Racing UK 

History
Racing UK was established by a number of large racecourses in response to the termination on 29 March 2004 of the Media Rights Agreement under which 49 of the UK's racecourses granted their media rights to attheraces Plc, a venture owned by BSkyB, Channel 4 and Arena Leisure.
The principle aim at the time was to establish a TV channel owned by the racecourses, broadcasting UK racing to homes within the UK and Ireland, as attheraces had done prior to 29 March 2004.
Racing UK was successfully launched on 29 May 2004, with 30 racecourses as shareholders, sharing its channel location with iSport on channel 425 on the Sky digital platform.

On 16 July 2004, Racing UK announced its intention to move to its own channel location on 1 September 2004, and to re-launch as a subscription-only channel at the beginning of October 2004.

Shareholders
Racing UK is 100% owned by 30 of the UK's premier racecourses:

Aintree, Ayr, Bangor, Beverley, Carlisle, Cartmel, Catterick Bridge, Cheltenham, Chester, Epsom Downs, Goodwood, Hamilton Park, Haydock Park, Huntingdon, Kempton Park, Ludlow, Market Rasen, Musselburgh, Newbury, Newmarket, Nottingham, Pontefract, Redcar, Salisbury, Sandown Park, Thirsk, Warwick, Wetherby, Wincanton, York

Board of directors
Racing UK's Board of directors is made up of 2 Executive directors, 4 racecourse representative directors, one director appointed by Phumelela, Racing UK's international partner, and one independent non-executive director.

www.racinguk.tv