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1984. 22 March – Horse racing coverage is broadcast on Channel 4 for the first time, resulting in the launch Channel 4 Racing. 1985. 5 October – The first weekend horse racing is shown on Channel 4 when ITV transfers coverage of horse racing to Channel 4 after the end of World of Sport. 1986.
The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. [1] They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own age group. As such, victory in any classic marks a horse as amongst the very best of a generation ...
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at ...
Races. The distances of the races are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards. In 2017 the BHA concluded a racecourse survey and remeasurement which led to some racecourses changing the exact distance of some races, or moving race start points to fit with advertised race distances.
Lincoln Handicap. The Lincoln Handicap is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres) at Doncaster in late March or early April. It is traditionally the feature event on the first Saturday of Britain's turf flat racing season.
This is the latest horse-racing event the BBC loses to Channel 4. The BBC broadcasts cricket for the first time in more than seven years when it shows highlights of the 2006-07 Ashes series. 2007. The BBC shows coverage of the NFL for the first time. 28 January – The final edition of Grandstand is broadcast after nearly 49 years on air.
Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland. The title of champion, or leading, sire of racehorses in Great Britain and Ireland is awarded to the stallion whose offspring have won the most prize money in Britain and Ireland during the flat racing season. The current (2022) champion is Dubawi, who earned his first title after finishing runner-up ...
Cornelius Lysaght. Cornelius Lysaght ( / ˈlaɪsət / LY-sət, born 1965 in Gloucester, England) is a British journalist and broadcaster who was the BBC 's horse racing correspondent from 2001 until 2020. Lysaght was raised in Herefordshire and educated at Eton College. [1] He began broadcasting in 1981 with radio stations Severn Sound ...