British racing plans ‘premier league’ style revolution

• High-profile events to be packaged together for TV rights • Many of Britain’s tracks could be relegated to ‘minor league’ British racing is planning a radical overhaul which would revolutionise the way the sport is broadcast on television and create an elite “premier league” of racecourses. In what is seen as the logical conclusion to current attempts to modernise the sport, plans are being drafted for the media rights to high-profile events such as the Derby, the Grand National, the Cheltenham Festival and Royal Ascot to be bundled together and sold as a single package designed to maximise appeal to potential broadcasters.

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