• The 1000 Guineas card could be relegated to ITV4
• Amy Starkey: ‘We see fresh TV deal as something to be embracedNewmarket is at risk of losing more TV exposure than any other racecourse when the rights to screen racing slouch from Channel 4 to ITV next year. According to initial plans,ITV will show only one raceday per year from the track, commonly referred to as “Headquarters” within the sport, and down from the 17 that will feature on Channel 4 this year.
The remaining Newmarket race-days will appear on ITV4,where the audience is sure to be much smaller. The races likely to be relegated to that space include the 1000 Guineas, currently the only one of the five Classics not destined to appear on the main channel, and the July Cup and the whole of the July assembly,the Dewhurst, the Middle Park, or the Cesarewitch and the Cambridgeshire.
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Source: theguardian.com