Ep 1200 - Persistence pays as City of York becomes Group 1

Nick is joined by Racing Post senior writer, Lee Mottershead to
discuss the news and events from around the horse racing world.
First up today, York's head of sponsorship and marketing James
Brennan shares the racecourse’s delight at the City of York Stakes
finally achieving Group 1 status after many years of campaigning.
Also on today's show, co-trainer Josh Guerriero discusses the
options for Iroko who is by no means a certain runner in this
weekend's feature Ladbrokes Chase at Kempton Park due to drying
ground conditions and also has news of other promising youngsters
in the yard. Pro-punter, owner and Raceshare syndicate founder
Patrick Veitch shares his delight at real Triumph Hurdle prospect
Gibbs Island, who won the Victor Ludorum hurdle at Haydock. Veitch
also shares his views on recent pronouncements from racing
supporting MPs on the separation of racing and gaming wallets.
Plus, Kieran Clark has this week’s Timeform perspective and Herman
Brown jnr, once a leading trainer in South Africa, tells Nick about
how much he is looking forward to his second incarnation with a
licence in our Weatherby's supported bloodstock slot.