IRISH racing fans will possibly be one of the big losers following the news that Channel 4 has lost the rights to racing from 2017 onwards. The ITV4 channel is the chosen home now for the majority of the racing days, an unknown entity to me and not on my provider’s list of channels.

It is also quite alarming that there seems to be a general air of acceptance that the already disquietingly low number of viewers will be further eroded with the move.