The lineup of presenters for ITV's terrestrial coverage of British racing which kicks off in January 2017 became clearer with the news that former jockey Hayley Turner is to be appointed a full member of their racing team. Turner has been a regular presenter on At The Races since retiring from her race riding career although she did make a brief comeback to take part in the Shergar Cup challenge last month. According to The Racing Post Turner will be joined at ITV by Racing UK's Oli Bell and Sally-Ann Grassick who works for French channel Equidia as well as in Ireland with RTE Racing. From the current Channel 4 team Rishi Persad has also been offered a position with ITV, however Gina Harding and Channel 4 betting corespondents Tom Lee and Tanya Stevenson have not been offered roles among the new lineup. This follows the news that Francesca Cumani will co-host ITV's racing coverage along with Ed Chamberlain.
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