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From 2013, Channel 4 Racing became the exclusive home of free-to-air televised racing, having signed a four-year deal in March 2012. Coverage included all major races including The Derby , Cheltenham Festival and for the first time on Channel 4, the Grand National and Royal Ascot , and international races including the Dubai World Cup and the ...
Cheltenham Festival tips from the experts: Race card, bets and latest odds for day 1. Cheltenham Festival 2023. 11:44, Harry Latham-Coyle. The eyes of the racing world turn again to that fertile ...
During 1984 and 1985, horse racing moved from ITV to Channel 4 as Channel 4 Racing, where his role was expanded and he reported from the betting ring. [4] His signature flamboyant attire of a large deerstalker hat, sideburns, and brightly coloured matching suits and trousers, coupled with huge cigars, became a recognisable personal style. [5]
Goode at that time remained Channel 4's main race commentator, but in the late 1990s Holt covered more and more races such as the Whitbread Gold Cup and the Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown Park. Holt became the main commentator from the beginning of 2000, and his first meeting as Channel 4's senior race-caller came at Uttoxeter for the 'new ...
For nearly fifty years the daily morning UK-wide Radio 4 Today program included a couple of racing tips in its short sports section (Garry Richardson was the usual presenter, although others filled in when he was away) but these were not taken too seriously (in fact the tips were supplied by a well-known newspaper tipster): but the program ...
[4] After five years, he became a racecourse reporter, in 2000 Managing Director and in August 2008 Chairman. [5] [6] McGrath joined Channel 4 Racing at launch in 1984 as a pundit having started with ITV as a presenter in 1981. He was a member of the British Horseracing Board's Jump Racing Advisory Panel
The event returns to Channel 4 the following year. [14] 27 December – BBC Sport shows horse racing for the final time ahead of Channel 4 taking over as broadcaster of all terrestrial horse racing from the start of 2013. [15] The BBC had scaled back its horse racing in recent years, gradually losing more and more events to Channel 4. 2013
Francome was a member of the Channel 4 Racing television broadcast team. He appeared on the weekly show The Morning Line and also on race day broadcasts. In 2012, when Channel 4 Racing changed production companies from Highflyer to IMG, Francome left his role.