ITV Racing

So, yeah.

Mick Fitzgerald on ITV Racing yesterday said, we need more rain.

No, we don't.

We can't have any more than heavy going.

Um, a good example would be we, by an absolute fluke, we, we sponsored s- some card or something, and it got moved to Perth, and it was right at the end of the season in 2025 when it was Willie Mullins going for the trainers title at Perth at the end of April.

And we ended up having not paid for it, ended up with a, one of the headline races essentially on ITV Racing on a Saturday afternoon.

It's called, like, the AK Bets whatever, handicap hurdle or whatever.

And there was loads of Willie horses in it and this kind of thing, and we got no...

But-

But nothing to do with Ruby Walsh and the money they are paying him.

As Ronan points out, Ruby works for Racing TV, Paddy Power, and The Irish Examiner, RT Racing, 2FM, Willie Mullins, ITV Racing, and now he's at, now he's, uh, at the Racing Post.

He's some, uh, some schedule.

All right, let's get the best bets on Saturday.

Strongest plays on Saturday afternoon, ITV Racing.

I'm confident I know what Rory's is, so Ruby, you can go first.

Humidity.

Just something you, you noticed?

Yeah, I mean, I didn't take any notice, well, or much notice of the actual content, but, um, what I, what I would say, I've noticed it a few times, uh, in recent weeks, I think there might be a bit of a cost-cutting going on, um, on ITV Racing, 'cause I've seen at least one occasion, probably two or three, where they've only had two people on, on the opening show in the morning.

Um, which is surprising 'cause, you know, there was...

It's not unheard of to get a lot more than that.

I'm gonna have to do a bit of heavy lifting here by the looks of things.

Uh, right, before we get stuck into the ITV Racing, we've got Group 1 action at Newmarket.

We've also got an excellent card at Ascot that does not feature Constitution Hill.

Gotta go to Italy if you wanna watch him.

Good, good quality, uh, hurdler for Henry de Bromhead.

That's a great card at Gordon.

I know there's a lot going on with, uh, Longchamp, ITV Racing, but if you're a fan of jumps, you are being treated absolutely.

Right, lads, the Arc, the feature of the weekend, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

He loves talking about it.

He was on, um, he was on ITV Racing on Saturday talking about it again, wasn't he?

Yeah.

So you were more on target than Pat Eddery that day, we can say.