The Paddock and The Pavilion - The Horse Racing and Cricket Podcast

Art & Horse is a unique Art exhibition due to be held at Ilka Gansera Leveque’s Saint Wendred’s yard in Newmarket over the Guineas weekend. .

In this podcast you will hearing from Ilka along with short clips from ten of the fourteen artists exhibiting at the event.

A lover of Art Ilka talks about how her idea has grown over the past few months to include international painters and sculptors from America, France South Africa and the United Kingdom. Ilka joins us to discuss all the fourteen artists while ten of them add snippets about their art, style and love of horses.

If you love art come along to Saint Wendred’s, on Sunday between 10am -6pm. There is something for everybody. Saint Wendred’s is two minutes from Newmarket’s Rowley Mile racecourse.

Details of all the artists can be found on Ilka’s website.

Events at Saint Wendred's (gansera-leveque.com)

For more in depth interviews with the artists exhibiting at Art & Horse Racing check out the Vantage Point Racing Club podcast on the link below. @VantagePointRac

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Fifty years ago, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby and went on to win the American Triple Crown, the first horse to do so since 1948.

In this podcast you will hear from award winning journalist Jay Hovdey and Chris Goodlett from the Kentucky Derby Museum.

Jay gives expert insight into the legendary horse's racing career while Chris talks about the fabulous new exhibition Secretariat – America’s Horse.

Take yourself back to the 1970s, capture the magic of Secretariat and find out what he means to Americans fifty years after his Triple Crown year.

 Jay ends by adding his thought on the 149th Kentucky Derby due to be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday 6 May. 

Jay Hovdey is an award winning American journalist a National columnist for BloodHorse magazine and BloodHorse daily who has written four books on racing including one of Cigar, the first winner of the Dubai World Cup Jay also serves on the nominating committee for the thoroughbred racing Hall of Fame and is married to the Hall of Fame jockey Julie Krone.

Chris Goodlett is the Senior Director of Curatorial and Educational Affairs at the Kentucky Derby Museum.

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In the Pavilion

What was it like to…. Play against a World XI?

In Episode 9 of a series where I pose the question ‘What was it like to….

I spoke to Jenny Thompson about playing cricket against a World XI.  Jenny is currently on herworldcrickettour and in only her second game she played for the Hong Kong Divas against a World XI in the opening match at the 2023 FairBreak Invitational event in Hong Kong.

Capture the enthusiasm of the former Cheshire County and Australian grade player as she chats about the match people can only dream of playing. Find out how she bowled to England opener Sophia Dunkley and mixed it with Laura Wolvaardt, Katherine Sciver- Brunt, Sana Mir, Deandre Dottin and Bismah Maroof.

Jenny who also worked as a cricinfo journalist talks about her exciting plans to play cricket all around the world over the next three years.

At the time of writing Jenny has now played in Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam.

Follow Jenny’s cricketing journey on Facebook and Instagram on #herworldcrickettour

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Leading journalist John Oaksey described Captain Donald Swan's ride in the 1975 Grand National as someone who went off like he hadn’t eaten for three days looking to find eggs and bacon behind Becher’s!

In this podcast Donald talks about his dream of riding his own horse Zimulator at Aintree, the year Red Rum was chasing his third successive victory in the world's most famous race. Find out if he reached those imaginary bacon and eggs.

Donald reflects on his son Charlie's racing career, his exploits at Aintree and his hopes for his grandson Harry.

A natural storyteller, he could have gone to RADA, look out for tales of his first point to point win, a motorway chase involving the Irish police and the day Charlie was born!

Recorded on the 28 March.

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With the Grand National looming we look back at the exploits of L’Escargot a remarkable horse who won the race in 1975 through the voice of sportswriter David Owen. David has just written a book about the Irish horse who denied Red Rum’s third successive victory nearly 50 years ago as well as winning two Cheltenham Gold Cups.

David reflects on L’Escargot’s career and the quest by his Irish trainer Dan Moore and his American owner Raymond Guest to win the world famous race.  The trainer had narrowly missed out as a jockey in 1938 whilst the trainer’s family had been trying unsuccessfully to win the race since the 1920’s.

David’ new book “ No Snail”, the horse who foiled Red Rum aims to bring this talented and extremely versatile horse back into the limelight. Is he a forgotten horse?

No Snail: Amazon.co.uk: David Owen: 9781915237217: Books

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England may not hold the Men’s or Women’s Ashes, but we do hold the grey or silver Ashes as they call them for over 70s cricket.

In this podcast you will hear England all rounder Nick Andrews (Market Deeping Cricket club) chat about the England over 70s side success down under in the recent three match one day international series. Nick has been playing the cricket for sixty years, a game he clearly loves as you find out through his reminisces about the battles against the Aussies.  "I just refuse to stop. We just love the game so much,” said Nick.

Joining the show, you will also hear from Australian bowler Paul Cullen, who played in match two of the series. Plus, they both talk about meeting former Australian Test opener Rick McCosker, a previous guest on this podcast, at one of the tour matches.

A trip down memory lane for anyone who loves cricket, however old they are.

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In preparation for the start of the County Championship season on April 6 our guest is young Gloucestershire and England wicket keeper batsman James Bracey who is back from playing grade cricket in Melbourne.

James talks about his plans for the new season, his career at Gloucestershire CCC and his sudden selection to the to the England Test ranks in the summer of 2021 against New Zealand.   He reflects candidly on his Test Match experience against the World Test champions where he scored 0, 0 & 8 in his two matches.

Whilst James admits his performance for England affected his county form in 2021 when he returned to play for Gloucestershire, he is determined to regain his place in the England set up. Last season although a disappointing one for his county, who were relegated from Division 1, was a successful one for James who was included in the PCA team of the year based on his county performances.

We also catch James’s thoughts on the new season together with his Men’s and Women’s Ashes predictions.

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Roland Butcher, the former England Test player returns to the show to give his views on England’s recent tour of New Zealand.

Roland discusses the triumph at The Mount along with the nailbiter in Wellington where England lost, as they say, by the barest of margins, one run.

He considers skipper Ben Stokes’s knee injury, the probable return of Johnny Bairstow to the Test side and the progress that speedster Jofra Archer has made in South Africa and Bangladesh on his road to recovery.

Chatting from his hotel room in Trinidad in his role as a West Indian selector Roland reflects on the Caribbean team’s winter Test matches against Zimbabwe and South Africa.

And with the Ashes now less than three months away the show’s cricketing expert updates us on his Ashes prediction alongside his thoughts, changing sports, whether Arsenal can win this season’s English Premier League Title.

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On 26 February Australia won the T20 Women’s World Cup in South Africa.

In this podcast former England Test centurion Kathryn Leng and German international Tina Gough are back on the show to review the 8th T20 Women’s World Cup which proved to be a wonderful advert for the women’s game. The pair are joined by England A wicket keeper Ellie Threlkeld and teenage vlogger Rosa Simkin who both make cameo appearances.

In a packed episode we discussed whether countries are getting closer to toppling Australia, England’s campaign, the stars of the event and posed the question should there be more teams in the T20 World Cup. Plus, we look ahead to April’s Fairbreak Invitational tournament in Hong Kong where Tina is headed to play for the Falcons and the Ashes which begins on 22 June at Trent Bridge.

Enjoy a fun packed show of cricketing insight from our panel of experts. More than one host at times! Packed with cricketing cliches. And an angry fast bowler!

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Young racing Journalist Sam Martin has featured on The Paddock and The Pavilion on a couple of occasions as a co-host. 

Now it's the turn for her to be in the spotlight as she looks ahead to the Cheltenham Festival.

Feel Sam’s love of the sport, from how it all began watching the television with her Grandad to now working for Rein it in Racing, Careers in Racing, and recently for Silks Magazine.

In a wide-ranging conversation Sam gives her thoughts on social media, the positives and negatives. her own riding and how she would try to get young people interested in horse racing.

Plus, Sam marks our card for the big races at Cheltenham.

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