Sky Sports will televise the inaugural Racing League exclusively live this summer, a ground-breaking new flat horse racing initiative.
Designed to bring increased levels of innovation, fan engagement and accessibility to British horse racing, the Racing League will take place across six consecutive Thursday evenings during July and August
The fixtures will take place at Doncaster, Lingfield, Newcastle and Windsor racecourses and will be contested over distances between five furlongs and one-and-a-half miles, with all 36 races to be televised live on Sky Sports Racing.
Teams consisting of two to four trainers working together, three jockeys, stable staff and a squad of 30 horses, will battle it out for an unprecedented £1.8m in prize money, as well as an overall prize to the team that wins the Racing League.
Racing in bespoke team colours, the Racing League’s 12 teams will compete across 36 handicap races, each worth £50,000.
The Racing League’s inaugural meeting is set to be held on Thursday, July 16.
Matthew Imi, Chief Executive of Sky Sports Racing, said:
“In recent years Sky Sports has been instrumental in helping mainstream sports grow their fan bases exponentially, appealing to a broad audience of sports enthusiasts and innovating in the process.
“We are confident that we can achieve something similar with horse racing, so partnering with an exciting new initiative like the Racing League makes absolute sense. If the Racing League and Sky Sports Racing’s coverage encourages the person who goes racing once a year to go again, then I would consider that a success.”
As part of an innovative social media campaign, the Racing League’s 12 teams and respective squads, including their jockeys, trainers, owners, horses and racing colours will be unveiled over the coming months.
To find out more about the Racing League, which will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Racing this summer, visit www.racingleague.uk.
