I Set The Grenade Off! £128 Million Horse Sales, Melbourne Cup Plans & A Surprise Date

This week on Running Loose, we’re coming to you from Tattersalls in Newmarket, where £128 million has changed hands in just three days of the yearling sales.

Francesca and Vanessa unpack the extraordinary money being spent on horses, the dream behind buying a yearling and what it takes for a horse to stand out in the sales ring. They also look back at the Arc, discuss the pressure and ego involved in bloodstock, and hear about the life-changing moments happening around the sales.

Then there’s a very exciting announcement: Team Running Loose is heading down under for the Melbourne Cup. Vanessa faces a crash course in Australian racing, from the mounting yard and the Birdcage to “roughies”, while Francesca tries to prepare her for the trip — and for a packed wardrobe.

Plus, the trainers’ championship, Tattersalls’ surprisingly good social scene, and the story of Vanessa’s latest social grenade…

00:00 Trailer

00:58 Welcome to Tattersalls and the £128m yearling sales

01:53 What are people really buying? The dream

06:58 Paris, the Arc and Francesca’s reporting week

11:46 The £2.2m sale topper

15:30 Bloodstock, ego and the women changing the game

19:26 Life-changing sales and the £4m Frankel

22:27 Team Running Loose goes to the Melbourne Cup

25:15 Vanessa’s Australian racing quiz

31:28 The Birdcage, celebrities and Robbie Williams

33:07 Why isn’t there a champion trainer crowned on Champions Day?

35:35 Tattersalls, cocktails and the racing social scene

37:38 Vanessa’s surprise date

39:07 “I set the grenade off”

Running Loose is hosted by Francesca Cumani and Vanessa Ryle.

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