HRTV, The Network for Horse Sports, reached a notable milestone recently with the activation of its 200,000th Facebook “Like” in October.

HRTV’s Facebook page originally reached the 100,000 benchmark in March 2013, and rapidly doubled that number in the past eight months.

As one of the largest Facebook fan bases in the “horse sports” world, HRTV serves the news and social networking needs of all horse lovers, ranging from people interested in horse racing to Western horse fans and English riding enthusiasts. HRTV’s continuous daily updates reflect the most up-to-date programming on HRTV, as well as the growing number of live streaming coverage of important equestrian events via www.HRTV.com.

“The rapid growth to more than 200,000 Facebook fans over an eight month period reflects an evolving interest in all horse sports, both in the U.S. and in other countries,” said Dotty Ewing for HRTV. “We also see that our fans’ passion results in an expanded reach for HRTV’s contributions and communications.”

To commemorate the milestone achievement, HRTV is offering new subscribers a special discount offer for HRTV.com’s subscription service. For a limited time, HRTV Facebook fans will have the opportunity to receive two free months of HRTV.com (a $19.98 value) when they sign up for a subscription by utilizing a special code: FB13.

HRTV, The Network for Horse Sports, is a television-based multimedia network dedicated to equine sports. HRTV’s programming features horseracing from top U.S. and international racetracks, as well as a wide range of world-class English and Western horse competitions, news, original programming and award-winning documentaries covering the world of horse sports. The live stream of HRTV is available on a subscription basis to high-speed Internet users worldwide at www.hrtv.com. In the U.S., the HRTV television network is available via telco, cable and satellite in over 19 million homes.