Greatest Honour will try to stamp his ticket to the Kentucky Derby (G1) in Saturday's $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby (GI) and TVG, America's horse racing network, will be live from Gulfstream Park with expanded coverage of the fourteen-race card which highlights a star-studded Saturday that also features the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1), $750,000 UAE Derby (G2) and $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) from Turfway Park.
Todd Schrupp, Christina Blacker, Gabby Gaudet and Caton Bredar will be broadcasting live from Gulfstream Park with exclusive interviews and expert analysis of the fourteen-race card which features ten stakes races. The $750,000 Curlin Florida Derby is a top-tier Kentucky Derby prep race with 100-40-20-10 on the line for the top four finishers. Greatest Honour, undefeated in both starts as a three-year-old for Shug McGaughey, has been installed as the 6-5 morning line favorite and will face off against ten rivals including California-invader Spielberg for trainer Bob Baffert. Spielberg will mark the first Florida Derby starter for Baffert.
Fans of international racing can tune in at 7:30 a.m. ET/4:30 a.m. PT as coverage of the Dubai World Cup card begins. TVG's Joaquin Jaime and Scott Hazelton will be anchoring the broadcast remotely as some of the top horses in the world face off at Meydan for $26.5 million in purses featuring nine graded stakes races. The $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) has drawn a global field of fourteen contenders with Mystic Guide, a homebred for Godolphin, tabbed as the morning line favorite at odds of 5-2. Trained by Michael Stidham, the four-year-old son of Ghostzapper won the Razorback Stakes (G3) at Oaklawn in January and will have Luis Saez in the irons.
The road to the Kentucky Derby will have an international flair on Saturday with the $750,000 UAE Derby which offers 100-40-20-10 qualifying points to the top four finishers. The field includes the winner of the Saudi Derby, Japan's Pink Kamehameha as well as Mnsasek, a filly tackling male rivals after winning the UAE Oaks (G3) in February.
TVG's on-site coverage from Gulfstream Park and the coverage of the Dubai World Cup Card is presented by Runhappy.
Caleb Keller will be reporting live from Turfway Park on Saturday night as the track hosts the $250,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3), the featured event on a twelve-race card with five additional stakes races . A field of twelve will be competing for qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby with 100-40-20-10 points at stake for the top four finishers including Tarantino for trainer Rodolphe Brisset. The son of Pioneerof the Nile will have Florent Geroux in the irons as he attempts to notch his first graded stakes victory.
The live coverage will continue at Santa Anita and Mike Joyce, Simon Bray and Dave Weaver will be reporting live from California throughout the nine-race card. Fillies and mares will take center stage on the turf in the $100,000 Santa Ana Stakes (G3) which has drawn a field of eight including Altea, owned by MyRacehorse and trained by Michael McCarthy.
In addition to racing from Gulfstream, Santa Anita and Turfway Park, TVG will feature racing from Oaklawn Park, Aqueduct and more. Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices.
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