Nick is joined by broadcaster Rishi Persad to discuss the latest news from around the racing world. They are joined first by Kentucky Derby winning trainer Graham Motion, who makes a passionate and renewed case for a switch to synthetic surfaces after a sequence of catastrophic events at Saratoga that have rocked the racing world. Also on today's show, Jour de Galop's Adrien Cugnase explains why Jean Claude Rouget is heading straight to the Arc de Triomphe with favourite Ace Impact, while Rachael King reflects on her near miss in Japan's jockeys' challenge and loss forward to a return to the country for the Japan Cup with Arapaho. Tom Blain from Barton Stud is this week's Weatherbys Bloodstock guest.