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As the Yearling Sale season creeps up on us Steve Davis joins Todd Blum in The Trainers Hut this week to talk all things auctioneering. The best in the business tells us about the sales he goes too, some of the horses he remembers most and we talk some of his famous one liners. Do you know what he sold Octagonal for?

One of racing's true characters joins Todd Blum in The Trainers Hut on this weeks episode on the back of his brilliant Ballarat Cup win. The Cuz, as he is known, speaks about the Thousand Guineas win of Odeum and what is in store for her as well as his Melbourne Cup mount decision that he made at the start of the Spring. As always it's a very honest Michael Walker. Enjoy.

Racing.com's main man Jason Richardson joins Todd Blum in The Trainers Hut to speak about his thoughts on the Spring Carnival and some of the major performances. The pair speak horses of the now and the ones to watch as well as the jockeys. We also find out who was really training Prince Of Arran.

Todd Blum's Phantom Race Call for the 2020 Lexus Melbourne Cup. Have a listen to find the winner of this year's edition.

The final episode of the Melbourne Cup Path as we approach the 2020 Lexus Melbourne Cup Todd Blum is joined by Charlie Fellowes in The Trainers Hut. Charlie is the trainer of cult horse Prince Of Arran and he discusses his lead-up to a third tilt at the Cup and how he wishes he could be here.

Paul Bloodworth is the person responsible for bringing the biggest overseas names and horses to the Melbourne Spring Carnival and he joins Todd Blum on this week's edition of The Trainers Hut. Bookended by the Caulfield Cup & Cox Plate which feature some of Europe's biggest names and most promising horses Paul takes us through the process to get the 'Internationals' here and the Cox Plate line-up.

The Spring Carnival is really getting hot and Sheamus Mills Bloodstock were just as hot over the weekend with three fillies in Thousand Guineas with Odeum claiming the victory in the feature. Todd Blum speaks to Sheamus Mills who is a returning guest on the show about the win as well as breaking down the days results for you.

This week Bloodstock Agent Sheamus Mills joins Todd Blum in The Trainers Hut to discuss the upcoming Inglis July Sales Series and how Victorian's will not be allowed to attend. That's vendors or potential buyers. They also discuss some of the stallions Sheamus is bullish about and some of the things he considers when mating a mare. Amongst the resulted racehorse he has mated is Melbourne Cup hero Vow And Declare.

This week on The Trainers Hut Todd Blum wanted a guest who had a link to the Royal Ascot Carnival. The famous five-day event was held last week and when thinking of someone who would tie in nicely Jeremy Gask came straight to mind. Jeremy started training in Adelaide and then found himself training in England for 10 years before recently returning to train at Scone. Jeremy trained the warrior Medicean Man who ran at Royal Ascot seven times in eight years.

This week in The Trainers Hut Todd speaks to John North who is Principal of Bowness Stud. It was announced this week that the magnificent D'Argento will be standing at Bowness based in Young, NSW. The big grey son of So You Think was a crowd favourite throughout his career which was capped with a Group 1 victory in the Rosehill Guineas (2000m). Todd also discuses some of the issues in the racing world with Spring Programming and Crowds back at the track.

This week in The Trainers Hut Todd Blum speaks to leading bloodstock agent Suman Hedge who is responsible for two of the most exciting horses in training at the moment. Django Freeman is coming off his Australian debut and Schabau recently made his return from injury after winning three from three in the country. Todd also discusses the news of the sale of Shadow Hero to Hong Kong where he will be trained by David Hayes and the whole that will be left in the current crop of three-year-olds before next season with a number of colts heading off to stud.

Todd Blum takes you inside The Trainers Hut with a focus on two races that will have a big influence on the 2020 Group 1 Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) later in the year. Todd speaks to Dan Fletcher who is a part owner of Russian Camelot, the impressive winner of the Group 1 SA Derby (2500m), as well as a look at the race itself. Todd also looks at the Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) run this weekend at Flemington for a 'golden-ticket' to the Melbourne Cup.