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Cornelius Lysaght ( , born 1965 in
Gloucester
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, England) is a British journalist and broadcaster who was the
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horse racing correspondent from 2001 until 2020.
Lysaght was raised in
Herefordshire
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...
and educated at
Eton College
Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...
.
He began broadcasting in 1981 with radio stations
Severn Sound
Heart Gloucestershire (formerly Severn Sound) was a local radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Gloucestershire from studios in Gloucester.
The transmitter was at Churchdown Hill, jus ...
(Gloucester) and
Southern Sound
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(Brighton), then worked as a producer and presenter for the Racecall telephone commentary service.
He joined BBC Radio in 1990, around the time of the launch of
the first version of Radio 5, a channel that included sports programmes. He took up the position of horse racing correspondent in June 2001, succeeding
Peter Bromley
Peter Bromley (30 April 1929 – 3 June 2003) was BBC Radio's voice of horse racing for 40 years, and one of the most famous and recognised sports broadcasters in the United Kingdom.
Early life
Born at Heswall on the Wirral (then in Cheshire) ...
, who had held the position since 1959. In this role he was usually heard on
BBC Radio 5 Live.
In 2003, Lysaght helped 5 Live's racing team win a
Sony Award
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for its
Cheltenham Festival
The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually in March at Cheltenham Ra ...
coverage. In the 1990s he appeared on
BBC Radio 1
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as the voice of
Mark and Lard
Mark and Lard was the stage name of Mark Radcliffe (Mark) and Marc Riley (Lard), who presented various weekday shows on BBC Radio 1 from 1991 to March 2004.
Career
Radcliffe, then a Radio 1 producer, began presenting specialist shows on the ne ...
's daily competition feature "Dobbins or Bobbins".
He has written for the ''
London Evening Standard
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In October 2009, after be ...
'', ''
Horse and Hound'' magazine, the ''
Sunday Mirror'', ''Owner/Breeder'' magazine, ''
The Times
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'', ''
The Guardian
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'', ''
Radio Times'' and for the
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website. His first book ''World Racecourses'' was published by Collins in October 2018.
He is a supporter of