RACING professionals and punters will again be able to view archive video of Irish races from today. The replay facility was removed from the At The Races website and other sources on January 1st.

A statement issued jointly by Horse Racing Ireland, At The Races, Racing TV and SIS on Friday morning said: "We are pleased that all parties have reached an agreement which will enable the Irish digital archive to be restored to websites. “The archive up to December 31, 2018 will be restored on attheraces.com today. It will be available for the rest of 2019.

“RacingTV.com will continue to display Irish archive from January 1st, 2019. Archive prior to that date, going back to January 1st, 2017, will be available to access over the coming months.

“Other websites which carry video form, such as bookmaker and horseracing websites, will display the complete archive today.”

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