F EATURE AFTER HOURS
After Hours with Chris Hughes
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L ive after racing from Cheltenham, Aintree, and Epsom, ITV Racing ’s Chris Hughes will return to host the hit online show: After Hours . With a selection of guest co-hosts from model and TV presenter Rosie Tapner, to fellow ITV star Ed Chamberlin, keep up to date with the action from the day and enjoy a few surprise added extras. “It is such a fun show to do – I look forward to it all day,” Chris explained. “ After Hours highlights the fun side of racing. Obviously we discuss all the action from the day and the biggest racing stories, but where else are you going to see Rachael Blackmore chatting about her favourite TV show? Or Aidan Coleman live from his sofa the evening after winning the Champion Chase? The show brings it into people’s living rooms and I love that we get to do that.” After Hours is half an hour of exclusive behind-the-scenes content, interviews with the biggest names in the sport and (we hope!) the chance for viewers to find a few winners for the next day, too.
isn’t a sport I know a huge amount about, but I’m excited to learn. Hopefully viewers will learn with me.” Chris will be joined by eventing supremo and his fellow ITV Racing presenter Alice Plunkett who will likely take the reins over the four days. “I am in safe pair of hands with Alice beside me. With her own experience and obviously being married to William (five time Olympian), there is very little she doesn’t know about the sport!” As well as Alice on site, Rosie Tapner and Irish event rider Sam Watson will be on hand to help tell the stories of the day and offer Chris an insight into the eventing world. The four evening shows live from the Palace will be shown free-to-air on Horse & Country TV. To find out more, visit bpiht.co.uk. “Being able to do the show back on course next year, and have guests live with us will be fun. It is a light-hearted show, which I think trainers and jockeys enjoy. We aren’t asking the same questions that they’ve been asked all day so they can relax and enjoy it.”
“The idea of the show is to open racing up to a new audience. It gives us chance to let the personalities of the people in our sport shine through. They are all such great people, and we don’t always get the chance to see that when they are interviewed on ITV or before a race as they are so focussed on the job in hand. “I enjoy asking them the questions that I think the people at home will want to know! To try and get inside the mind of these top athletes a little, and hopefully that comes across on the show.” Streaming live on The Jockey Club’s social media platforms, tens of thousands of viewers tuned in each evening of the Cheltenham Festival, the Randox Grand National and the Cazoo Epsom Derby. In the upcoming season After Hours will return to those famous festivals, with the addition of The November Meeting at Cheltenham, and Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials in September. “I am really looking forward to doing the show at Blenheim,” Chris added as he looked to the year ahead. “Eventing
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