ITV’s Riding A Dream shows the teenager failing a riding test at the British Racing School weeks before her Goodwood triumphKhadijah Mellah, the hijab-wearing newcomer who caused a sensation by riding the Magnolia Cup winner at Goodwood, was officially ruled out of the contest just weeks beforehand. The moment she failed her first riding test at the British Racing School is at the heart of a thrilling documentary about her foray into racing, Riding A Dream, to be shown on ITV at 12.15pm on Saturday, right after the Rugby World Cup final. Related: Magical retired and out of Breeders’ Cup in blow for Aidan O’Brien squad Catterick12.30 The Bell Conductor 1.00 The Grey Zebedee (nb) 1.30 Bo Samraan 2.05 Zip 2.35 Kensington Art 3.10 Black Friday (nap) 3.45 Moonlit Sands 4.15 Chickenfortea Continue reading...
The announcement of the move by Ascot to switch away from Racing UK to Sky next year was clearly not welcomed by ITVNewmarket’s July meeting, one of the undoubted highlights of the summer racing programme, begins on Thursday with Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani on hand to add polished presentation and glamour to proceedings on ITV. But will this fixture, or any horse racing for that matter, still be on the channel in 2021?The At The Races channel is to relaunch as Sky Sports Racing in January and Tuesday’s announcement that Ascot had signed up with Sky was the conclusion of the first significant skirmish on the way to the looming battle between the digital broadcaster and ITV for the...
If the programme, cleverly slotted in for the first rest day during the World Cup, is successful then expect more of the same in the schedulesOver 400,000 viewers tuned in for the first evening racing on terrestrial television for over 20 years last month when ITV broadcast the Brigadier Gerard meeting from Sandown, the first broadcast of a night card since the 1990s.If Friday night’s programme from Newcastle - cleverly slotted in for the first rest day during the World Cup - is similarly successful then expect more of the same in the schedules. ITV Racing editor Richard Willoughby has already signalled the channel’s interest in covering more night racing and the ITV4 programme at 6pm has benefited from plenty...
Newcastle’s fixture will provide sports-hungry viewers with something to watch on the first dark day of the World CupITV Racing is hoping to benefit from sports-hungry viewers next month when the first blank day of the World Cup comes around on Friday 29 June. ITV4 is to screen that evening’s racing from Newcastle, when the track stages a useful card on the eve of the Northumberland Plate, and ITV staff hope for another success to follow its coverage of Brigadier Gerard night at Sandown last month. Related: Charlie Appleby throws down gauntlet to Aidan O’Brien at Masar’s Derby party Bangor 2.00 Potterman 2.30 Fair Mountain 3.00 Captiva Island 3.30 Craigmor 4.00 Twojayslad 4.30 Hello Fellas Continue reading...
Some more context on the viewing figures achieved by ITV at Cheltenham last week, plus a couple of 4-1 shots at ExeterITV has been able to offer some more detail about the audience they achieved for their first Cheltenham Festival last week. Friday’s average of 1.15m for the Gold Cup programme is now said to be the biggest recorded for any day at the Festival since 2002, which is as far as the records held by ITV go back, according to a source at the station. Continue reading...