You can now watch horse racing live from UK, Irish, Australian, Canadian & US race courses on the your iPhone and iPad for FREE. A number of websites now offer free live streams of many subscription TV horse racing channels such as Racing UK.
You can now watch every race from the following UK horse racing courses - Aintree, Ayr, Bangor, Beverley, Carlisle, Cartmel, Catterick Bridge, Cheltenham, Chester, Epsom Downs, Goodwood, Hamilton Park, Haydock Park, Huntingdon, Kempton Park, Ludlow, Market Rasen, Musselburgh, Newbury, Newmarket, Nottingham, Pontefract, Redcar, Salisbury, Sandown Park, Thirsk, Warwick, Wetherby, Wincanton and York.
Most PC's and Macs support Flash so the live stream should play on those without any problems once you’ve got past the pop-up ads. However, since the iPhone does not currently support Flash, you will need to use the following workaround before you can watch live racing on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
To easiest way to play Flash videos on the iPhone or iPad is to use a handy app called Skyfire that can be downloaded from the Apple App store for just $2.99 / £1.79 / €2.39 - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skyfire-web-browser/id384941497
The Skyfire web browser converts Flash videos into an iPhone friendly format making it possible to watch videos and live streams that would otherwise not work on the iPhone or iPad.
You can now watch every race from the following UK horse racing courses - Aintree, Ayr, Bangor, Beverley, Carlisle, Cartmel, Catterick Bridge, Cheltenham, Chester, Epsom Downs, Goodwood, Hamilton Park, Haydock Park, Huntingdon, Kempton Park, Ludlow, Market Rasen, Musselburgh, Newbury, Newmarket, Nottingham, Pontefract, Redcar, Salisbury, Sandown Park, Thirsk, Warwick, Wetherby, Wincanton and York.
Most PC's and Macs support Flash so the live stream should play on those without any problems once you’ve got past the pop-up ads. However, since the iPhone does not currently support Flash, you will need to use the following workaround before you can watch live racing on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.
To easiest way to play Flash videos on the iPhone or iPad is to use a handy app called Skyfire that can be downloaded from the Apple App store for just $2.99 / £1.79 / €2.39 - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skyfire-web-browser/id384941497
The Skyfire web browser converts Flash videos into an iPhone friendly format making it possible to watch videos and live streams that would otherwise not work on the iPhone or iPad.
INSTRUCTIONS - HOW TO WATCH HORSE RACING ON THE IPHONE & IPAD
- Install the Skyfire web browser app from the Apple App Store
- Launch the Skyfire app. Skyfire is just a browser similar to Safari, Internet Explorer or Firefox.
- For a list of the various horse racing live stream broadcasting at any one time browse to www.fromsportcom.com/c-11.html . Alternatively, you can browse to www.fromsportcom.com and then select the “Other” tab from the top menu. The Racing UK stream can be found here - www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/8/122/v-292387.html
- Skyfire should automatically detect the flash stream and a small player window should open at the bottom of the screen. Press Play. (If the small player does not automatically pop-up, try refreshing the page a couple of times.)
- A message should now appear saying that the Skyfire app is Optimizing the video for your device.
- After approx 15-20 seconds a FREE Racing UK live stream should begin playing on your iPhone.
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