Gary O'Brien steps in to steer the Road To Cheltenham ship this week with Ruby Walsh offering his insight as usual in the studio. After the sad news about a season-ending ligament infection for Sir Gino, we take a closer look at L'Eau Du Sud winning the Kingmaker at Warwick and wonder whether he can lay down a genuine challenge to Majborough in the Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy. Meanwhile, could Gavin Cromwell's Only By Night - the only mare in the Arkle currently - go for this race instead of the Mrs Paddy Power Mares' Chase? 

On this week's episode, host Andrew Blair-White is joined by Gavin Lynch, Donn McClean and Dan Overall who look back at a thrilling two days at the Dublin Racing Festival, including potential Cheltenham clues, form lines and plenty of interesting market movers!

There's even room for a Gavin Lynch football slide tackle story too...

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What did we learn from the Dublin Racing Festival? And how can we apply that to the 2025 Cheltenham Festival?

Ruby Walsh and Lydia Hislop are back for the latest instalment of our must-watch programme as the big four days at Prestbury Park loom ever closer. 

We take a closer look at all of the principal action from Leopardstown in the latest show with the help of the Race iQ data, including the unfortunate fall of Lossiemouth in the Irish Champion Hurdle. Can we draw any conclusions from that as to her Champion Hurdle chances now?

Potentially top-class novices Kopek Des Bordes and Final Demand are just some of the other big names up for discussion in a must-watch edition.

True To Form with Sam Turner is our weekly show looking back at the best of the latest action - with plenty of eye-catchers and future tips to boot - and this week's instalment is a must-listen with a brilliant weekend of action to review from Leopardstown at latest Dublin Racing Festival.

Sam strays away from some of the more obvious takeaways and looks at eye-catching runs with a view to Cheltenham Festival races including the Champion Chase, Grand Annual and Martin Pipe, as well as providing views on the big performances over the weekend including the demolition jobs of Kopek Des Bordes and Final Demand. 

As usual, Sam also has two horses you need to add to your Racing TV Tracker and shares his tips for the weekend, including a pretty firm view on Britain's richest handicap hurdle - the William Hill Handicap Hurdle, previously known as the Betfair Hurdle - at Newbury on Saturday. 

Lydia Hislop and Ruby Walsh, along with special guest Jane Mangan, review the best of the action from the Dublin Racing Festival, live from Leopardstown. 

Our top trio look back on two absorbing days of action and share their expert analysis and insight on the likes of Galopin Des Champs, Kopek Des Bordes, State Man, Lossiemouth, Final Demand and more. Enjoy!

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(This episode was recorded shortly before news broke that Anzadam was out for the rest of the season. Read more: https://www.racingtv.com/news/anzadam-ruled-out-for-rest-of-season-by-mullins)

Lydia Hislop and Ruby Walsh are itching for action at the Dublin Racing Festival. Will Willie Mullins bag all the big ones again or are there chinks in the armour of some of the big guns?

And what of Constitution Hill's howling last-flight mistake, or East India Dock's sizzling display of jumping on Trials Day at Cheltenham?

So much to talk about and so little time as the Road To Cheltenham winds on...

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On this week's episode, host Andrew Blair-White is joined by the team of Mark Boylan, Donn McClean and Dan Overall to look ahead to the weekend's top action in Ireland at the Dublin Racing Festival! We'll have selections to keep an eye out for, plenty of chat, opinions and much more!

We also hear from Gavin Lynch who has given us plenty of food for thought, especially with some notable picks at nice prices!

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Lydia and Ruby take an in-depth look at the novice hurdling scene and how the Dublin Racing Festival might shake things up and tackle the mares' races for the first time in the series - while there's also time to look at entries for the Champion and Stayers' Hurdles at the Festival, including a surprise name from Japan!