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Terrestrial racing to be shown exclusively on C4.

BRITISH racing will be broadcast on terrestrial television exclusively by Channel 4 from 2013 for at least the following four years, after the broadcaster tabled a winning bid to representatives of Britain's second biggest spectator sport to expand its portfolio.

A highly competitive domestic TV rights bidding process drew interest from a range of broadcasters but it was Channel 4 who won the right to air the John Smith's Grand National meeting from Aintree, Investec Derby festival from Epsom, Royal Ascot and Qipco British Champions Day from Ascot, all of which are presently televised by the BBC, to add to their existing 80 days of racing.

The new deal, first revealed by the Racing Post last week, providessubstantially increased revenues for British racing, which lured nearly five million extra viewers from its domestic TV coverage on Channel 4 last year (42.2m against 37.4m in 2010), while attendances grew to a record 6.15 million in 2011.

Channel 4's financial commitment to racing over the next four years amounts to one of its largest programming outlays.

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France, Saturday


Saint-Cloud: Prix Exbury (Group 3) 1m2f, 4yo+

CHINCHON (Carlos Laffon-Parias/Olivier Peslier) may have earned a tilt at the Sheema Classic following an effortless victory in the first Group race of the European season.