Racing UK is available by subscription but for this free-to-air period the channel’s potential viewing audience will increase from 3 million to approximately 10 million subscribers across the satellite platform.
Simon Bazalgette, Executive Chairman of Racing UK said, “Racing UK has clearly defied the cynics and enjoyed a successful four years of broadcasting as a subscription channel with a very loyal following. To celebrate, we want to showcase the quality racing we broadcast to as wide an audience as possible. There is no better way to do this than by allowing sports and horseracing fans to tune in for free for a weekend.”
Racing UK launched in May 2004 and is wholly owned by 30 racecourses. In August 2006 the channel became part of the UK’s Setanta Sports pack and it is now broadcast into 3 million homes
