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Horse Racing Radio Network Sets Kentucky Derby Week Broadcast Schedule

Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, Kentucky and official radio home of the 2021 Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup World Championships, announced a full slate of Kentucky Derby week programming hosted live from Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY beginning Tuesday, April 27 and culminating with exclusive radio coverage of the 147th Kentucky Derby (G1) on Saturday, May 1.

HRRN's Derby week schedule begins Tuesday morning with the first of three “Derby Countdown” shows presented by Hill 'n' Dale Farms. Hosted live from the backside barn area at Churchill Downs by Bobby Neuman and Jude Feld, the Derby Countdown shows can be heard Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 8:00-10:00 a.m. ET on Sirius 216/XM 202 with live streaming and podcast archives provided on the HRRN website, www.horseracingradio.net. Each show features interviews with owners, trainers, jockeys and handicappers along with the latest training updates on Oaks and Derby horses.

On Friday, HRRN returns with a 3-hour broadcast of the 147th Kentucky Oaks from 3:00-6:00 p.m. ET presented by TwinSpires. The “Run for the Lilies” can be heard throughout North America on Sirius 219/XM 201.

Kentucky Derby day kicks off with a special Derby day edition of HRRN's popular Saturday morning talk show, the Equine Forum presented by Farmpaint.com, in its weekly time slot 8-11 a.m. ET followed by live Kentucky Derby undercard coverage from 3-5 p.m. ET, both on Sirius 219/XM 201.

The network's Derby week programming culminates with exclusive coverage of the 147th Kentucky Derby from 5:00-7:30 p.m. ET, produced in partnership with NBC Sports Audio Network. Coverage, presented by TwinSpires, is available on terrestrial affiliates across the United States along with the NBC Sports Audio channels SiriusXM 211, and simulcast on Sirius 219/XM 201. Digital listeners can tune in to the Kentucky Derby on the HRRN website, www.horseracingradio.net. A complete listing of nationwide affiliates can also be found here: Kentucky Derby Radio Affiliates.

Live streaming of all Kentucky Derby week broadcasts will be available on the HRRN website.

HRRN president Mike Penna will anchor the Derby broadcast along with analysts Kurt Becker, Jeff Bloom, Tom Leach, and Dan Mason. NBC announcer Larry Collmus and Churchill Downs caller Travis Stone will provide live race calls.

Tuesday, April 27	Derby Countdown Presented by Hill 'N' Dale Farms: 8:00 -10:00 a.m. ET
Wednesday, April 28	Derby Countdown Presented by Hill 'N' Dale Farms: 8:00 -10:00 a.m. ET
Thursday, April 29	Derby Countdown Presented by Hill 'N' Dale Farms: 8:00 -10:00 a.m. ET
Friday, April 30:	Kentucky Oaks 147 presented by TwinSpires: 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. ET
Saturday, May 1:	Equine Forum: 8:00-11:00 a.m. ET Presented by FarmPaint.com Kentucky Derby Undercard 3:00-5:00 p.m. ET Kentucky Derby 147 in partnership with NBC Sports Audio Network: 5:00-7:30 p.m. ET Presented by TwinSpires

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Prairie Meadows Brings Bobby Neuman Back To The Announcer’s Booth

Accomplished track announcer Bobby Neuman, whose resume includes successful stints at Calder Race Course in Florida and Los Alamitos Race Course in California, will call the races at Prairie Meadows Casino, Racetrack, and Hotel during the 84-day 2021 live horse racing season that begins on Friday, April 30 and runs through Saturday, Sept. 25.

“I'm really excited about getting back into the booth,” Neuman said by phone after his hiring. “Calling the races has always been my passion and I believe I will bring an accurate, entertaining, and professional approach to the fans watching Prairie Meadows racing on-track, in the simulcast outlets, and at home.”

“I see the horses, the jockeys, the trainers, and the owners as the stars of the show,” Neuman added. “It's the job of a good announcer to put the spotlight on their accomplishments on the race track.”

Neuman earned a degree in Business Administration through the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program before embarking on what has become a well-traveled career as a track announcer.

“I started calling at the Arizona fairs in the early 90s.” he recalled. “I was at Thistledown for three years, at Calder for 15 years, I called harness races at The Red Mile and Pompano Park, I had a fill-in stint at Churchill Downs, and I was in the booth at Los Alamitos for four Thoroughbred meets through 2019.”

Neuman will step into his role at Prairie Meadows on Friday, May 7 after fulfilling his commitment to work Kentucky Oaks Friday and Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs for Horse Racing Radio Network.

“I'm grateful that Prairie Meadows Vice President of Racing Derron Heldt offered me the opportunity to call the races in Iowa this season,” added Neuman. “And I am appreciative that he has given his approval for me to honor my Derby week commitment to HRRN.”

Former Prairie Meadows track announcer Ken Miller will handle the race calling duties for the first two days of the 2021 season on Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1.

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NBC Sports Network To Televise Breeders’ Cup Challenge Races From Keeneland This Weekend

Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky., home to the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships, will be the site of automatic qualifying races into the Championships on Friday, Oct. 2, airing on NBCSN from 5-6 p.m. ET, and again on Sunday, Oct. 4, on NBCSN from 4:30-6 p.m. ET. Centered in between the Keeneland telecasts will be NBC's live broadcast of the Preakness Stakes (G1) on Saturday, Oct. 3 beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET from Baltimore, which provides the winner with an automatic berth into the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).

The Friday and Sunday telecasts, produced in association with TVG, mark the ninth and 10th programs this year in the “Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In – presented by America's Best Racing” on NBC and NBCSN from some of North America's most iconic racetracks. The series leads to the 37th Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland, scheduled for Nov. 6-7 and airing on NBC and NBCSN. The complete series TV schedule can be accessed here.

Reporting and commentary for both telecasts will be provided from Keeneland by TVG's Todd Schrupp, Matt Bernier, Gabby Gaudet, Caton Bredar and Caleb Keller. Simon Bray will be providing commentary from home.

Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN) also will provide live coverage of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series races from Keeneland on Friday, from 5-6 p.m. ET, and on Sunday, also from 5-6 p.m., on Sirius 219/XM 201 and on the HRRN website, Horseracingradio.net. HRRN also will broadcast Saturday's Preakness from 4-6 p.m. ET.

On Friday, the 1 1/16-mile, $350,000 Darley Alcibiades (G1), which awards an automatic berth into the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), and the 6-furlong, $200,000 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2), with the winner gaining an automatic starting position into the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), will be the featured “Win and You're In” races.

The Darley Alcibiades is led by Heider Family Stables' Thoughtfully, winner of the Adirondack Stakes (G2) at Saratoga, and Phoenix Thoroughbred's Crazy Beautiful, who finished second last time out in the “Win and You're In” Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs.

The Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes is led by Robert LaPenta, Ron Moquett and Head of Plains Partners' 7-year-old Whitmore, who won this race in 2017 and has finished second the past two years. Whitmore also finished third in last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint.

Saturday's Preakness Stakes for 3-year-olds marks the first time that a Triple Crown race will be a part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series. Eleven runners have been entered for the 1 3/16-mile test, led by Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Authentic, who is the 9-5 favorite. Owned by Spendthrift Farm, MyRaceHorse Stable, Madaket Stables, and Starlight Racing, Authentic earned a free berth into the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic when he captured the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1) in July. Bruce Lunsford's Art Collector, winner of Keeneland's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2), is the 5-2 second choice.

NBC's Preakness coverage will also include an update from Keeneland on the Breeders' Cup Challenge races held earlier in the day.

The 1 1/8-mile, $400,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1) headlines Sunday's three Breeders' Cup Challenge races at Keeneland. The Spinster winner will gain a free berth into the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1). The race is expected to be led by Flurry Racing Stables, Qatar Racing Limited, and Big Aut Farms' 3-year-old filly Shedaresthedevil, winner of the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Two recent Kentucky Downs stakes winners, Breeze Easy LLC's Outadore and Bantry Farms' Barrister Tom, figure to headline the 1 1/16-mile, $200,000 Bourbon (G2), with the winner gaining a free spot into the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). Outadore captured the Kentucky Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Sept. 12 and Barrister Tom won the More Than Ready Juvenile Stakes on Sept. 7.

Ranlo Investments' Golden Pal is expected to loom large in the 5 ½-furlong, $150,000 Indian Summer Presented by Keeneland Select for 2-year-olds, with a “Win and You're In” spot on the line for the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2). A son of 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Uncle Mo, Golden Pal finished second in the Norfolk Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot in June and came back to win the Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 21.

The 2020 “Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In – presented by America's Best Racing” concludes on Wednesday, Oct. 7 with the 1 1/16-mile, $150,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G2) at Keeneland. The winner of the Jessamine will earn an automatic starting position into the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). The NBCSN telecast is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET.

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