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Article: Blow for Sovereign Series as Channel 4 fails to bid.(Sports)

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The Racing Post (London, England)
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October 30, 2008
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Byline: By Lee Mottershead

CHANNEL 4 has made its intentions towards the new pounds 10 million Sovereign Series abundantly clear by failing to tender a bid for a concept whose organisers believed was capable of creating a bidding war between terrestrial broadcasters.

Instead of expressing an interest in the much-criticised series, built around ten major Flat races, Channel 4 has proposed to extend its ...

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