1/ST TV Ends Workout Videos: Where to Watch Racehorse Workouts Now

1/ST TV workout videos are gone: what happened

1/ST TV workout videos ended on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. The site, known for years as XBTV, no longer films or posts morning works, and the main free alternative that remains is the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association's library, which mostly covers horses training in Kentucky. Keeneland also links to daily videos of its own morning works.

The notice on 1/ST TV's own site names what stops: morning workout videos from Del Mar, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Saratoga, plus three South Florida training centers, Palm Beach Downs, Payson Park and Palm Meadows.

BloodHorse and Horse Racing Nation both put the volume at more than 15,000 workouts a year. BloodHorse notes the replays had been published for about a decade, most of them from Santa Anita and other Southern California tracks.

The reason given is cost. The company wrote that it explored ways to share the cost of the coverage across the industry and could not find a path forward.

Is the archive still up, and could the videos return?

Yes, for now. The notice says access to the historical workout library remains available through November 2026. Neither the notice nor the news reports say what happens to it after that.

On a comeback, Santa Anita senior vice president and executive producer Amy Zimmerman told BloodHorse she would let the statement speak for itself. Asked whether the service could resume if funding appeared, she answered: "Never say never. We really do hope for the best."

That is a hope, not a plan. Nothing has been announced about new funding or a restart date.

One more point to keep straight: this is about workout videos only. For live coverage of racing, the same notice points viewers to the Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita websites.

Where to watch racehorse workouts now

The short list is shorter than it was a week ago.

• Kentucky Thoroughbred Association (KTA). The KTA hosts a free workout video library on its website, kentuckybred.org, focused on horses training at Kentucky tracks. The website of a professional clocking service whose videos appear in that library lists works from Turfway Park, Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Oaklawn Park and Fair Grounds as free to watch through the KTA.
• Keeneland. Keeneland's website says videos of morning works at Keeneland are available daily and links to them from its horsemen's workouts page.
• The 1/ST TV archive. If you follow a horse based in California, Florida or New York, the notice says its past works stay available through November 2026.
• Big-race coverage. Before major races, tracks and racing outlets often post clips of contenders training, along with trainer and rider comments. It's selective, not a daily library.

What is missing is the everyday coverage. For now there is no like-for-like source of Santa Anita workout videos, or of daily morning workout replays from Del Mar, Gulfstream and Saratoga.

The written record is untouched. Official clockers still time works, and the times still appear in workout lists and past performances. Our guide on how to read horse racing workouts walks through that line of data.

Why seeing a workout tells you more than the time

A published work is one line: distance, time, an effort letter and a rank. It's useful, but it squeezes a living, moving horse into a handful of characters.

Two horses can both go a half-mile in 48 seconds. One does it with the rider sitting still, ears flicking. The other is being pushed along and is out of breath a furlong later. On paper the time is the same, and a single effort letter is the only hint of the difference.

That's why racehorse workout videos mattered to so many different people:

• Owners and partners who live far from the track could see their horse train.
• Buyers and bloodstock agents could check how a horse moves before a sale or a private deal.
• Fans and handicappers could judge form with their own eyes.
• Racing writers could describe a work without standing at the rail.

Other racing countries build this kind of viewing into the system. Australia's barrier trials are public rehearsals, and at a breeze-up sale young horses gallop in front of buyers.

What to look for when you watch a workout

Whether you're in the archive this month or on the KTA site, watch the horse first and the clock second.

1. The rider's hands. Still and low means the horse is doing it on its own. Hands pumping means the rider is asking.
2. Ears and expression. Ears pointed forward show interest in what's ahead, and ears that keep moving show a horse paying attention to its surroundings. Neither proves it has energy left, so read them together with the rider's hands and the gallop-out. Pinned ears and a swishing tail can signal strain or resentment.
3. Straightness. Does the horse hold a line through the stretch, or drift out or in?
4. Lead change. A clean switch of leading leg coming into the stretch shows balance and a horse that's comfortable.
5. The company. If two horses work together, note which rider is asking and which one is sitting still. Finishing in front matters less than how.
6. The path. A horse that goes wide around the turn covers more ground than one on the rail.
7. The gallop-out. Watch past the wire. A horse that keeps rolling without being asked is telling you it finished with energy.
8. Pulling up. See how it comes back to a jog and walks off: free and even, with breathing that settles quickly.

A caution: a video is still one morning. It can't tell you how a horse will run, and people who watch works for a living disagree with each other all the time.

Who pays for workout coverage?

This is the question the shutdown leaves open. Filming works means camera crews at the track before dawn, people who can identify each horse, editing, tagging and hosting, every training day of the year.

1/ST TV carried that cost itself and gave the videos away. Its statement says it tried to spread the bill across the industry and failed. It doesn't say who was asked or what the coverage cost, and we won't guess.

That leaves two obvious models, and neither has been announced: viewers pay through a subscription, or racing's larger organizations fund the videos as a shared service, since the footage helps owners, sales and fans alike.

It also lands during a wider squeeze on racing media. BloodHorse notes that FanDuel TV said earlier this year it would phase out its horse racing coverage and plans to air raw simulcast feeds starting in December, after the Del Mar fall meet.

What to do now and what to watch next

• Use the archive while it's guaranteed, through November. Rewatch the works of horses you follow and write down what you saw: rider's hands, gallop-out, company.
• Bookmark the KTA library if you follow horses based in Kentucky.
• Keep reading the published works. Times, effort letters and ranks are still posted, and the pattern over several weeks tells you plenty.
• Read what trainers and riders say. Track notes and racing press reports often describe how a horse did it, which is the part the time leaves out.
• Watch for funding news. If a sponsor, a track group or an industry body steps in, it will be reported by the racing press first.

What we don't know yet: whether the archive survives past November in any form, and whether anyone picks up the cameras in California, Florida or New York. We'll update this page if that changes.

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