{"id":116181,"date":"2021-02-22T11:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T11:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=116181"},"modified":"2021-11-05T09:33:34","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T09:33:34","slug":"seven-weekends-of-horseracing-on-tg4-in-march-and-april","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2021-2\/seven-weekends-of-horseracing-on-tg4-in-march-and-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven weekends of horseracing on TG4 in March and April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rasai_Beo_2021-1_1920x1080.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rasai_Beo_2021-1_1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rasai_Beo_2021-1_1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rasai_Beo_2021-1_1920x1080-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rasai_Beo_2021-1_1920x1080-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rasai_Beo_2021-1_1920x1080-252x141.jpg 252w, https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rasai_Beo_2021-1_1920x1080-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tg4-docs.s3.amazonaws.com\/tg4-redesign-2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rasai_Beo_2021-1_1920x1080-120x68.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIrish horseracing will feature on TG4 for seven consecutive weekends as the channel announced a significant increase in its racing coverage for 2021.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTG4 have covered the annual Listowel Festival for the past 16 years and broke new ground with a live broadcast from Punchestown last Sunday.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBeginning at Leopardstown on Sunday, March 7, TG4 will cover racing each weekend through to the middle of April, taking in fixtures from eight different racecourses in that time, including the first action of the 2021 Flat season from the Curragh on Sunday, March 21.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe programmes will be hosted by <strong>Se\u00e1n B\u00e1n Breathnach<\/strong> and <strong>M\u00e1nus \u00d3 Conghaile<\/strong> and they will be joined by reporter <strong>Daragh \u00d3 Conch\u00fair<\/strong> who will get all the reaction and interviews with jockeys and trainers outside the parade ring.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>R\u00f3n\u00e1n \u00d3 Coisdealbha, Head of Sport at TG4<\/strong>, said: <em>\u201cBuilding on the back of the success of our coverage from Punchestown, we are delighted to roll out increased coverage of Irish horseracing in the coming weeks. The coverage will be extensive to say the least, we will show six races live from Leopardstown to begin with and on days with two race meetings, we have pencilled in live races from both fixtures. We are particularly excited about the start of the new Flat season at the Curragh on Sunday, March 21 and our coverage on Saturday, April 3 brings in the first day of the Easter Festivals from both Fairyhouse and Cork. The Derby and Guineas trials will be central to the programme from Leopardstown on Sunday, April 11.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TG4 will provide live coverage from the following meetings in March and April:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leopardstown &#8211; Sunday March 7<\/li>\n<li>Limerick &#038; Naas &#8211; Sunday March 14<\/li>\n<li>Curragh \u2013 Sunday March 21<\/li>\n<li>Limerick &#038; Naas \u2013 Sunday March 28<\/li>\n<li>Fairyhouse &#038; Cork \u2013 Saturday April 3<\/li>\n<li>Leopardstown \u2013 Sunday April 11<\/li>\n<li>Tramore &#038; Dundalk \u2013 Sunday April 18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Irish horseracing will feature on TG4 for seven consecutive weekends as the channel announced a significant increase in its racing coverage for 2021. &nbsp; TG4 have covered the annual Listowel Festival for the past 16 years and broke new ground with a live broadcast from Punchestown last Sunday. &nbsp; Beginning at Leopardstown on Sunday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":876,"featured_media":0,"parent":115587,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pr.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TG4 | Seven weekends of horseracing on TG4 in March and April | 2021 | Press Releases | Press | Irish Television Channel, S\u00fail Eile<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March and April 2021 are set to be busy on TG4 as we see seven consecutive weekends of horseracing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TG4 | 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