Talking Horses: racing in need of leadership as Irish replays disappear


With the Cheltenham Festival on the horizon, it’s a bad time for racing’s followers to lose access to such a precious resource

The latest example of racing tripping over its own feet came on Tuesday when video replays of Irish races disappeared down a hole as the rights to screen Irish horse racing transferred from one company to another. This has happened in the past when rights to a particular track switched companies and the companies involved have been aware of the issue for months but it doesn’t seem to have helped them reach a solution for their customers in time.

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Ayr 12.30 Johnbb 1.00 Strong Resemblance 1.35 Sebastopol (nap) 2.10 Echo Express 2.40 One For Harry 3.10 Left Back 3.45 Holme Abbey (nb) 

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