Ep 289 - Palace Pier's toughest test so far?

Tom is joined by broadcaster and journalist Lydia Hislop to look ahead to a superb Jacques Le Marois at Deauville on Sunday and ask if this is Palace Pier's toughest test to date. We hear from trainer Jim Bolger whose Poetic Flare is second in the betting and from Alpine Star's trainer Jessica Harrington. Tom is also joined by the Paulick Report's Editor-in-Chief Natalie Voss to discuss the breaking news from the US yesterday that trainer Jorge Navarro has changed his plea to guilty and admitted to the consistent doping of his horses over a four-year period. And we are a month away from National Racehorse Week and trainer Rebecca Menzies joins us to look ahead to opening up her yard and tells us that she's had to extend numbers due to demand.