Racing: Salisbury signs up with new racecourse channel

Salisbury is the latest course to sign up to The Horse Racing Channel, taking the total number of courses committed to the venture to 28.

Salisbury is the latest course to sign up to The Horse Racing Channel, taking the total number of courses committed to the venture to 28.

Representatives from both THRC and the new At The Races have made presentations to the Salisbury executive and the board decided to support the racecourse-owned option. However, Goodwood manager Rob Fabricius, a key figure in THRC, was unable to give an exact launch date for the service.

* The jump jockey Timmy Murphy will visit a sports injury consultant after being injured in a fall at Navan on Sunday. Murphy rode Beef Or Salmon to win the Punchestown Heineken Gold Cup and is favourite with Skybet to replace Tony McCoy as stable jockey to Martin Pipe.