The Big Five

IT’S FINALLY HERE! Welcome along everyone to the Big Five’s Cheltenham Festival Preview Podcast. Join Harrison, Matty & Cotty as they take you through all 28 races of this years festival, including the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle & Gold Cup, headlined by Galopin Des Champs who looks to win his 3rd straight gold cup and to emulate Best Mate & Arkle.

Last year, all three of us returned profit from our tips and this year we host some strong points for the shorties, and ones you might want to avoid..

Alongside tips from every race, we have analysis, debate, each way angles, and plenty of festival chat from three residents of the racecourse and over FOURTY FIVE points profit in 2025 alone.

We will also be running our free bet quiz this weekend ahead of the festival over on our instagram @bigfiveracing so be sure to check that out for all our tips also!

A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the year too and have a wonderful festival!

IT’S FINALLY HERE! Welcome along everyone to the Big Five’s Cheltenham Festival Preview Podcast. Join Harrison, Matty & Cotty as they take you through all 28 races of this years festival, including the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle & Gold Cup, headlined by Galopin Des Champs who looks to win his 3rd straight gold cup and to emulate Best Mate & Arkle.

Alongside tips from every race, we have analysis, debate, each way angles, and plenty of festival chat from three residents of the racecourse and over FOURTY FIVE points profit in 2025 alone.

We will also be running our free bet quiz this weekend ahead of the festival over on our instagram @bigfiveracing so be sure to check that out for all our tips also!

A massive thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the year too and have a wonderful festival!

Grey Dawning leads the charge across the Scottish borders and where one earth is this mare going!

Another full book from the big five this weekend, and following yet another profitable weekend the boys have some solid tips as we begin to wind down the saturday action, and build up to the cheltenham festival.

We also take a look towards the mares hurdle, and asses where Brighterdaysahead will go and why it’s not as straightforward for Gigginstown as you might think!

Plenty more ante post tips, three fresh NAPS with Harrison chasing a 4 timer and some good each way punts from Newbury. Something for everyone!

Racing mourns the loss of Michael O’Sullivan as racing resumes in England this weekend. We start this week on the sombre passing of one of the bright young stars un national hunt racing.

This week, racing mourned the loss of Cork born jockey Micheal O’Sullivan, who following a fall at Thurles two weeks ago, very tragically lost his battle against life on Sunday 16th February.

Michael was associated closely with Barry Connell’s stables in Ireland until the start of this season, and was known best for riding a cheltenham festival day one double in 2023, landing the Boodles handicap after he raised the roof with a win on Marine Nationale in the Sky Bet Supreme.

At just 24 years of age, Michael graduated out of that festival claim at the time to ride an abundance of winners, and was rapidly becoming one of the star names in the sport over in Ireland.

We reflect on his amazing young and untimely death, and have action from Kempton, A Ryanair preview and more choices towards the Cheltenham Festival in 3 weeks time.

Grand National trials, Grade 1s and the 4 week countdown to Cheltenham is on!

A warm welcome back to the big five everyone following a week off, the boys are back and raring to extend what has been a fantastic start to the tipping calendar for 2025. 3 weeks, over 25 points profit and plenty more to come.

This weeks action takes us to Wincanton for Kingwell hurdle day, the Ascot grade one chase takes place at HQ, before an intriguing grand national trial from Haydock park wraps things up.

We also have plenty of NAP selections from Fakenham, Kelso and Gowran Park, and two more horses for the Cheltenham festival, including an 11/2 boodles fancy who looks chucked in.

Be sure to follow us across our socials for all our tips, recaps and to see our weekly leaderboard, which Cot has raced into a 23 point lead with!

Galopin Des Champ looks for an epic 3rd Irish Gold Cup, Paul Townend has a big choice & Gaelic Warrior “desperately” hates this place!

Welcome along to our 2025 Dublin Racing Festival preview. A weekend which sees 8 grade ones, several bumpers & some nice handicaps to figure out as part of a mammoth weekend of racing.

We take in the best of the action from Dublin, alongside the Scilly Isles grade one from Sandown which presents an intriguing 4 way clash from just outside the capital.

All our tips, including our Cheltenham Choices this weekend can be found across our socials @bigfiveracing so stay tuned for everything!

Potters charm blows up, Conny Hill sends the hearts pounding & we have a triumph clash for the ages building!

Welcome along to the first of our two podcasts this week, starting off with our review of the Cheltenham Festival trials which took place over the weekend. In this special we will breakdown the key races, incoming our Evs & 5/1 winners as well as a lively debate over the Trainers incentive initiatives which stirred up plenty of debate this week.

Be sure so look out for our DRF preview podcast also including bankers, 12/1 & 16/1 Each Way Tips from our Irish expert Harrison!

Constitution Hill is back at Cheltenham and it’s trials weekend for the festival!

A massive card coming up on Saturday from jumps racing headquarters as Con Hill headlines a big card as we close in on the festival, with domestic hopefuls look to stake their claims and land some big prizes as part of a big premier raceday.

We have trials for the staying hurdlers, gold cup candidates, and some middle distance handicaps also with some double price tips coming your way.

Even more Cheltenham choices this week also, with a strongly backed favourite in the triumph, and a champion bumper horse in double digits which may just be being overlooked.

A great opportunity to get geared up with our best tips ahead of a busy period, including some big priced NAPs this weekend!

Dont forget to follow us over on our socials this week too for more! @bigfiveracing

Jonbon meets Energumene in a Clarence house classic and it’s the Winter Millions weekend from Windsor!

A delight to be back as a trio this weekend as jumps racing resumes in the UK with some important cards and clues as we rear towards the 2025 Cheltenham Festival which is now less than 8 weeks away.

A great opportunity to get geared up with our best tips ahead of a busy period, including some big priced NAPs this weekend!

Dont forget to follow us over on our socials this week too for more! @bigfiveracing

A warm welcome to 2025! Thank you for joining us for the first of many national hunt & flat podcasts from the Big Five for the year. With racing a little quieter over the next week or so, Cotty joins Harrison to take an early assessment of the major races for the 2025 Cheltenham festival which is just 9 weeks away!

This comes after we recap the crucial christmas period, which seen the returns of Galopin Des Champs, Sir Gino, Home By The Lee & Constitution Hill to name but a few. We give our early predictions about how the championship divisions will play out, as well as some each way punts for the Boodles Gold Cup.

Be sure to follow us across socials for all our tips, as well as Cotty’s tipping group which is now into its 4th straight year of profit.