ITV Racing
UK television programme
ITV Racing is a sports television programme produced by ITV Sport for races shown on ITV1 and STV, ITV3 or ITV4 in the United Kingdom. The programme is referred to as Racing on STV in Northern and Central Scotland. In its previous incarnation, the show was an essential part of World of Sport.
History
1969-1985
It started on 4 October 1969 when the programme began to show horse racing from two courses each week rather than one, under the title "They're Off". In 1972 it changed to The ITV Seven, reflecting the number of races it showed each week. The ITV Seven was also the title of an accumulator bet where vast sums of money could be won if you correctly predicted the winners of all seven races. However prior to 1969 Racing was a World Of Sport mainstay from the start in January 1965 ITV having first started televising Racing in 1955 with The Derby starting ITV coverage in 1960.
The feature was sometimes known (especially in later years) as the ITV Six, the ITV Five or even the ITV Four, if fewer races were being shown. On these occasions, the bet would be on the remaining televised races and would be comparatively simpler to win, however it was still fairly difficult to win with, on just one bet.
The weekly live coverage came from racecourses such as Sandown Park, York, Newmarket, Doncaster, Newcastle and Redcar.
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