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Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - and Tony McCormick - talkSPORT & talkSPORT 2 - cover the three races set to be run over the National Fences at the 2026 Aintree Festival... with THE FOXHUNTERS CHASE, THE TOPHAM CHASE and THE RANDOX GRAND NATIONAL ALL coming under deep focus, in the latest episode of 'The Racing PodBlast'...

2026 Aintree Grand National Meeting

• ⭕ 3:30 Thursday - Foxhunters Chase
• ⭕ 4:05 Friday - Topham Handicap Chase
• ⭕ 4:00 Saturday - RANDOX GRAND NATIONAL 🏆

This week's PodBlast concentrates on those three competitive Aintree Grand National meeting races due to be run over the big fences, with a deep array of stats, pointers, race trends and tips being put up for all three races...

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Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - and Tony McCormick - talkSPORT & talkSPORT 2 - head to the opening day of the 2026 Flat season this weekend, with Doncaster and The Lincoln Handicap the main focus...

Saturday (28th March)

• ⭕ 1.50 Doncaster - Cammidge Trophy (Listed) 🏆
• ⭕ 2.25 Doncaster - Spring Mile Handicap (Class 2) 📊
• ⭕ 3.32 Doncster - Lincoln Handicap (Class 2) 📊

This week's PodBlast concentrates on those three competitive Doncaster contests, with a deep array of stats, pointers, trends and tips being put up for all three races...

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Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - and Tony McCormick - talkSPORT & talkSPORT 2 - are track-hopping on the PodBlast this week, covering three handicaps contests from three separate tracks, with one race from each of Chepstow, Sandown and Aintree... in the latest episode of 'The Racing PodBlast'...

Saturday 6th December

• ⭕ 1:36 Chepstow - Welsh National Trial (Class 2 Hcp)
• ⭕ 2:25 Sandown - Betfair Handicap Hurdle (Class 2 Hcp)
• ⭕ 2:40 Aintree - Becher Chase (Class 1 Hcp)

This week's PodBlast concentrates on those three competitive handicaps, with plenty of stats, pointers, trends and tips being put up for all three races...

And the 'PodBlast Racing News' is also back... a satirical look at some of the racing headlines from recent days... I wonder what Dave Carslake has to say about Constitution Hill this week... 🤔

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Tony McCormick - Shed Hot Radio - and Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - head to Ascot this weekend, covering their usual quota of three Saturday races, giving them their usual concise coverage...

Saturday (7th October)

• ⭕ 225 Ascot - Cumberland Lodge Stakes (Group 3 - 1m4f)
• ⭕ 300 Ascot - Bengough Stakes (Group 3 - 6f)
• ⭕ 335 Ascot - Howden Challenge Cup (Class 2 Handicap - 7f)

Part 1 of the Pod concentrates on those three Ascot contests, with plenty of stats, pointers and tips being put up by Ben & Tony...

Part 2 of the pod then takes it's usual trip up to Scotland to continue on the season long Top, Middle and Bottom football trixie battle!

No motivational speech from Big Duncan Ferguson this week... but Tony takes a verbal swipe at his favourite Division 2 team... Dumbarton 🥴😯

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Tony McCormick - Shed Hot Radio - and Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - go on their travels this weekend, covering three handicaps from three different tracks... a race from each of Newmarket, Ripon and Haydock... with the big race of the weekend - The 35-runner CAMBRIDGESHIRE HANDICAP from Newmarket - being the main focus...

Saturday (30th September)

• ⭕ 330 Ripon - Cathedral City of the Dales (Class 2 Handicap - 6f)
• ⭕ 340 Newmarket - Cambridgeshire (Class 2 Handicap - 1m1f)
• ⭕ 425 Haydock - Sock Shuffle Handicap (Class 2 Handicap - 1m)

Part 1 of the Pod concentrates on those three handicaps, with plenty of trends, stats, pointers and tips being put up by Ben & Tony...

Part 2 of the pod then moves on up to Scotland to continue on the season long Top, Middle and Bottom football trixie battle!

And this week there is a special guest appearance from Big Duncan Ferguson, with a bit of a 'motivational' speech for Top, Middle & Bottom 😯

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Tony McCormick - Shed Hot Radio - and Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - cover three races from AYR Gold Cup day this Saturday... including the big race itself; The Class 2 Ayr Gold Cup...

Saturday (23rd September)

• ⭕ 155 Ayr - Doonside Cup (Listed - 1m2f)
• ⭕ 225 Ayr - Ayr Silver Cup (Class 2 Handicap - 6f)
• ⭕ 335 Ayr - Ayr Gold Cup (Class 2 Handicap - 6f)

Part 1 of the Pod concentrates on those three Ayr races, with plenty of trends, stats, pointers and tips being put up by Ben & Tony...

Part 2 of the pod stays in Scotland to continue on the season long Top, Middle and Bottom football trixie battle!

Who plumps for Dumbarton this week?! 🫣

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Tony McCormick - Shed Hot Radio - and Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - cover three races from DONCASTER this Saturday... including the final classic of the season; The Group 1 St Leger Stakes...

Saturday (16th September)

• ⭕ 225 Doncaster - Portland Handicap (C2 - 5.5f)
• ⭕ 335 Doncaster - The St Leger Stakes (Group 1 - 1m6.5f)
• ⭕ 520 Doncaster - The Sealant Handicap (C2 - 1m)

Part 1 of the Pod concentrates on those three Doncaster races, with plenty of trends, stats, pointers and tips being put up by Ben & Tony...

Part 2 of the pod takes the next step in the season long Top, Middle and Bottom football trixie battle!

Old pals of the PodBlast DUMBARTON 🤨 were up to their old tricks last week... their defeat stopping the boys landing a PodBlast full house 😣

Are any of Ben or Tony brave enough to go for dodgy Dumbarton again 🫣

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Tony McCormick - Shed Hot Radio - and Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - cover three races from HAYDOCK this Saturday... including the Group 1 highlight The Haydock Sprint Cup...

Saturday (9th September)

• 225 Haydock - Betfair Handicap (C2 - 1m6f)
• 300 Haydock - The Old Burough Cup (C2 - 1m6f)
• 335 Haydock - Haydock Sprint Cup (G1 - 6f)

Part 1 of the Pod concentrates on those three Haydock races, with plenty of trends, stats, pointers and tips being put up by Ben & Tony...

Part 2 of the pod takes the next step in the season long Top, Middle and Bottom football trixie battle!

It's an International break this weekend and the lower Scottish leagues have decided it as good a time as any for the next round of their 'Challenge Cup'... so it's also a dive into the Challenge Cup for Ben & Tony!!

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Tony McCormick - Shed Hot Radio - and Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - cover three races this Saturday... two from the North at Beverley and one from the South at Sandown...

Saturday (2nd September)

• 205 Beverley - Silver Cup Handicap
• 240 Beverley - Beverley Bullet
• 300 Sandown - Virgin Bet Handicap

Part 1 of the Pod concentrates on those three races, with plenty of trends, stats, pointers and tips being put up by Ben & Tony...

Then in Part 2 of the pod it's the next step in the season long Top, Middle and Bottom football trixie battle! A gubbing last week for the boys... with Dumbarton up to their old tricks again... but the battle continues and the boys are in it for the long haul...

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Tony McCormick - Shed Hot Radio - and Ben Aitken - www.narrowingthefield.co.uk - cover three races from YORK this weekend (26th August) with the Ebor Handicap itself being the main focus...

Saturday (26th August)

• 225 York - Melrose Handicap
• 300 York - City Of York Stakes
• 335 York - The Ebor Handicap

Part 1 of the Pod concentrates on those York races, with plenty of trends, stats, pointers and tips being put up by Ben & Tony...

Then in Part 2 of the pod it's the next step in the season long Top, Middle and Bottom football trixie battle! Tony will be looking to add to his outstanding opening week return of +£27.99 😲

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