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TVG, America's horse racing network, will be live on site at Keeneland, presented by WinStar Farm, for each day of the track's Summer Meet which runs from Wednesday, July 8th through Sunday, July 12th and will feature exclusive coverage of the $600,000 Blue Grass Stakes (GII) on Saturday, July 11th. The award-winning network will also be live from Del Mar, presented by Runhappy, this weekend as the track kicks off its summer meet on Friday, July 10. TVG will again partner with NBC Sports on Sunday as “Trackside Live” will be simulcast from 5:00 p.m. ET to 7:00 p.m. ET. featuring the $175,000 TVG Elkhorn Stakes (GII) from Keeneland.

At Keeneland, three-year-olds will compete for a spot in the starting gate in September's Kentucky Derby (GI) in the $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) on Saturday, July 11, one of six stakes races carded on the day. Art Collector, a homebred son of Bernardini for owner Bruce Lunsford, headlines a list of probable entrants for the race. Trained by Thomas Drury, Jr., he is undefeated this year with back to back allowance wins.

There will be expert analysis and exclusive interviews on-site at Keeneland for the duration of the five-day meet by Todd Schrupp, Gabby Gaudet, Caton Bredar, Scott Hazelton and Caleb Keller. Race day coverage begins at 11:30 a.m. on TVG2 with the popular 30-minute preview show “Today at Keeneland” hosted by Gaudet and Hazelton featuring handicapping selections and discussions of horses of interest.

The opening day feature on Del Mar's ten-race opening day card is the $100,000 Runhappy Oceanside Stakes. The one-mile turf race is restricted to three-year-olds and has drawn a field of twelve. The field includes the Dan Blacker-trained Hit the Road who is fresh off of a victory in May at Santa Anita. The stakes winning son of More Than Ready will have Umberto Rispoli aboard.

The first week of Del Mar's 36- day meet will feature TVG analysts Christina Blacker, Britney Eurton, Mike Joyce and Joaquin Jamie live on site at the racetrack with exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes coverage. Simon Bray will be partaking in the broadcast remotely from his home.

The Keeneland meet will conclude on Sunday with a pair of stakes races including the $175,000 TVG Elkhorn Stakes (G2), a mile and a half turf race.

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TVG, America's horse racing network, will bring the pinnacle of international racing into the homes of fans across the country from Tuesday, June 16th through Saturday, June 20th as the network broadcasts the entire meet from Royal Ascot.

The coverage, presented by Lane's End Farm, will feature expert analysis and insight from TVG's Scott Hazelton who will be covering the races remotely from Los Angeles, California. First post time on Tuesday, June 16th through Friday, June 19th is 8:15 a.m. ET and first post on Saturday, June 20th is 7:40 a.m.

“I was at Royal Ascot the last four years and it provides incredible handicapping challenges and wonderful payoffs in big fields,” said Hazelton. “It is the best week of the year for racing given the international interest and the pride there is. I imagine the international pools will be enormous given the sharp focus of wagering and not being on site for racing fans.”

The highlights of the prestigious meet include four Breeders' Cup Challenge Races – the Queen Anne Stakes, the Prince of Wales's Stakes, the Norfolk Stakes and the Diamond Jubilee Stakes. The winners of these races will earn automatic berths into the TVG Mile, the Turf, the Juvenile Turf Sprint and the Turf Sprint, respectively.

The races at Royal Ascot will feature international stars as well as some familiar names and faces to American audiences. Trainer Graham Motion will send the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (GI) champion Sharing to compete in Saturday's Coronation Stakes (GI), a seven-furlong contest for three-year-old fillies.

TVG will be offering a Money Back Special promotion on select races from Royal Ascot throughout the week.

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