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Horse & Country TV Broadcasts Coverage of the Horse of the Year Show

03 October 2014 – Horse & Country TV (on Sky 253 and on smartphone, tablet and laptop via horseandcountry.tv/everywhere) will broadcast three exclusive programmes from the iconic Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) for the first time ever in 2014.

First is a 90 minute programme featuring Showing highlights from two Working Hunter classes: the Cuddy Working Hunter of the Year and the Science Supplements Working Hunter Pony of the Year. This programme premieres on Tuesday 28th October at 7.00pm on H&C TV.

The second, to be shown on Wednesday 29th October at 7.00pm, is a 90 minute programme covering International Showjumping in the novel and popular Suregrow Five Fence Challenge class.

Finally, H&C TV will broadcast a half-hour programme on Wednesday 29th October at 8.30pm featuring The Showing Register Master Class given by rising star and WEG team silver Dressage medallist Michael Eilberg.

All programmes will be presented by Horse & Country TV’s Jenny Rudall and include exclusive interviews with riders from the competitions.

Jonathan Rippon, Head of Programming at Horse & Country TV, said: “We are thrilled to be providing coverage from this year’s Horse of the Year Show, one of the landmark events in the equestrian calendar. Given the large and passionate following for Showing, this discipline has been under-represented on TV and we’re delighted to bring this to H&C TV viewers along with some spectacular Showjumping from such a prestigious event. HOYS is rich in heritage and tradition, attracting huge numbers of spectators every year and is incredibly popular with our viewers who I know will delight in this coverage on H&C TV.”

For more information, please contact Georgie Wells at Revolution Sports + Entertainment – georgina@revolutionsports.co.uk or 0207 592 1207.

Horse & Country TV broadcasts in the UK and Ireland, the Netherlands, and Sweden, and can be found on the web at www.horseandcountry.tv, www.horseandcountrytv.nl, and www.horseandcountrytv.se. In the UK and Ireland H&C TV is also available “over the top” both online and via apps for smartphones and tablets through the H&C TV Everywhere service, horseandcountry.tv/everywhere. The Channel carries exclusive sports event coverage, news, documentary and personality-led programming to the passionate audience for horse sports and country living.

At the UK’s Broadcast Digital Awards H&C won “Best Specialist Channel” in 2011 and was shortlisted in three categories in 2014, Best Specialist Channel, Best Factual Channel and Best Website/App. Fellow contenders for Best Factual were BBC3, BBC4, Discovery and History. Online, H&C publishes blogs and commentary provided by a range of experts and personalities, an extensive range of equestrian video, a calendar of events, as well as programme support material for all of the Channel’s featured shows.

H&C’s role as a community hub for the horse and countryside loving community is reflected in the Channel’s 500,000+ viewers each month, 126,000+ Facebook fans and 35,000+ followers on Twitter.

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