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ITV extends Cheltenham Festival coverage in 2025

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 […]

February 4, 2025

Racing TV, Sky Business extend hospitality deal

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 […]

January 31, 2025

Freezing weather puts spotlight on all-weather tracks in horse racing

The plummeting temperatures in the UK in the early stages of 2025 have forced ITV Racing – the sport’s terrestrial broadcaster – to be nimble with their schedule on a Saturday afternoon. Many of the leading Jumps meetings in January have been abandoned due to frozen tracks, but the broadcaster has still been able to […]

January 14, 2025

ITV orders more Champions: Full Gallop

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 […]

December 31, 2024

RMG, HBA extend media rights deal

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 […]

December 18, 2024

Record broadcast coverage for Melbourne Cup Carnival

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 […]

November 4, 2024

Record broadcasters for Breeders’ Cup

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. […]

November 1, 2024

Sky Sports Racing handed rights to 2024 Breeders’ Cup

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 […]

October 4, 2024

Record broadcasters for 2024 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

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 […]

October 2, 2024

Laytown completes full set of Irish racecourses to deploy Coursetrack tracking data

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 […]

September 20, 2024