RaceTech is horseracing's leading technical and broadcast facilities company.

In 2009 RaceTech provided broadcast facilities at almost 1,100 fixtures in the UK, supplying pictures for terrestrial transmission by Channel 4 and the BBC, and to satellite channels Racing UK and At The Races. Its extensive coverage included footage of the world's premier Classic, the Investec Derby, and the John Smith’s Grand National which was seen by more than 10 million viewers.

Its services to racecourses include the provision of starting stalls and handlers, audio visual installation, strategic planning, communications systems and consultancy. RaceTech provides the sport's regulators with essential television pictures, photofinish and race timing.

RaceTech continues to innovate and provide the horseracing industry with expertise which draws on its 60 year history, unrivalled reliability and outstanding value.

Heritage

The company now trading under the name RaceTech began life as the Race Finish Recording Company in 1946, following an investigation by the Jockey Club into how photography could be used as a means for judging the results of horse races. First used for the 1947 Flat season, the photofinish soon became an established part of the racing scene, and further significant technological advances soon followed as racing technology developed rapidly through the 1950s and into the 1960s: electronic race timing was introduced in 1950, the first racecourse commentary at Goodwood in 1952, the camera patrol in 1960, and starting stalls in 1965.

In 1967 the company became a subsidiary of the Horserace Betting Levy Board, and was given the title Racecourse Technical Services to reflect its widening range of technological activities, and moved from central London to its present base in Raynes Park in South-West London.