Night School offers Breeders' Cup Preview

Night School, the racing industry's national online fan education

program, puts on its handicapping hat for Tuesday's "Breeders' Cup Preview."

While last week jockeys Gary Stevens and Mike Smith gave insight to their

top mounts and the importance of the Breeders' Cup, this Tuesday's session will

focus on the invigorating task of picking winners in the 14 championship events.

The 90-minute interactive session begins at 8:30 p.m. (EDT) and will feature a

live chat with handicapping experts Ed DeRosa of Brisnet.com and

Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News and Beyer Associates.

Night School's Jeremy Plonk, Joe Kristufek and Caton Bredar also will be

in the session to provide analysis and take fan questions on all the contenders

and strategies. Plonk will emphasize money management over the two-day event.

Here are this week's

study materials and

video

preview.

Fans can take part in the class free by visiting any one of the

40-plus websites that provides the Night School lessons each week. For those who

cannot attend live, the Night School archives always are available free,

immediately following the session and beyond. Videos used in all lessons also

can be seen at www.youtube.com/horseplayernow.

Also, the highly successful Night School Tour makes its final stop of 2013 this

Friday and Saturday when its band of traveling fan educators teams with

America's Best Racing and its "Racing 101" booth at Santa Anita.

Kristufek, Brian Nadeau, Brandi Goode, Tim Brannan and Jose Contreras will be

working with the fans hands-on to teach handicapping and betting.

In other Breeders' Cup news:

Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the Eclipse Award-winning broadcast

organization based in Lexington, Kentucky, announced Monday more than 20 hours

of on-site Breeders' Cup coverage live from Santa Anita Park beginning

Tuesday. This year marks the seventh consecutive in which HRRN has partnered

with Breeders' Cup to provide the national radio broadcast of racing's

championship days.

HRRN's coverage begins Tuesday morning with the network's popular Breeders'

Cup Countdown Show hosted live from Santa Anita's Clockers' Corner from 11

a.m.-1 p.m. (all times EDT). The Breeders' Cup Countdown can be heard each

morning Tuesday through Friday and features interviews with jockeys, trainers,

owners, handicappers, and various industry professionals, as well as real time

reports and updates as Breeders' Cup contenders appear on the track.

On Friday and Saturday, HRRN returns with exclusive live coverage of the

Breeders' Cup World Championships. Coverage airs Friday from 4:30-8 p.m. and

Saturday from 3-9 p.m. with pre and post race interviews, analysis and the live

call of every Breeders' Cup race. 

Additional Breeders' Cup week programming on HRRN includes: Trainer Talk on

Wednesday from 6-7, the Brisnet.com Call In Show on Thursday from 6-7 and the

Weekend Stakes Preview Show on Friday beginning at 3.  

In addition, fans can enjoy a special Breeders' Cup edition of HRRN's weekly

Equine Forum show on Saturday morning from 8-10 a.m.

HRRN's broadcasts will be available nationwide on SiriusXM satellite radio as

well as on HRRN affiliates throughout the country and will be streamed worldwide

on the HRRN website,

www.horseracingradio.net. Live streaming is also available for iPhone and

iPad users. 

A complete Breeders' Cup week schedule along with a listing of affiliates and

SiriusXM channel information can be found on the schedule page of the HRRN

website.

HRRN President Mike Penna will anchor the coverage along with analysts Jude

Feld and Kurt Becker with paddock interviews and commentary provided by Sean

Clancy and Chad Summers. Lee Dellapina and Shawn Seay will produce. 

The Breeders' Cup announced a marketing partnership Monday with GEICO, the

third-largest private passenger auto insurer in the United States, for the 30th

Breeders' Cup World Championships.

GEICO will serve as the title sponsor of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. The

$1 million Turf Sprint, an about 6 1/2-furlong race for horses three years of

age and older, will be run on Saturday at 5:05 p.m. (EDT).  As part of the

agreement, GEICO will participate in an on-camera winner's circle presentation

and will air a commercial during the live telecast of the $5 million Breeders'

Cup Classic, North America's richest race, shown in primetime on NBC.

"We are pleased to announce a new partnership with GEICO and welcome such a

trusted brand as a title sponsor of one of the Breeders' Cup's 14 races,"

Breeders' Cup President and CEO Craig Fravel said. "We look forward to

introducing GEICO and their loyal customers to the unparalleled excitement of

world-class racing at the Breeders' Cup."

"We are very excited about our new partnership with the Breeders' Cup and our

sponsorship of the Turf Sprint," said Ted Ward, GEICO's vice president of

marketing. "Entering its 30th running, the Breeders' Cup has enjoyed an

impressive history of international competition and prestige at the highest

levels, and we equally are proud to be associated with this outstanding world

class event at Santa Anita Park and before a nationally televised audience."

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