ITV has announced Champions: Full Gallop will return in autumn 2025, following a successful debut season. The new 6×60 season, produced by South Shore, supported by Flutter, the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) and Racecourse Media Group (RMG), will be broadcast across ITV and ITVX. Following the highs and lows of the jumps jockeys, the […]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG), responsible for a range of racecourses’ media rights businesses, has renewed its distribution relationship with HBA Media, the horse racing media rights agency, through a refreshed three-year representation agreement. The renewal sees HBA Media continue to market and distribute RMG’s showcase British, Irish and international events to a global audience. The […]
The Melbourne Cup Carnival will see record TV exposure with the Australian horse racing festival to be aired on 28 sporting networks, covering 228 territories. The Lexus Melbourne Cup will headline the four-day meeting. Run on November 5th. The $8.5 million feature race takes place at Flemington Racecourse where the Victoria Racing Club (VRC) and […]
The Breeders’ Cup World Championships returns to Del Mar on November 1st and 2nd. This two-day championship will feature expanded global coverage, with 30 networks broadcasting the event across every populated continent. Coverage of all 14 champion races, which collectively boast $34 million in prize money and awards, will be produced by host broadcaster NBC. […]
The Breeders’ Cup in North America is considered the world championship meeting in horse racing, and the rights to this year’s event have been awarded to Sky Sports Racing in the UK. Sky Sports Racing will cover both days from Del Mar in California, including the Breeders’ Cup Classic, the feature race of the meeting […]
A record 37 broadcasters will showcase the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on October 6th live from ParisLongchamp Racecourse, seeing the global audience treble over a three-year period. HBA Media, France Galop’s global horse racing distribution partner, has secured a record number of international broadcasters for the 103rd running of the famous fixture through […]
Coursetrack, the live, in-race timing information system, has now been rolled out at all 26 Ireland racecourses – with Laytown’s unique annual fixture on the beach completing the full set. The system is operated by Racecourse Media Group’s timing partners, Coursetrack, and involves horses carrying lightweight GPS trackers, designed to fit within the saddlecloth. In-race […]
Champions: Full Gallop, the new, prime-time six-part docuseries which delves into the world of horseracing, has proved a winner for ITV. The first episode of the docuseries aired on ITV1 and ITVX on July 19th and offered a backstage pass to the lives of jockeys and trainers connected to horses competing in a dramatic King […]
Horsepower, the four-part documentary series following the fortunes of trainer Andrew Balding and jockey Oisin Murphy, is coming to BBC platforms. All four episodes will be on BBC iPlayer from July 9th, with the first two episodes broadcast the same evening on BBC Four, and the final two episodes broadcast on BBC Four a week […]
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has announced that its Chief Executive, Martin Stevenson, has asked the Board to start the process of finding his successor. It is anticipated that Stevenson will step down from the role at the end of the year. Stevenson, who joined RMG in 2007, has led the business since 2020 overseeing the […]