The Grand National Will Be Shown On 30 Broadcasters Across The World Including Africa On SuperSport And Racing240

The Grand National will be shown by 30 broadcasters around the globe, including on ITV in the UK.

Other broadcasters secured by HBA Media and Racecourse Media Group for the race include OTT sports streaming platform Fancode showing all three days of the Grand National Festival in India, Viaplay (pan Europe), Setanta (Balkans and Eurasia), Polsat (Poland) and WeDoTV (Germany, Switzerland, Austria). SuperSport and ESPN Star+ will guarantee pan-regional live coverage across Africa, and South America and the Caribbean.

In addition to ITV, RMG, which manages the media rights on behalf of Aintree Racecourse’s owner, the Jockey Club, will air the race through its own TV channel, Racing TV, to 10,000 pubs in the UK and Ireland. Virgin Media will screen the race in homes in Ireland.

Sport 24 will broadcast the race on 27 airlines and cruise lines, and CNN will cover the race for its flagship World Sport programme while Trans World Sport will provide exposure and news outlets will receive content via via Reuters and SNTV.

Grand National broadcasters

North and South America: TVG, NYRA (US); Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, HPI (Canada); ESPN Star+ (50 countries in Latin America, Caribbean) and SportsMax (32 countries in Caribbean).

Africa, MENA and Sub-Continent : SuperSport (48 countries in Africa), Racing 240 (16 countries in Southern Africa), Dubai Racing Channel (17 countries in MENA), Fancode, Sony Pictures Network (India and subcontinent)

Asia Pacific : Sky Thoroughbred Central (Australia), Trackside (New Zealand), Green Channel (Japan, highlights), Wasu (China, highlights)

Europe : ITV (UK); Racing TV (UK, Republic of Ireland); Virgin Media 1 (Republic of Ireland); Equidia (France); SilkNet (Georgia); Viaplay (Pan Europe), Polsat (Poland), Setanta (Baltics and Eurasia), Wedo TV (Germany, Switzerland and Austria).

Dickon White, The Jockey Club’s regional director for the North West, said: “The wide range of interest from international broadcasters further endorses the Randox Grand National’s status as the world’s most famous Jumps race, if not the most famous horse race anywhere on the planet.

“Working with RMG and HBA Media, we are delighted to attract what will be a truly global audience including via some of the biggest names in sports broadcasting.”

4Racing Continues High Season Momentum With Topbet Spring Challenge Family Fun Day

Spring has sprung and 4Racing’s Topbet Spring Challenge Family Fun Day on Saturday 1 October is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the horses, warm weather, and a serene view of the city of Johannesburg from the Turffontein racecourse, with carnival-inspired entertainment for the whole family.

The event has no entry fee and will feature a family picnic area and kiddies play area with childminders. Additional exciting entertainment for the young ones will be face painting, edutainment shows, and pony rides.

The rest of the family can enjoy delicious, freshly made meals from various food stalls including one of Johannesburg’s favourite authentic Portuguese cuisine restaurants, The Troyeville Hotel Restaurant, party pop-up food stall StripCheez, and many other market-style vendors, craft beer, and gin bars. A DJ will provide live entertainment for music lovers.

Equestrian market vendors HH Feeds, Motherkind & Equigold, Equine 74, Back on Track, Interwoven, Highveld Horse Care, African Horse Wear, Equestrian Affair, and Cieli will also be exhibiting on the day.

It promises to be an exciting race day with the two main races, the Grade 2 Topbet Joburg Spring Challenge and the Grade 2 Topbet Joburg Spring F&M Challenge, drawing top entries and offering stakes of R400 000 and R300 000 respectively.

“4Racing’s goal is to build the world’s most loved horseracing experience for everyone, and we’re so excited to be partnering with Topbet to bring this unique experience to communities and families across Johannesburg, by spending a day at Turffontein and enjoying the exciting on-track experience,” said Fundi Sithebe, CEO of 4Racing.

4Racing is committed to working closely with bookmakers, owners, breeders, trainers, grooms, jockeys, and various partners. The Topbet Spring Challenge is the perfect partnership with industry players and the community.

4Racing Celebrates Women's Excellence In SA Horseracing With Special Women's Race Day

4Racing, in partnership with the Racehorse Owners Association, will celebrate women’s excellence in the sport of horseracing with a special Women’s Day race day at Turffontein this Tuesday.

Entry is free from 11am and the guest of honour will be South Africa’s only current female professional jockey Rachel Venniker - who has just been crowned the country’s champion apprentice jockey after her impressive 70 winners from 560 rides - and who will have three rides on the day.

4Racing will pay tribute to Venniker at the Turffontein race day, at which all races will honour some of the leading historic female figures in South African horseracing with the main race being the Anne Upton Memorial Handicap, named in honour of the legendary female trainer and former Summer Cup winner who passed away in June this year.

Venniker’s fine racing season and growing popularity is a major drawcard for the sport, while the recent Hollywoodbets Durban July win by respected owner and breeder Mary Slack with filly Sparkling Water was also a major female fillip for the sport.

Slack’s trailblazing mother Bridget Oppenheimer - who was a six-time July winning owner affectionately known as the “Queen Mum” of South African horseracing and who was the first female member at Turffontein - will also be acknowledged on the Women’s Day race day with Race 2 named the Bridget Oppenheimer Maiden Qualified Plate.

Races named after other leading female figures in the sport include South Africa’s first female jockey Genevieve Michel, the first trainer Hilda Knaupp and legendary Nelson Mandela Bay breeder Rose Parker. Other prominent female trainers also honoured are Jean Heming and female steward Joan Ruffel.

“4Racing has always maintained that diversity and inclusivity is key to the growth of South African horseracing and we are proud of the many female leaders in the industry who have broken barriers to play prominent and leadership roles in the industry.

We are excited to pay tribute to them with the Women’s Day race day and delighted to have Rachel Venniker as our guest of honour on the day, and to acknowledge the pioneering roles played by icons like Bridget Oppenheimer and Anne Upton. We encourage all racegoers to join us on this special day,” said 4Racing CEO Fundi Sithebe, who last year became the first female CEO of a South African horseracing operator.

Some of the other female industry figures who will participate in the day are Johannesburg-based trainers Ashley Fortune and Robyn Klaasen as well as new entrants in the horseracing sector, such as new racehorse owner Jessica Motaung, who is Kaizer Chiefs Marketing and Commercial Director.

Motaung and the CEO of Mogul Equine, Desireé De Andrade, jointly purchased a young colt Harold the Duke, who has been racing on the South African circuit.

The Women’s Day race day will be broadcast live on the country’s national horseracing channel Racing 240 on DStv Channel 240.
In the first month of audited Racing 240 viewership figures from data company Nielsen, it indicated a 48.1% female audience of the horseracing channel and nearly 250 000 female viewers of Racing 240.

The Racehorse Owners Association CEO, Natalie Turner, said its figures showed that 67% of new racehorse owners in the country are female, giving credence to the Racing 240 viewership figures.
Racing 240 will focus on prominent women in racing throughout the Women’s Month of August, including interviews with Cape trainer Candice Bass-Robinson, who became the first female trainer to win the Durban July with Marinaresco in 2017.

Top jockey turned television presenter Nadine Low Ah Kee will anchor this special Women’s Day broadcast on Racing 240.
Another female powerhouse who will be featured during Women’s Month is top owner Suzette Viljoen, a former South African Champion Owner, whose horses have performed exceptionally this season as she again features prominently in the top three owners on the Equus rankings.

As we celebrate one of the country’s most important public holidays, while paying tribute to the role and contribution of the many influential women in the South African horseracing industry, SA racing remains firmly on track to win the diversity race.

Racing 240 Audience Up 24% On Tellytrack Numbers In First Independent Viewership Report

4RacingTV’s horseracing channel, Racing 240, recorded a unique reach of 462 221 viewers between the tracking period 18 April to 26 May 2022, as reported by Nielsen Sports, the global leader in research and data intelligence.

Jean Willers, Nielsen Sports South Africa Managing Director, said Racing 240’s viewership was 24% higher than its predecessor Tellytrack (372 445 viewers) over the same period in 2021.

“Since being added to the Broadcast Research Council’s (BRC) panel of channels, we are now able to accurately analyse and report on independently verified audience numbers,” says Willers, who said Racing 240 had shown a strong performance in its first month of being tracked and independently verified.

 

Racing 240, which launched on DStv on 19 January 2022, has been attracting new viewers on a daily basis. The top performing broadcast to date was the “World Sports Betting Becoming Champions Winter Series” race day at Kenilworth Racecourse on 20 April 2022, including the WSB Maiden Plate, which attracted a unique audience of 66 025 viewers.

The initial TV viewer profile indicates that the horseracing viewer mirrors the demographic profile of all South Africans, with 51.9% male viewers and 48.1% female viewers of the channel.

The average age of Racing 240 viewers is 40 years old and the highest percentage of viewers came from KwaZulu Natal (25%), followed by the Western Cape (19%), and Gauteng and North West (12%) and Eastern Cape (10%).

 

“We are encouraged by Nielsen’s first report on Racing 240. We will continue to engage with the various industry stakeholders, our existing racing community and our targeted audiences to shape our content and channels. Measuring the impact of any change is key and we will continue working closely with Nielsen to regularly assess and report on this,” said Stephen Watson, Head of 4Racing.TV’.

Racing 240 will broadcast the showpiece Hollywoodbets Durban July on Saturday 2 July.

Goodbye DStv, Racing240 Launches Its Streaming Service

Following the January launch of Racing240, South Africa’s 24/7 horseracing channel is practically bedded down and achieving its stated aim of taking racing to a whole new audience while providing serious punters with top notch tipster information.

Loadshedding, unfortunately, has also firmly established itself and there are predictions of over 100 days of outages this winter. While generators and other measures on site at the venues managed by 4Racing ensure little interruption to racing and betting trackside, how does the racing fan keep the hooves galloping and the turf flying when the power goes out at home?

 

Because it’s unlikely many local horseracing viewers will have back-up power for their TVs and satellite dishes, the simple answer is to switch from watching the action on DStv Channel 240 to streaming Racing240 via the website.

Backing up a TV and dish with an inverter can be complicated and costly. It is far easier to continue watching the best SA and overseas Grade 1 races, magazine shows, and more by clicking on the above URL and subscribing to 4Racing Daily at R2, 4Racing Monthly at R39 and 4Racing Annually at R299.

Once your Eskom-proof subscription is sorted, a mini UPS backup from a brand like Vizia (available for delivery on Takealot) will keep your fibre-based Internet working during loadshedding. Be sure to select a UPS backup with a splitter cable to power both the fibre box on your wall and the router that delivers the web to your devices.

 

 

If you don’t have fibre, check during the next loadshedding event if your mobile network’s local base station is up and running during outages (some aren’t as they don’t have backup batteries). Then, decide if it’s affordable to buy mobile data on your banking app for use during loadshedding. The price of mobile data has plummeted of late so don’t automatically exclude this option.

 

If you’re going to stream racing from www.4Racing.tv on your mobile phone, laptop or tablet during outages, you’ll need to ensure you have a car charger to keep these battery-powered devices up and running. Portable USB power banks are all very well during emergencies but most of us forget to charge them before outages. There’s nothing easier than settling into the driver’s seat, inserting the car charger and turning the key one click.

Tellytrack Will Stop Airing On DStv By The End Of February And Will Fold Under The Newly Launched Horseracing Channel, Gallop TV

KwaZulu-Natal horse racing and totalisator operator Gold Circle and sports betting giant Hollywoodbets have announced the launch of Gallop TV, which aims to bring South Africans all the latest horse racing action from KwaZulu-Natal and from the global arena of international horse racing.

The exciting new high-definition sports broadcast channel will offer live racing, betting odds, race results, dividends, interviews, podcasts and play-on demand previews, which will collectively highlight all aspects of the horse racing industry.

“To sustain the sport of horse racing in KZN, it is essential to grow our fan base by ensuring we satisfy our current customers in the betting shops along with offering our product free-to-air via live streaming and satellite to our existing customers, whilst at the same time creating a potentially new market of home viewers. Hollywoodbets has once again demonstrated its commitment to sustaining horse racing in our province by partnering with Gold Circle in this initiative. Without their support, this project would not have been possible,” said Gold Circle CEO, Michel Nairac.

“Hollywoodbets is thrilled to be partnering with Gold Circle on the launch of the Gallop TV production and an exciting new website. We have developed a strong bond with the Gold Circle team and look forward to the success of this project, which we hope will facilitate the objective of bringing more South Africans closer to horse racing,” said Dermot O’Connell, Hollywoodbets Betting Operations Manager.

For the month of February, Tellytrack will remain on DSTV channel 249. However, the Tellytrack live stream on www.tellytrack.com will cease on 31 January. All viewers will be able to watch the live stream of Tellytrack on the Gallop TV website (www.galloptv.co.za) from Tuesday 1 February by registering on the site. There are no monthly subscriptions required.

Further communication regarding the options to view KZN Horseracing via satellite from 1 March, as well as feedback on the ongoing negotiations with 4Racing will be released shortly.

Racing240 launched as a replacement channel and Gallop TV is a digital service with no monthly fees. Further content on Tellytrack will be on this new service and Racing240 will likely serve as a distributor.

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New Channel Alert For All DStv Customers: Racing 240 A Horseracing Channel From 4Racing TV To Take On Tellytrack

Racing 240 will be available to DStv Premium, DStv Compact Plus, DStv Compact, DStv Family and DStv Access subscribers and will include live horse racing from 4Racing venues in the Highveld (Turffontein and Vaal), Nelson Mandela Bay (Fairview) and Cape Racing (Kenilworth and Durbanville) as well as a variety of top international races as the main content offering.

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Racing 240 will go live on Wednesday at 17:30 and translate live to Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town at 18:00 for the Cape Town Met 2022 barrier draw.
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Racing 240 will also feature and cover content from global races in locations such as Dubai, UK, US, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Singapore, Turkey, France, Sweden, Kenya and Zimbabwe.
Racing 240 will broadcast global racing events such as the Dubai World Cup, Kentucky Derby, The Grand National, Epsom Derby, Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Melbourne Cup, Hong Kong Vase and Royal Ascot.

The first major feature race to be shown on Racing 240 is the build up and live coverage of the Cape Town Met on Saturday 29th January 2022 at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town.

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The live races are complemented by magazine shows and broadcasts that showcase the lifestyle and entertainment elements of the sport and profile the sport’s jockeys, trainers, owners, caretakers and players.

The stats, odds, form guides, dates and betting information that are part of the sport are also displayed on Racing 240.
“Racing is loved by many South Africans. Now they can watch the best racing and social events live on DStv thanks to the launch of this new racing channel,” said Gideon Khobane, MultiChoice Group Executive of General Entertainment, in a prepared statement.

“We pride ourselves on providing our subscribers with the best local and international content and the addition of a new racing channel will bring glitz, glamor and hours of entertainment for equestrian lovers. This is just another way to enhance our value proposition for us subscribers.”
Fundi Sithebe, CEO of 4Racing, says in the statement: “Racing 240 will be our showcase to the world to showcase and profile the excitement of horse racing and we are excited to have this landmark partnership with MultiChoice.”

“The South African horse racing industry offers world class entertainment and it is vital that we enhance the broadcast product to ensure its appeal to both local and international audiences. It’s also important that we provide better insight into the sport to attract a new generation of racegoers and bettors, which is vital to the sport’s livelihood.”

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