One of racing’s most popular TV presenters has died after a short illness. Alastair Down, 68, was the face of Channel 4 ...

Racing has lost one of its most beloved TV presenters, Alastair Down, who has passed away at 68 after a brief illness. Down was a household name as the face of Channel 4 Racing and an acclaimed ...

when he was a fixture on Channel 4’s Saturday breakfast racing show, The Morning Line, alongside John McCririck. Most ...

LEGENDARY Channel 4 broadcaster Alastair Down has died at the age of 68. The talented racing writer has been remembered as "one of the most decorated and cherished" of our time. His death comes ...

It is the sort of send-off that Alastair, in his pomp, might have written for himself.' Down was also a long-time member of the Channel 4 Racing team, where he became lead presenter in 2001.

Down would join the team on Channel 4’s weekly Morning Line racing show when John McCririck was on holiday, and became lead presenter in 2001 when Brough Scott stepped down. When, at the end of ...

One of racing’s most popular TV presenters has died after a short illness. Alastair Down, 68, was the face of Channel 4 Racing for many years as well as an award-winning writer as a journalist ...

when he was a fixture on Channel 4’s Saturday breakfast racing show, The Morning Line, alongside John McCririck. Most memorably he would announce that week’s “Barry’s Bismarck”, the ...