ITV are understood to have agreed to show between 25 and 40 days of the best racing on the calendar on ITV 1, including the Grand National, Cheltenham, Royal Ascot, Goodwood, the Derby and the other Classic races plus Kempton on Boxing Day.
The rest of the 90 days-a-year that C4 currently cover will be broadcast on ITV4.
Channel 4 may not really bother now for the next year and stick it all on More 4 and let F1 take over the channel, they could damage racing's reputation by the time next January arrives and lose a lot of viewers.
The best racing is.
Cheltenham, Aintree, The Guineas, Epsom, Royal Ascot, Eclipse, King George, Glorious Goodwood, St Leger, Champions Day, Betfair Chase, Hennessy, Boxing Day.
That's 28 days on ITV1
Originally Posted by TheSubaru2012: “I suspect there will be even more horse racing programing with the new deal although I wonder if ITV will do a morning magazine program, will better to see that than seeing kids crap..”
Originally Posted by Greg_Scott: “The mind boggles”
Shows how important grammar is.
TheSubaru2012 was obviously watching too much TV instead of doing his English homework.
Originally Posted by Neil_Harris: “The best racing is.
Cheltenham, Aintree, The Guineas, Epsom, Royal Ascot, Eclipse, King George, Glorious Goodwood, St Leger, Champions Day, Betfair Chase, Hennessy, Boxing Day.
That's 28 days on ITV1”
The Lincoln is one of Channel 4 racing's biggest shows according to Jim McGrath so expect the Lincoln to stay on itv as well.
Originally Posted by JAS84: “If they do, it won't replace the kids programmes - they're on in the Breakfast block only. It would probably be at 9.25am, which on tomorrow's schedule (and I can't see it being much different a year from now) is Murder She Wrote followed by Jeremy Kyle.”
9.25 is far too late for a programme like that.
It needs to be on at around 8am, which would point to it being on ITV4.
Originally Posted by ringleaderlon: “The Lincoln is one of Channel 4 racing's biggest shows according to Jim McGrath so expect the Lincoln to stay on itv as well.”
Yeah some of the big handicaps are better then group 1's.
Tote gold trophy (or whatever it is now) Ayr gold cup, the Ebor and the Paddy power may all make ITV1 too.
Originally Posted by Jamie Jay: “I doubt Chapman will host it all but he would be ideal in the McCririck role that he had a C4.”
I think from his tweet he wants it but knows that the establishment don't want him.
It depends on how bold itv are prepared to be will they go for something different or stick with what they know.
Plus Matt Chapman is not liked by Jockey Club and as most of the courses shown by Channel 4 are theirs I think they might put a spanner in any attempt to have an ATR presenter as the main presenter the Jockey Club and RUK made sure Chapman never commentated on any of their courses when he tried commentating.
As I pointed out in my post, I think ITV will get known names. They want to attract viewers and viewers wont tune into people they don't know. He may get a role but I can see it being a lesser one ( maybe the man in the betting ring ).
Originally Posted by mr williams: “Can't see anybody replacing Holt and Hoiles, and Cattermole would be a good shout.....but would they dare bring back McCririck?
Love him or hate him, he was the biggest personality on C4 racing for years!”
He will be 76 once they take over coverage and given he was starting to struggle 3 years ago I highly doubt that big mac will be part of any future coverage.
Simon Holt is a superb commentator both on the flat and jumps - he knows his stuff. I would like to see Brian Gleeson as the main betting guru instead of just giving an Irish slant on things but I am not sure how his business interests would interfere with that.
You would have to imagine that Mick Fitzgerald will figure in the new coverage as well.
Originally Posted by crofter: “He will be 76 once they take over coverage and given he was starting to struggle 3 years ago I highly doubt that big mac will be part of any future coverage.
Simon Holt is a superb commentator both on the flat and jumps - he knows his stuff. I would like to see Brian Gleeson as the main betting guru instead of just giving an Irish slant on things but I am not sure how his business interests would interfere with that.
You would have to imagine that Mick Fitzgerald will figure in the new coverage as well.”
Fitzgerald is one of the main problems with the coverage. You only need to read the betfair forum to know how much he is disliked among the racing viewers. Even my dad who had watched racing on terrestrial tv for 50 years thinks he is terrible.
As I pointed out in my post, I think ITV will get known names. They want to attract viewers and viewers wont tune into people they don't know. He may get a role but I can see it being a lesser one ( maybe the man in the betting ring ).”
Chapman writes in the Sun every Saturday. He's known.
I think a role on the course might suit him, chatting with the punters and the bookies
Oli Bell would be my suggestion for ITV lead presenter.
I know they could be wary of going for somebody from Racing UK given Nick Luck maybe hasn't won over audiences in the way C4 and racing had hoped.
But I really think Bell could adapt his style to suit a wider audience. He's got the personality, bags of experience, knows a lot more about the sport than a lot of the "experts" we see on TV despite being on the young side and would do a great job without trying to dominate the programme as Chapman would.
As for female co-presenter, not so sure on that one ? Maybe Gina Harding.
Originally Posted by Dancc: “Oli Bell would be my suggestion for ITV lead presenter.
I know they could be wary of going for somebody from Racing UK given Nick Luck maybe hasn't won over audiences in the way C4 and racing had hoped.
But I really think Bell could adapt his style to suit a wider audience. He's got the personality, bags of experience, knows a lot more about the sport than a lot of the "experts" we see on TV despite being on the young side and would do a great job without trying to dominate the programme as Chapman would.
As for female co-presenter, not so sure on that one ? Maybe Gina Harding.”
It will be a RUK presenter Jockey Club will see to that but Oli is a fantastic idea but also I think Sean Boyce if he is prepared to leave ATR according to one report all the itv4 races will be studio based so Boycey might like that as he isn't a roving reporter.
Originally Posted by Neil_Harris: “Chapman writes in the Sun every Saturday. He's known.
I think a role on the course might suit him, chatting with the punters and the bookies”
Who to ?
Are you telling me the casual fan who ITV will be hoping to pull back know who he is ? Because i would wager a fortune they don't. My dad is a racing fan, he goes to about 20 or 25 meetings a year but doesn't have Sky or, thankfully, read The Sun. I asked him about it, he has no idea who Matt Chapman is. There is your audience. Because you know him doesn't mean the majority do.
ITV will go for a name, no point in bidding for the coverage if they are going to go with 'unknowns'. I will stick with my suggestion of John Inverdale.
Are you telling me the casual fan who ITV will be hoping to pull back know who he is ? Because i would wager a fortune they don't. My dad is a racing fan, he goes to about 20 or 25 meetings a year but doesn't have Sky or, thankfully, read The Sun. I asked him about it, he has no idea who Matt Chapman is. There is your audience. Because you know him doesn't mean the majority do.
ITV will go for a name, no point in bidding for the coverage if they are going to go with 'unknowns'. I will stick with my suggestion of John Inverdale.”
The average man in the bookies will know who is.
I think you may be right about inverdale for marquee meetings.
Who is producing the coverage will be a main factor in who gets the regular gig.
It would not surprise me if Chapman ended with some kind of roving reporter role though.
Originally Posted by Neil_Harris: “The average man in the bookies will know who is.
I think you may be right about inverdale for marquee meetings.
Who is producing the coverage will be a main factor in who gets the regular gig.
It would not surprise me if Chapman ended with some kind of roving reporter role though.”
Again I would wager no but we will have to agree to disagree on that one. I reckon most don't know him. We are talking ITV wanting casual viewers not racing nuts