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This is the Melbourne Cup edition of The Trainers Hut featuring Highclere Australia's Racing Manager Andrew Hawkins to discuss Great House. The Chris Waller-trained charge was able to guarantee a start in the Race thats Stops the Nation by winning the Group 3 Hotham Stakes (2500m) on Derby Day. He will aim to join Brew (2000) and Shocking (2009) as horses to do the double since the turn of the century. What a race it is shaping up to be!

Greg Childs is the special guest in The Trainers Hut for this episode as we build towards the 2021 WS Cox Plate. Greg had a wonderful association with the great mare Sunline, winning the 1999 and 2000 Cox Plates. She ran second to Northerly in 2001 and fourth to The Fighting Tiger the following year. Greg takes us through the winning years and also the irony that he was Northerly's regular rider in Melbourne also.

Tom Moore and Rob Archibald join Todd Blum inside The Trainers Hut to discuss Home Affairs, the lone three-year-old, in this weekend's $15 million TAB The Everest. Rob discussed the promising colt's chances in the richest race on turf and Tom talks us through the link between Coolmore and the race. Coolmore tasted victory in the race with Yes Yes Yes who now stands at their Hunter Valley farm. Yes Yes Yes was also a three-year-old when he won in 2019, and like Home Affairs was trained by Chris Waller and will be ridden by Glen Boss.

Mark Chittick comes inside The Trainers Hut as they prepare to back up Group 1 Flight Stakes-winning filly Never Been Kissed in the Spring Champion Stakes this Saturday, also at Group 1 level. The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained three-year-old is by Waikato Stallion Tivaci and became his first Group 1 winner at the weekend. The step up to the 2000m from the mile looks like it will suit her also. We also get an update on the Super Seth foals that have started hitting the ground this breeding season.

We go back on the Melbourne Cup Path in The Trainers Hut and speak to Spanish Mission's managing owner Barry Irwin, CEO of Team Valor Interanational. We gain some valuable insight into the preparation of Spanish Mission as we build towards the Melbourne Cup. The in-form Craig Williams has been booked to ride the Andrew Balding trained visitor and we believe Barry has met Craig before. Listen to the episode to hear more.

Jarred Magnabosco sits in The Trainers Hut ahead of a landmark day for his Best Bloodstock. Black Tahitian will be the first runner to carry the Best Bloodstock red and yellow colours on Saturday at Flemington in the Listed Darley Maribyrnong Trial Stakes. Jarred also takes us through how Best Bloodstock came about and the stable he is building.

Edward Cummings joins Todd Blum in The Trainers Hut off the back of his first stakes winner training in his own name in Duais, who backs up in the Group 1 ATC Oaks this weekend after her victory last Saturday in the Group 3 Adrian Knox Stakes. The pair also discuss how Prompt Prodigy came through his run in the ATC Derby and his move to Hawkesbury going out on his own after being in a training partnership with his father Anthony.

Cam Rawiller is off to Sydney on loan to be apprenticed by the legendary Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott at Tulloch Lodge. Cam's dad Nash rode 26 Group1 Winners for the First Lady of Racing and Todd Blum chats to Cam about the move to follow in his father's footsteps.

This episode of The Trainers Hut we go back and have a listen to Shane Nichols tell us the story of how Group 1 winner Streets Of Avalon came into the stable from back in Episode 3 of the First Season. We then head to Shane Nichols to get his thoughts in the build-up to the Group 1 Futurity Stakes defence.

Louis Le Metayer is the first guest in The Trainers Hut for Season 2 in 2021. Louis, director of Astute Bloodstock, is an independent bloodstock agent and joins Todd Blum to discuss the current Yearling Sales, his purchases, selection process and horse welfare.

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.

OTI is a leading syndicator and bloodstock management company globally and CEO Terry Henderson joins Todd Blum in The Trainers Hut to speak about the current issue with the Melbourne Cup and the International horses. The pair also talk about OTI's runners for Sandown Cup Day and some of the first horse's OTI imported.

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.

As we build up to the Melbourne Cup Carnival who better to speak to than Joe Agresta. Joe played an integral part in five Melbourne Cup triumphs with his role as main track work rider for Cups King, Bart Cummings, at his Flemington base. Todd Blum and Joey take us through the preparation for those cup winner's, as well as the role of the track rider and some of his other favourite horses.

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.

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

Paul Moroney joins Todd Blum in The Trainers Hut as we build up to the Caulfield Cup. Paul Moroney Bloodstock will be represented by three runners with Aktau, Dashin Willoughby and Chapada, who Paul part-owns. An outstanding feat by Paul and his team and we go through them as well as another horse to keep an eye on for the Melbourne Cup and some of his recent broodmare results.