ON THIS DAY - 1st JANUARY

All race horses in the northern hemisphere have this day as their official birthday.   In 1833, the Newmarket Jockey Club changed the date to 1st January from 1st May. This change didn’t happen within the rest of England until 1858.

On this day - In 2013 Channel 4 took over as the exclusive terrestrial TV home of all horse racing in the UK.

In 2017 ITV took over from C4 as the exclusive terrestrial broadcaster of racing. A deal meant ITV broadcast nearly 100 days of racing each year - 60 on ITV4 and a minimum of 34 fixtures on main ITV channel. This was the first time since 1988 that racing was on ITV.

In 2019 Sky Sports Racing launched which replaced At The Races.