The Punter Podcast
The Punter Podcast from City AM. Tune in every week for expert horse racing insight, covering UK, Irish, and international races, plus a Hong Kong spotlight.
Episodes
78 episodes
Episode 78: Lincoln meeting at Doncaster, Dubai World Cup and Happy Valley
The flat is back! Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are here to preview the flat season's curtain raiser at Doncaster as well as the action at Kempton on Saturday. There's high class action at Meydan for the Dubai World Cup card and Wally Pyrah ret...
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Episode 77: Saturday action at Newbury, Grand National ante post and BMW Hong Kong Derby
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back following a good week at the Cheltenham Festival with a look at the action at Newbury on Saturday. The BMW Hong Kong Derby takes centre stage at Sha Tin, Andrea Atzeni and Harry Bentley join to discuss the...
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Episode 76: Gold Cup Day at the Cheltenham Festival with Harry Skelton
It's Gold Cup day! Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile spin through all seven days on the headline day of the Cheltenham Festival, and Harry Skelton joins to discuss his chances aboard Grey Dawning in the big one and his other chances on Friday.
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Episode 75: Day Three of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival with Harry Skelton
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile spin through all seven races on the third day of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, with analysis and picks for each contest and Harry Skelton joins to discuss his chances on Thursday.
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Episode 74: Day Two of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile spin through all seven races on the second day of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, with analysis and picks for each contest.
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Episode 73: Day One of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile spin through all seven races on the opening day of the 2026 Cheltenham Festival, with selections and analysis of each contest. Tom and Bill will be previewing the action from each day of the Festival th...
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Episode 72: Josh Moore, Sandown, Happy Valley and Cheltenham chat
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are here to preview Saturday's action from Sandown and Josh Moore joins to discuss his runners this weekend and at the Cheltenham Festival. Wally Pyrah previews Happy Valley and Bill has his final antepost selectio...
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Episode 71: Constitution Hill... Kelso, Newbury, Doncaster, Happy Valley and more!
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile hear from Nicky Henderson and Paul Nicholls at Kempton's pre-Cheltenham Festival Gallops Morning.Bill gives his best ante post bets on Saturday's action at Kelso, Newbury and Doncaster, as well as another fo...
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Episode 70: Kempton, Newcastle, Lingfield and Cheltenham
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are here to preview a busy Saturday of action from Kempton, Newcastle and Lingfield. Bill has another antepost selection for the Cheltenham Festival and Wally Pyrah returns to preview Sha Tin on Thursday.
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Episode 69: Ascot, Haydock, Happy Valley and the Cheltenham Festival
Ben Cleminson and Bill Esdaile are here to preview the action from Ascot and Haydock. Bill has another antepost selection for the Cheltenham Festival and Wally Pyrah returns to preview Happy Valley on Wednesday.
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Episode 68: Super Saturday at Newbury and Warwick
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are here to preview the action from Super Saturday at Newbury, as well as the action from Warwick. Bill has another antepost selection for the Cheltenham Festival and Wally returns to preview Happy Valley on Wednes...
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Episode 67: Dublin Racing Festival, Musselburgh and Sandown
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back to preview the Group 1 action from the Dublin Racing Festival at Leopardstown, with selections from Saturday's cards at Musselburgh and Sandown and Wally Pyrah returns with his best bets on Wednesday's Hap...
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Episode 66: Cheltenham Trials Day and the Great Yorkshire Chase
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back to preview Saturday's Cheltenham Trials Day and the Great Yorkshire Chase card at Doncaster. Bill has a long priced fancy for the Irish and Cheltenham Gold Cup, and Wally Pyrah returns with a preview of Sh...
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Episode 65: Berkshire Winter Million, Haydock, Happy Valley, Willy Twiston-Davies and Ante Post extras
Tom Marriott is joined by Bill Esdaile to preview the weekend's main races, including Ascot and Haydock, while trainer Willy Twiston-Davies provides updates on his potential runners.Hong Kong expert Wally Pyrah is also on to run through ...
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Episode 64: Kempton, Warwick, Happy Valley and the Road to Cheltenham
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile preview the Saturday's action from Kempton, featuring the Lanzarote Hurdle, with a look at Warwick's William Hill Half A Mill Classic Chase card also. Bill also kicks off his Road to Cheltenham antepost tips, while...
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Episode 63: Christmas Racing Special
Tom Marriott is joined by Bill Esdaile for his best bets of the busy Christmas racing schedule, highlighted by the King George at Kempton on Boxing Day.Plus, Wally Pyrah dials in to preview the racing at Happy Valley in Hong Kong on Tues...
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Episode 62: Ascot and Haydock
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back to preview Saturday's racing, with the Long Walk Hurdle taking centre stage at Ascot and a competitive card at Haydock. Josh Moore joins to discuss their chances, including Mondo Man at Ascot, and Wally Py...
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Episode 61: HKIR 2025
A bonus edition previewing the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races with HK expert Wally Pyrah.Tom Marriott reports from Hong Kong, where he's heard from Andrea Atzeni, James McDonald and Charlie Hills.
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Episode 60: Cheltenham, Doncaster and the IJC
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back to preview Friday and Saturday's racing at Cheltenham, with a look at the action at Doncaster on Saturday also, Oliver Greenall joins to discuss his runner Jagwar and others, and Wally Pyrah is on hand to ...
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Episode 59: Tingle Creek at Sandown, Aintree and Chepstow
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back with selections for Sandown's Tingle Creek meeting and the Becher Chase at Aintree, whilst Bill has an antepost tip for the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow. Wally Pyrah's been in form of late and has his ...
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Episode 58: Newbury and Newcastle
Ben Cleminson and Bill Esdaile are here to take a look at Saturday's cards at Newbury and Newcastle, including the G1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle, whilst Wally Pyrah returns with Happy Valley selections and a look ahead to December's Hong Kong Intern...
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Episode 57: Betfair Chase Day at Haydock and Ascot
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back on Episode 57 of the pod, previewing the first Group 1 race of the season in the UK, the Betfair Chase as well as the supporting card at Haydock. There's selections from Ascot also with the G2 1965 Chase t...
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Episode 56: Cheltenham's November Meeting
Tom Marriott and Bill Esdaile are back to preview Cheltenham's November Meeting across Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with Wally Pyrah on hand with tips for Happy Valley.
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