AN exciting new series for racing fans starts up this Thursday February 18th, presented by TG4 and Touchline Media.

Laochra Na Rásaíochta features some of Ireland’s greatest National Hunt horses and the first episode kicks off on Thursday at 9.30pm with a one-hour documentary on the greatest chaser of all, Arkle, winner of three Cheltenham Gold Cups in the 1960s. This is a repeat of the IFTA winner for Best Sports Documentary, first broadcast on TG4 in March 2014.