Sky Sports Racing (formerly At The Races) is a British pay television channel devoted to

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. A joint venture between

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and

Arena Racing Company Arena Racing Company, also called ARC Racing and Leisure Group is a UK private company, created in 2012 by the merger of Arena Leisure and Northern Racing. It owns and operates 16 racecourses in Great Britain, accounting for 39% of British rac ...

, it broadcasts coverage of domestic, European and international horse racing events. In January 2019, after previously operating autonomously from its sisters, the channel was re-launched as part of the

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family of channels.

History

It was originally launched on 1 May 2002 as Attheraces, a partnership between the aforementioned entities plus

Channel Four Television Corporation Channel Four Television Corporation is a British state-owned media company headquartered in London. Its original and principal activity is the British national television network Channel 4. The company was founded in 1982 as the Channel Four T ...

. It stopped broadcasting on 29 March 2004 due to financial problems but, after restructuring, was relaunched on 11 June 2004 without Channel Four. On 30 April 2018, it was announced that At The Races would be relaunched as part of the larger

portfolio as Sky Sports Racing by the end of the year. With the relaunch, the channel will have wider distribution within Sky Sports' packages, and availability on mobiles through Sky Go. The rebranding occurred 1 January 2019. In April 2018 it was announced Chester Race Company had signed a 10 year deal to bring Live Racing from

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and

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to Sky Sports Racing from March 2019 In July 2018, it was also announced that beginning also in March 2019, it would also hold rights to Ascot. The "At The Races" brand name however, remains in use as a website and on the channel's Twitter page, complete with a new logo.

Programming

The channel starts broadcasting at 9am every day. In the mornings on the hour, Racing News is shown, followed by reviews of previous days racing. This format is repeated several times and updated with interviews. Presenters change over in the early afternoon and the lead presenter is joined by a guest to discuss the afternoon's racing. Until 1 January 2019, it was produced at the SIS broadcast facility in

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. It is now produced from the newly automated Studio G at

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in Isleworth. *Racing Review *The Racing Debate *Get In *Raceday Live *Sky Sports Racing Stateside *Australian Racing

Presenters

*Robert 'Sir Bob' Cooper – On-course reporter *Sean 'Boycie' Boyce – Studio presenter *Matt Chapman – Studio presenter and on-course reporter. Also works for ITV Racing *Darrell Williams – Studio presenter *Anthony 'Enzo' Ennis – Studio presenter and commentator *Luke Harvey – Occasional studio work (mainly Get In! (with Jason Weaver) and on-course reporter. Also works for ITV racing *John Hunt – Studio presenter (also BBC Radio 5Live commentator) *Simon Mapletoft – Occasional studio presenter and on-course reporter * Jason Weaver – Studio presenter and on-course reporter. Also works for ITV racing *Mike Cattermole – Studio presenter and commentator. Occasional on-course reporter (was also formerly presenter for Channel 4 Racing) *Zoey Bird – On-course reporter *

Alex Hammond Alex Hammond, also known as Alex Quinn, (born 1974) is a British television presenter, reporter working for Sky Sports Racing. Hammond was also a columnist for Sporting Life, while it operated. Media career Hammond started her broadcasting ...

– Studio presenter and on-course reporter * Derek 'Tommo' Thompson – Studio presenter (was also formerly a presenter/commentator for Channel 4 Racing) and race commentator *Hayley Moore - On-course reporter, younger sister of Ryan Moore *Aly Vance - Studio presenter *Kieran O'Sullivan - Studio presenter *

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- Jockey *Martin Kelly – Studio presenter and occasional on-course reporter * Jim McGrath – Reporter (was also formerly the BBC's main commentator) * Mick Fitzgerald – On-Course reporter (also an ITV Racing pundit) *Gina Bryce – Studio presenter and on-course reporter *Tim Caroll - Studio presenter *John Blance - Studio presenter and race commentator *Vanessa Ryle - On-course reporter *Leonna Mayor - On-course reporter

Courses

The partner racecourses are: * Ascot *

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* Fontwell *

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* Newcastle *

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* Plumpton *

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* Sedgefield * Southwell *

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* Windsor *

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References

External links

AtTheRaces.com
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SkySports.com/Racing
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