X - @InsideTheRails

Follow Solario Racing on Twitter/X - @officialsolario

Follow BG Racing on Twitter/X - @bgrsyndicates

Follow Great British Racing on Twitter/X - @GBRacing

Follow Paul Johnson on Twitter/X - @Pauljohnson01

Follow The NTF on Twitter/X - @NTFnews

Phil and Simon discuss their syndicate runners and the progress of their horses along with shareholder social events and chat about current racing issues. They are then joined by former champion jumps jockey, Richard Johnson. From a background in farming, Richard discusses his journey into racing and his riding career as well as what he has been doing since retiring from the saddle. Richard shares the Inside The Rails passion for shared ownership and has recently ventured into syndicate management which has already delivered some success for his shareholders. He talks about this and his plans.

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

www.inthepaddock.co.uk

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter/X - @InsideTheRails

Follow Solario Racing on Twitter/X - @officialsolario

Follow BG Racing on Twitter/X - @bgrsyndicates

Follow Great British Racing on Twitter/X - @GBRacing

Follow Richard Johnson on Twitter/X - @dickyjohnson77

Simon and Phil discuss affordability checks, the Breeders Cup and the November meeting at Cheltenham as well as their own syndicate horses. They are joined by apprentice jockey Frederick (Freddie) Larson who is part of the Mick Appleby team and who was at the Breeders Cup when their horse Big Evs was victorious. Freddie tells us how he got into racing and discusses his big race win in the John Smiths Cup at York on Pride of America. Freddie gives listeners a couple of horses to follow and looks ahead to 2024 and beyond.

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

Contact the hosts:Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter - @InsideTheRails

Follow Solario Racing on Twitter - @officialsolario

Follow BG Racing on Twitter - @bgrsyndicates

Follow Freddie Larson on Twitter - @FredLar52910179

Simon and Phil discuss their recent syndicate runners and Simon has been off to the sales where he purchased two new horses for Solario Racing.

Our hosts look back at Champions Day at Ascot and look ahead to the jumps season. Jockey, Jack Quinlan, joins Simon and Phil from the car park at Huntingdon Racecourse where he was riding on our recording day. As well as telling us about his journey into racing and his suggestions for improving the sport, Jack discusses some of his favourite horses including the recently retired Mercian Prince and he identifies some horses that he is looking forward to riding in the current season.

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter - @InsideTheRails

Follow Solario Racing on Twitter - @officialsolario

Follow BG Racing on Twitter - @bgrsyndicates

Phil has a new horse and Simon is off to the October Yearling sales

There is plenty of shared ownership chat, looking at syndicate lounges and the Great British Racing Ownership Days.

Affordability checks are still causing plenty of concern to all in racing and our hosts look at what has happened in this area since our last episode.

A review of last months’ action covers the St Leger Meeting, Irish Champions Day, an Epsom trained winner of the Nunthorpe and the end of the Racing League. Looking ahead, Simon is off to the Arc De Triomphe!

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter - @InsideTheRails

Follow Solario Racing on Twitter - @officialsolario

Follow BG Racing on Twitter - @bgrsyndicates

Last month saw the first ever “across the card” double for Inside The Rails as both our hosts recorded a winner on the same day!

Ownership has “downs” to go with the “ups” and there have been some of them as well, but the joy that a winner can bring easily outweighs any disappointment along the way.

After chatting about shared ownership, the recent Great British Racing ownership event at Windsor and the latest horseracing news stories, the guys are joined by Jimmy George, Marketing Director at Tattersalls, the world’s oldest bloodstock auctioneers. Jimmy provides some great insight into the bloodstock sales industry and the history of the Tattersalls company.

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

https://www.tattersalls.com

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter - @InsideTheRails

Follow Solario Racing on Twitter - @officialsolario

Follow BG Racing on Twitter - @bgrsyndicates

Follow Tattersalls on Twitter - @Tattersalls1766

Having learned how to pronounce Caldean last month, the guys are back in the classroom this month, to learn how to correctly say the name of this month’s guest, Stefano Cherchi. Now that we know that the “Ch” is pronounced in the same was as “Chianti” wine, we will be getting it right in the future!

Phil and Simon have been all over the country in July finishing up at the Racehorse Syndicates Association Race Day at Nottingham. The guys review this and the rest of their month and they look ahead to their upcoming syndicate runners before chatting about the best of the racing in the last few weeks.

They are joined by jockey, Stefano Cherchi, who has recently ridden enough winners to lose his weight claim. He chats about that along with his journey into racing and his hopes for the future.

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

www.solarioracing.com

www.bgracingsyndicates.co.uk

https://www.racehorsesyndicates.org/

Contact the hosts:

Phil Boyle: [email protected]

Simon Double: [email protected]

Follow us on Twitter - @InsideTheRails

Follow Solario Racing on Twitter - @officialsolario

Follow BG Racing on Twitter - @bgrsyndicates

Follow Stefano Cherchi on Twitter - @SC_Cherchi