GET ready for the biggest weekend in the Irish flat racing calendar with The Racing Edge Podcast’s Irish Champions Festival 2026 preview.

Mark Boylan is joined by Mark Costello and Anne Marie Duff to run through each of the seven Group 1 contests at Leopardstown and the Curragh this Saturday and Sunday.

The panel nominate their best bets, favourites to oppose and value outsiders to note, while also looking back at last week’s high-class action at ParisLongchamp, Kentucky Downs and Haydock.

The Irish Field editor Mark Costello speaks to Leopardstown boss Mark Clayton ahead of his first Irish Champions Festival in charge at the Co Dublin track.