Equestrian TV
Equestrian TV, For all you equestrian lovers in the world there are plenty of options out there to watch your favorite sport on the tv. Whatever your equine discipline of choice there are ever more equestrian tv channels to choose from aswell as equestrian show on other networks such as Fox, Sky Sports, Euro Sport and the BBC.
Horse & Country TV is a British TV channel broadcast on satellite television and the internet. It features programming about British country sports and equestrianism. It also airs a daily six-hour block of programming on rural life, under the `Rural TV` banner. Horse and Country is the worlds first dedicated equestrian TV channel, offering high quality country and equestrian programming broadcasting 24/7 on Sky Channel 280 in the UK. They cover all of the UK`s top competitions as well as many European and worldwide meets, featuring all the worlds top horses and riders in showjumping, eventing and dressage.
A new player in the equestrian tv is FEItv, they offer live and pre-recorded online veiwing in many equestrian disciplines, they have your standard tv highlights like dressage, eventing and showjumping, but they also have non olympic disciplines such as vaulting, reining, driving and endurance. You can register for their news and information for free, their other services however will cost you by way of subscription with an annual fee of £59.99. The channel offers other subscription deals with a monthly pass for £9.99, and you can get a day pass if there is 1 specific event you would like to watch for £6.99.
Sky sports offers a wide range of equine sports on tv throughout their network, watch your favorite sport horses presented by Susanne Dando, a firm favorite of equestrian fans from such events as Horse Of The Year Show, Hickstead and Olympia accompanied by the able commentary of Steven Hadley.
There are also a few online options for equine enthusiasts to get their fix, some of the most popular include http://www.equestriansport.tv and the offering from the BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/categories/sport/equestrian on the BBC Iplayer site, a high quality value for money offering like we have come to expect from the BBC.
Expect to see more Equestrian events on the box in the near future with the London 2012 olympics coming up there will be coverage of all the equestrian events all over the networks covering the olympics, coming from Greenwich Park.