ESPN announces multi-platform coverage of the year-ending Breeder's Cup this weekend.
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Two-Day Breeders’ Cup on ABC, ESPN & ESPN2
Nine Live Hours November 6-7
The 2009 Breeders’ Cup World Championships on November 6-7 from Santa
Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., will receive nine hours of live
coverage, including 2.5 hours on ABC. The 26th running of the
Breeders’ Cup will feature 14 races over two days on ABC, ESPN and
ESPN2.
The action will start on ESPN2 with Championship Friday, Nov. 6, from
3:30-7 p.m. ET with six Breeders’ Cup Championship races. On Saturday,
Nov. 7, the racing action will continue with ABC airing the
Championships from 1:30-3:30 p.m. ET and ESPN from 3:30-7 p.m ET.
ESPN360.com and ESPN Mobile will simulcast live the ESPN and ESPN2
telecasts.
Joe Tessitore will host the telecasts with analysts Jerry Bailey and
Randy Moss. Kenny Mayne will work with handicapper Hank Goldberg.
Jeannine Edwards, Jay Privman, and Caton Bredar (on horseback) will
serve as reporters. Nick Luck is the European horse analyst and Tom
Rinaldi will interview key personalities in the sport. Bill Nack and
Rick Reilly will contribute essays and features, while Trevor Denman
will call the races. Chris Connelly will provide celebrity interviews.
TECHNOLOGY
ESPN's coverage of the Breeders' Cup will use the latest technology,
including 40 cameras:
All in high definition
Cameras on two cranes, a helicopter, a truck, inside the starting gate
and in the stewards’ room
Rail camera running above all the horses in the saddling barn
X-Mo camera at the finish line
Touch screen technology for handicapping the races
FEATURES
Features on The Breeders’ Cup telecasts will include:
· Jockey Kent Desormeaux's year: After Big Brown lost Belmont Stakes
and the Triple Crown, Kent is back, this time riding Summer Bird
· Jockey Corey Nakatani, whose grandparents were held at an internment
camp at Santa Anita during WWII
· Hall of Fame Trainer Bob Baffert
· Rick Reilly learns to call a horse race
· The difference in how horses from the USA and Europe are trained
· Bill Nack’s vignettes on every horse in the Classic
TELEVISION SCHEDULE
Fri., Nov. 6 -- ESPN2, 3:30- 7 p.m.
Breeders' Cup Marathon
Breeders” Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf
Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic
Sat., Nov. 7 -- ABC, 1-3:30 p.m.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf
Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Sprint
Sat. Nov. 7- ESPN, 3:30-7 p.m.
Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile
Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
Emirates Airlines Breeders’ Cup turf
Breeders’ Cup Classic
MULTI-MEDIA COVERAGE
ESPN360.com: Simulcast of the ESPN and ESPN2 coverage on Friday and
Saturday.
SportsCenter: News and information during Breeders’ Cup Week.
ESPN.com: Countdown Clock started on October 1 through Friday,
November 6.
ESPN Radio: News and Information coverage.
First Take: News and Information coverage.
Rome is Burning: Both Jim Rome’s radio and Rome is Burning programs
will be on location at Santa Anita Friday, Nov. 6.
ESPN Motion: Breeders’ Cup clips, including all Breeders’ Cup World
Championship races.
Mobile ESPN: Featured Breeders’ Cup section on ESPN’s Mobile Web.
ESPN International: coverage in Pacific Rim (including Australia and
New Zealand), Latin America, Caribbean, Atlantic (including Africa and
the Middle East) networks and on TSN in Canada.
The Breeders' Cup World Championships has announced that Race 2 on
Friday November 6, will bear the name: Jimmy V "Don't Give Up...Don't
Ever Give Up!"(R) in honor of The V Foundation for Cancer Research.
CEO, Nick Valvano will be there to present the trophy to the winner of
this race.