Breeders' Cup releases telecast schedule for Challenge races

Breeders' Cup releases telecast schedule for Challenge

races

The Breeders' Cup announced Thursday the ESPN telecast

schedule for the Breeders' Cup Challenge races leading into the 2010 Breeders'

Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs, November 5-6. The action will be

highlighted by Saturday's Lady's Secret S. (G1) at Hollywood Park, where 2009

Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) heroine ZENYATTA (Street Cry [Ire]) will look to

extend her undefeated streak to 19. The races will be televised live on ESPN,

ESPN Classic and ESPN3.

Zenyatta's quest to stay perfect in her final race before going for a title

defense in the Breeders' Cup Classic is the high point of the telecast schedule.

The Lady's Secret will be televised live Saturday on ESPN between two NCCA

college football games at approximately 7:15 p.m. (EDT). The Lady's Secret will

also be part of a Breeders' Cup Challenge telecast (6:30-8 p.m. EDT) on ESPN

Classic and ESPN3.

The Breeders' Cup Challenge telecast will then move to Lexington, Kentucky,

for Keeneland's opening weekend. Coverage begins on October 8 with the

Alcibiades S. (G1), a Juvenile Fillies (G1) qualifier on ESPN2 and ESPN3. The

live racing will continue on October 9-10 with the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1), a

Mile (G1) qualifier, and Spinster S. (G1), a Ladies' Classic (G1) qualifier.

"This year's Breeders' Cup Challenge telecasts on ESPN, is full of excitement

as the world looks on in anticipation to see if Zenyatta can remain undefeated

heading into this year's Breeders' Cup," Breeders' Cup President and CEO Greg

Avioli said. "Televising the Lady's Secret, a marquee race live during ESPN's

College Football doubleheader will ensure all sports fans can be witness to a

remarkable moment in sports. Given the increased participation and success of

international Thoroughbreds in the Breeders' Cup World Championships, we thought

it would be fitting to close our ESPN telecast schedule with international

races."

The ESPN telecast schedule will coincide with the conclusion of the Breeders'

Cup Challenge Series and end on October 16 with international races at Woodbine

in Toronto and Newmarket in the United Kingdom, featuring some of the world's

top Thoroughbred's who will compete and qualify for the Breeders' Cup World

Championships.

The broadcast team will include Joe Tessitore hosting with color analysts

Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey, reporters Jeannine Edwards and Jay Privman, and

handicapping from Hank Goldberg.

The Breeders' Cup Challenge schedule follows. All races are live unless

otherwise noted:

Date		Time (EDT)		Track		Event (Breeders' Cup Qualifier)		Post Times (EDT)*		Station
10/2		6:30-8 p.m.		Oak Tree @ Hol		Lady's Secret S. (Ladies' Classic)		7:15 p.m.		ESPN, ESPN Classic, ESPN3
10/8		4:30-5:30 p.m.		Keeneland		Alcibiades S. (Juvenile Fillies)		5:20 p.m.		ESPN2, ESPN3
						Phoenix S. (G3) (Sprint [G1])		4:45 p.m.		ESPN2, ESPN3
10/9		4:30-6 p.m.		Keeneland		Shadwell Turf Mile (Mile)**		5:45 p.m.		ESPN Classic, ESPN3
						Breeders' Futurity (G1) (Juvenile [G1])		5:10 p.m.		ESPN Classic, ESPN3
						First Lady S. (G1) (Filly & Mare Turf [G1])		4:35 p.m.		ESPN Classic, ESPN3
10/10		5-6 p.m.		Keeneland		Spinster S. (Ladies Classic)		5:43 p.m.		ESPN2, ESPN3
						Bourbon S. (G3) (Juvenile Turf [G2])		5:20 p.m.		ESPN2, ESPN3
10/16		4-6 p.m.		Woodbine		Canadian International (Can-G1) (Turf [G1])		5:40 p.m.		ESPN2, ESPN3
						E.P. Taylor S. (Can-G1) (Filly & Mare Turf)		5:03 p.m.		ESPN2, ESPN3
						Nearctic S. (Can-G1) (Turf Sprint [G2])		4:23 p.m.		ESPN2, ESPN3
				Newmarket		Champion S. (Eng-G1) (Turf) (taped)		TBA		ESPN2, ESPN3

*Subject to change.

**Shadwell Turf Mile may also include a live cut-in on ESPN2 during College

Football coverage, schedule permitting.