Ep 1002 - King of Steel to miss big summer targets

Nick, in Baltimore for the Preakness Stakes, is joined by Racing Post writer Lee Mottershead to discuss the day's racing news. With the development that King of Steel incurred a gallops injury yesterday morning, Nick speaks to owner Kia Joorabchian. Also on today's show, Nick and Lee look ahead to York's Dante Festival in the company of William Haggas, who speaks very warmly about the chances of Economics in the week's feature race, while the racecourse's Amy Swales details the charitable partnerships that York are undertaking this season. Later in this edition, Noel Meade remembers the huge talent that was Harchibald, Ben Atkins has all the Pointing news and JA McGrath brings us his weekly bulletin from Hong Kong. Plus, Nick pays tribute to the brilliant trainer Reg Akehurst, who has died aged 94.