The Big Five

THE BIG ONE IS FINALLY HERE! 6 Months of build up, fields taking shape and at long last, jumps racings olympics from within its cotswold citadel takes place in a few days time.

Join Cotty, new guest Dec and Harrison as they take you through every single race at the 2026 Cheltenham Festival. We kick off with day one, and the feature Unibet Champion Hurdles causes good debate over the long time favourite, The New Lion.

We also give out our handicap fancies from the Ultima and Plate, as well as the curtain raising Supreme which the boys are all very strong on one. Make sure to keep an eye on our socials throughout the week for all of the festival tips, as well as some free bet competitions over the weekend!

DO YOU KNOW YOUR RACING? Join us and put your knowledge to the test on the first edition of the Big Five’s racing quiz, as we challenge the boys with a great mix of national hunt questions to see who comes out on top..

From general knowledge to the festival itself, there’s a whole host of questions and feel free to play along from home to see if you can do better than the boys (or at least gappy..)

With a break in the action until the festival, we welcome in friends of the podcast to see who comes out on top! We will be back next week for our CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL Preview to take you through every race, our best bets, free bet quiz and much much more…

Yes, we’re all talking about HIM again!

Horse Racing rarely needs much in the way of obscure descriptions to help get people watching, and with every chance that Constitution Hill may run on the flat this friday, it has the eyes of the world locked on Southwell this weekend.

We also take a look at the best of the action from Kempton & Newcastle, after reflecting on Jonbon’s success in the Ascot Chase stepping up in distance.

Our Festival Features takes a deeper look into the Ryanair chase following that success for the Nicky Henderson horse, and our NAP of the weeks are back this week too. Make sure you’re following and subscribed as we get ready for our 2026 Cheltenham Festival Preview!!

4 WEEKS TO GO!

The countdown for Cheltenham 2026 enters it's final month and it's an exciting time for jumps racing. The final few horses prime themselves for festival chances this weekend, including the legendary Jonbon who takes on his biggest trip to date at Ascot. We also see the exciting Kabral Du Mathan at Haydock, where Harrison also has a 20/1 tip...

DRF Into The books! Leopardstown staged 2 fantastic days of racing across the Irish bank holiday which featured the Champion Hurdle, Gold Cup and an impressive Majborough in the Dublin Chase.

The boys breakdown the best of the action whilst engaging in the controversial head of the market for the Festival races. There's action this week also from Newbury and Warwick including the return of Lulamba.

Cotty is back for his take on Trials Day from Cheltenham and is searching for back to back NAPs after a recent 8 timer!

THE DUBLIN RACING FESTIVAL IS HERE!

Join Matty & Harrison as they take you through the best of a huge weekend of action from Leopardstown as we look towards the big races which will guide you towards the Cheltenham festival, including runs for Galopin Des Champs, Majborough, Romeo Coolio, Lossiemouth, Brighterdaysahead and much more…

We also look back on trials day from Cheltenham which underwhelmed with performance, and of course we take a look at ‘the hole in the ground’ fiasco…

as ever, for all our tips check out our socials to get our best bets and keep a track of our festival squads…

TRIALS DAY AT CHELTENHAM!

The boys look ahead to a cracking weekend of action from the home of jumps racing as we try crack the final few clues ahead of the Festival in just 7 weeks time. The New Lion locks up with Sir Gino in a cracking heads up for the International hurdle. Grey Dawning also returns to book his contention for the Gold Cup, and the French sensation Theleme makes his debut on British shores in the Cleeve Hurdle!

Cotty is eyeing up his NINTH NAP in a row and theres some live football commentary for you to enjoy..

A busy week in the newsroom for racing! From Harry Cobden's new job to a champion hurdler running at Southwell, it's been a headline act recently in the national hunt world and the boys are all over it.

Racing this week focuses on the Winter Millions, as Il Etait Temps looks to dethrone Jonbon in the Clarence House, plus some good handicap's and festival trials from Haydock as the Festival is just 8 weeks away!

Our best bets and Cheltenham selections are also back plus we catch up on the speed dating scene...

2026 Is Here! A happy new year to everyone and welcome to a special edition of the podcast as we bring you our 2025 racing awards for the national hunt calendar. Controversial? Yes. Wrong? Probably.. but join the boys as the breakdown all the best of what has proven a dramatic year over obstacles with plenty to discuss in between.

Cheltenham see a record breaking crowd for it’s new years day fixture, and we discuss why that might be a bad thing for the festival going forward. We also hope to have racing this weekend with graded action from Warwick & Kempton, with tips included just incase we get some action on what has been a quiet week.

Stay tuned until the end also as we have THREE Cheltenham festival tips with the festival just 9 weeks out, including a huge price from Matty…

Happy 2026 to all! The annual curtain raiser at the home of Jumps Racing kick starts the new year and the boys are here to take you through the card, including the Relkeel hurdle which brings about the exciting Kabral Du Mathan!

• NAPS come from Tramore & Catterick with Cotty looking to firm up his SEVENTH win a row!