Talking Horses: ITV4 to experiment with Friday evening horse racing


Newcastle’s fixture will provide sports-hungry viewers with something to watch on the first dark day of the World Cup

ITV 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.

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Bangor 2.00 Potterman 2.30 Fair Mountain
3.00 Captiva Island 3.30 Craigmor
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Twojayslad 4.30 Hello Fellas 

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