The Big Five

Cheltenham is back! We return this weekend to Cleeve Hill for the showcase meeting to close out october and truly welcome in the national hunt season. This week, once again Harrison and Cotty are joined by Racing Post columnist Liam Watson to first look back on a sensational weekend from ascot, including the 40/1 champions stakes winner Anmaat for Owen Burrows.

Our selection of tips this week include graded action from Cheltenham, the best of their handicaps and qualifiers, before a trip to merseyside for the old Roan chase over the national mildmay course.

We also bring your three fresh naps from Cheltenham & Doncaster, after landing an 11/1 double last weekend from Ascot. The Cheltenham choice returns, with a 33/1 shot for the Stayers hurdle who will certainly draw some headlines.

Next week we have a double header to bring you, with the best of the domestic action plus a look ahead to the breeders cup also!

And how good does it feel to say it! Welcome along everybody to the official restart of the big five podcast, taking you through the entire national hunt season with a weekly episode talking all things jumps racing, from weekly tips to cheltenham choices, we have you covered.

This week sees the winding down of the flat as we head to Newmarket for a set of group 1 future champions contests, including a stacked Darley Dewhurst which pairs off the 1-2-3 in the 2000 Guineas betting.

We then turn our attention to the jumps, as Chepstow’s Persian War weekend takes place with a wide open renewal of the historic grade two curtain races to the national hunt season.

Several handicaps and listed races also caught out eye, and the boys discuss the record breaking 1.2 million German derby winning purchase is off to Nicky Henderson’s for the 24/25 season.

It's the biggest weekend in European racing, the flat season draws to a close from Longchamp & There's some big changes to the Cheltenham festival!

After a seasonal break, Matty and Cotty join Harrison for a preview to the Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe this weekend from Longchamp, as Sosie and Look De Vega battle it out in an all french affair for over €5 million.

In addition to the big race from Paris, we will have tips across the entire Arc weekend throughout our socials plus a look ahead to the Sun Chariot on Saturday from Newmarket. With the flat season drawing to a close also, we will be looking ahead to Chepstow's opening weekend as the Persian War will be our feature contest on next weeks restart podcast.

Our main feature for this week is a return for Horseracing Hurdles, as the boys take an in depth look at the various changes to the festival, from the increase in beer prices to some dramatic adjustments to races including the cross country, turners chase and the national hunt chase.

It’s Ebor weekend from York and we have a TRIPLE TIP in the big one!!

Welcome along to our 2024 York Ebor Festival preview, taking you through a whole host of champions series races, ultra competitive handicaps and much more! All the stars are out on display this week including Los Angeles, Vauban, Point Lonsdale, Big Evs, Asfoora, and Derby winner City Of Troy.

We will take you through the feature three races from each day, which kicks off with the Juddmonte International on Tuesday. That sees City Of Troy bow out domestically before setting sights globally.

We have a full feature preview of the EBOR also, with 2 selections each and all three of us tipping up the same horse.. Our NAP of the week section is also back to firm up a big week ahead on the Knavesmire.

It’s another week from the Curragh for a crucial classic trial and ITV head to Newbury for the Hungerford!

Something for everyone this weekend as we head across 3 of the home nations to welcome in a quieter week of racing, including an exciting jumps race from Perth as we start to wind down on an exciting flat season.

York’s Ebor festival takes centre stage next week, but we move first to the Racing League from Windsor with an update on the scorecards!

Three fresh NAP’s also for you as the boys head across Wolverhampton, Market Rasen & Newmarket for a host of action to build a big treble. We also bring back the Horse Racing Hurdles debate, which this week looks at an important appeal for lead training figures over in Ireland who will be disqualified from certain races next season.

It’s Shergar Cup weekend from Ascot + racing from Newmarket, Haydock & The Curragh!

4 Tracks to bring you action from as Cotty joins Harrison to look ahead to another group 1 weekend in Ireland, plus the return of the well celebrated Shergar Cup from Ascot to get stuck into. Some big group action also from Newmarket & Haydock, with some strong tips coming from the 2024 Rose Of Lancaster stakes.

The boys also take a look back on the best of the action from Glorious Goodwood, which seen the likes of Kyprios and Notable Speech pick up the big prizes in a week dominated by none other than Mick Appleby, who stormed home with Big Evs in the King George Qatar sprint.

The racing league moves into week three also, as we head to Chepstow and Harrison holds a fantastic +17 points of profit from Yarmouth and Wolverhampton, as Cotty gives us his NAP of the week on the card also. Be sure to head over to our instagram @bigfiveracing for all of our tips rom the Thursday card!

It’s King George VI & Queen Elizabeth week from Ascot and the Racing League gets underway!

A busy summer schedule for racing as we head to the Knavesmire and Swinley Bottom as Ascot and York continue their busy fixtures with over £1 million on offer this Saturday. That includes the return of Auguste Rodin, who is looking to turn away Rebel’s Romance to land the monster £700,000 prize.

Week one of the racing league gets underway from Yarmouth on Thursday, and the boys are putting together a competition over the next 6 weeks to help find you some winners as part of the excellent Racing League incentive.

Two NAPS come from Ascot this week also, including a potential superstar 2 year old in the royal blue silks for Harrison. Make sure to head over to our instagram for more on Matty’s tips and everything you need to get ready for the racing league also!

William Buick goes 100 up in with the July Cup and Cotty is chasing a five timer! Another great week of action in the books from Newmarket as their July festival threw up a hole host of exceptional stars both current and to come across the sport, and the NAP double was landed in style as Ancient Truth stepped it up in Superlative Stakes for the Godolphin powerhouse.

This week sees a small return to some jumps action on domestic waters with Market Rasen hosting a premier raceday as we take you through the big two handicaps a little later on in the show. Before that, its Irish Oaks weekend from the Curragh and Newbury host their Hackwood meeting for an exciting big five.

Three fresh NAPS for you to get stuck into also from across the North West with Haydock and Cartmel shaping up for some weekend action, and Cotty is looking for his 5th straight NAP victory, with Harrison looking to make it 6 from 8 in a great Summer stint.

As ever, head over to our Instagram @bigfiveracing for the latest on all our tips, analysis and much more!

Newmarket is back for the July festival & so it Matty! The three boys are all back together after a busy summer and what a week of racing we have coming up. We are back on the July course at Newmarket for the summer festival, which includes a fantastic heads up in the July cup between Inisherin and Vandeek.

Group racing galore as we also asses a few of the 2 year old races which hold huge implications in next seasons derby and guineas contenders, including a potential Godolphin superstar favourite.

That brings up one of three NAP’s across the week as there is an exciting 16/1 treble on offer, as the boys also finish this week with a rather interesting handicap theory, and as ever our assessment off the course with focus on England’s big week at the European Championships which is still to come.

if you aren’t already, head over to our Instagram @bigfiveracing and check out all of our content including some big tips from this week’s festival.