OpinionIan Brown
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Here at Flutter we can't afford to keep investing in racing as an unprofitable product with a shrinking audience - change is needed
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I was immensely proud to be at Bafta in London last week to unveil ITV’s brilliant new series, Champions: Full Gallop.
We guaranteed Flutter would fund the project when we first discussed it with ITV at Cheltenham last year – and it’s been amazing to see the concept turned into reality on the big screen.
People talk about Drive To Survive and the way it has turbo-charged Formula 1. This is real horsepower and will hopefully prove to be just as engaging.
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