OWNERS with top racehorse trainer Kim Bailey will soon be able to watch their horses exercising from anywhere in the world thanks to a live streaming video camera at the top of his Thorndale Farm gallops in Andoversford near Cheltenham.

Kim, who has trained the winners of the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle, is only able to provide this service after recently installing a fibre-to-the-premises connection from rural broadband provider Gigaclear.

The service provides speeds of up to 1gbps, which is up to 33 times faster than the UK average.

Kim has won The Racing Post ‘Best Trainers Blog’ for five years running and attracts up to 3,500 hits on his website every day, so a good connection is vital for his business.

“My internet just wasn’t up to the mark before we had Gigaclear,” said Bailey. “Being able to video horses while out training was possible, but we couldn’t then share the videos with the owners – many of whom are based in London – for them to see their horse's progress.

“Often one of our employees had to take the videos home to upload them. On a good day we reached speeds of just 4mbps which isn’t enough to share large files or video content.

“The internet is now 25 times faster than before, with a 100mbps package from Gigaclear, which allows us to send videos of horses within seconds, update the blog and register our runners, all without any buffering.

“When we install our camera shortly it will mean owners can watch their horses on the gallops in real time from anywhere in the world, which will no doubt keep us ahead of the competition.”

Brett Shepherd, chief operating officer at Gigaclear, said: “We have so far installed 182 miles of fibre cable to homes and businesses in Gloucestershire, one of which has been Kim’s yard, where he has extended the fibre network from the public highway to connect the yard and office building.

“There’s no doubt that the faster speeds will help Kim stay better connected with those in the racing world and fans of the sport.”

The new Gigaclear internet service has been installed as part of the phase two Fastershire project, a partnership between Gloucestershire County Council and Herefordshire Council to bring faster broadband to the two counties, with funding from central government’s Broadband Delivery UK matched by the local authorities.

For more information about Gigaclear, visit www.gigaclear.com