Blank Saturday a possibility as C4 looks to bow out on Welsh National day

St Leger moves to More4 to make way for Paralympics

Channel 4 Racing's team is due to bow out on December 31 - but will they have signed off before then?Credit: Edward Whitaker

Channel 4 Racing's last goodbye could be made sooner than previously expected after it emerged the broadcaster is seeking to extricate itself from a contractual commitment to bow out at Newbury on December 31, one day before ITV takes over as the sport's new home at Cheltenham.

The prospect of the first Saturday in years without a scheduled racing programme on mainstream television looks real with Channel 4 understood to want three decades of continuous racing coverage to end at Kempton and Chepstow on December 27.

In a further development, this year's Ladbrokes St Leger will definitely not be shown on Channel 4 as a result of the network's decision to switch it to More4.

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Lee MottersheadSenior writer

Published on 15 July 2016inNews

Last updated 17:44, 15 July 2016

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