Global Champions has announced a new broadcasting partnership with ITV, bringing highlights from the prestigious Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and GCL team series to audiences across the UK for the entire 2025 season. Kicking off with highlights from the Shanghai leg, ITVX will also broadcast the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of London […]
Global horse racing takes the spotlight on May 3rd with the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve. This year’s edition marks a milestone in international reach, with 18 broadcasters showcasing the event in over 170 territories. Over the course of a three-year term (2023 – 2025), HBA Media – the dedicated media rights agency for […]
For the first time, two iconic race meetings – the Randox Grand National and the Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline – will take place on the same day; April 5th. This unusual scheduling is primarily influenced by the timing of the holy month of Ramadan and a shorter three-week gap between the Aintree […]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has appointed Russell Ferris to the new role of Managing Director. Ferris, currently CEO of Weatherbys, will be joining RMG on August 18th. In his new rolee can count on more than 20 years of senior management and directorial experience in the racing industry, including as Managing Director of Limerick Racecourse […]
DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has secured multi-territory broadcast rights to the 2025 season of the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) and Global Champions League (GCL). This deal, facilitated by sports marketing agency Sportfive, brings the equestrian series to millions of sports fans worldwide for free. Every Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix and GCL […]
The recently concluded Cheltenham Festival made headlines the world over, but not for the reasons you may initially think. Plenty of interest was placed on the meeting’s dwindling attendance, down from over 60,000 in 2020 to an estimated 45,000 in 2025. However, it’s worth noting that the number of spectators through the turnstiles on Friday’s […]
For the first time, betting shop punters can bet in-play on full win markets on horseracing’s biggest betting event – next week’s Cheltenham Festival. Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and Playtech Sports have collaborated to ensure content from RMG’s 37 shareholder racecourses is now available for in-play betting in nearly 16,000 Self Service Betting Terminals (SSBTs) […]
A record 38 broadcasters will showcase the world’s richest race, the Saudi Cup, held at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh on, February 22nd – ensuring an unprecedented reach that targets all corners of the globe for the $20 million contest. Now in its sixth year, the Group 1 Saudi Cup has cemented its status as […]
The Cheltenham Festival is the most important meeting of the year in horse racing in the UK. The four-day event at Cheltenham Racecourse features the championship races in each division of Jumps racing. ITV will once again cover the Cheltenham Festival on terrestrial television, and this year, racing fans will benefit from 24 of the […]
Racecourse Media Group – parent company of the horse-racing channel, Racing TV – has extended its partnership with Sky Business. It means Sky Business will continue to be the exclusive provider of Racing TV for the hospitality sector, who will benefit from being able to show 8,000 live races per year. Racing TV is the […]