George And Charlie: Off The Bridle

With the first Classics of 2019 upon us we thought it was time for a real heavyweight guest – hence multiple Group 1-winning jock and all-round top guy James Doyle joins us in the Kings Head, Dullingham for a wide-ranging chat. There’s insight on being part of the Godolphin team, as well as finding out his every-day breakfast cereal of choice – and a whole lot more besides. Meanwhile George has a smile on his face after getting back among the winners, Charlie gives us the lowdown on his exciting colt King Ottokar. And there is all the usual jibber-jabber, plus corking revelations about Fellowes’ schooldays sprinting exploits – worth the admission feel alone!

Episode 3 Extra - Big News! by George and Charlie: Off the Bridle

It was very good having Oli Bell on the pod for Episode 2 but we thought we’d get ourselves a proper star guest for Episode 3 – so we put a call into Hayley Turner and, of course, she was great fun. Hayley gives us an insight into weighing-room life – Havlin loves his music, Norton is good for boxing chat – while she also recalls glorious Group 1 days on Dream Ahead and Margot Did. There’s also some football rivalry chat between Notts County fan ‘H’ and Forest follower Fellowes. Talking of Charlie and, not forgetting George, they’ve both been off on stag do’s – messy, very messy, certainly in Fellowes’ case. Plenty of news too from the track... it’s all here in Episode 3!

We thought having a special guest along would ensure Episode 2 wasn’t all about Charlie... but somehow the plan backfired. Our first guest, Oli Bell from ITV Racing, was of course an absolute star with tales of his recent Frodon-Frost moment at Cheltenham alongside an insight on his boxing ‘career’ plus loads of other great stuff. Oli was indeed a brilliant first guest and yet Fellowes trumps him and co-host Scott – who himself provides a top Deontay Wilder stalking story – with an extraordinary wedding-aisle yarn (the fainting Rev!). In another Fellowes belter, he also explains how he managed to get his hand broken by England bowler Matthew Hoggard on a stag do. Frankly, there are parts of Episode 2 that are just an astounding listen...we hope you agree! SHOW NOTES 4min 14sec – Charlie ends up at the wrong house on his way to a party – only there’s far more to it than that 7min 56sec – George stalks heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder on the LA streets 10min 02sec – It’s our very first guest – Mr Oli B

A serious issue to start with – prize money and potential boycotts. Once the boys have got that off their chests they reflect on the highs (and occasional low) from their respective ongoing Dubai World Cup Carnival campaigns. The chat then turns to a recent London lunch – settlement for a match bet between the pair. Find out also which one of the lads lost his iPad after a glass or two too many and hear Charlie’s verdict on Martin O’Neill’s arrival at his beloved Nottingham Forest.