Ep 1020 - Why Troy Eclipse call is a departure for Ballydoyle

Nick is joined by David Yates from the Daily Mirror to take stock of the latest from around the racing world. They lead with the news of City of Troy's pointing towards the Eclipse in preference to the Irish Derby and set this in historical context. They also discuss Frankie Dettori not riding at Ascot, and the continuing dilemma surrounding where or if to run Inspiral next week. Among guests today are Danny Gargan, trainer of Belmont winner Dornoch, Alan Cooper, racing manager to the NIarchos family with the latest on Passenger, Jacob Shephard, chartmaker at Golden Gate Fields (closed Sunday), and George Baker, about to relocate his string to Epsom's historic Downs House.