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ESPN to Broadcast Live Races From Saratoga

ESPN 104.5 The Team, the Capital Region’s radio home for sports, will feature live, full card coverage of all the action from Saratoga Race Course each weekend during the 2020 season.

Live coverage from Saratoga will begin each Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. and include every race through final post broadcast on 104.5 FM and streamed worldwide at 1045theteam.com or by downloading the free 104.5 The Team App.

Presented by NYRA Bets, NYSCOPBA and Bud Light, the weekend broadcasts will simulcast a portion of Saratoga Live, the award-winning horse racing telecast produced by NYRA in partnership with FOX Sports. The audio simulcast will feature expert commentary and analysis from the paddock to post time of each race from Greg Wolf, Andy Serling, Maggie Wolfendale, Richard Migliore, Acacia Courtney, and Jonathon Kinchen.

On Fridays, the station will also air the live race calls by NYRA track announcer John Imbriale during the Levack and Goz show which will originate from Saratoga beginning at 3 p.m.

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Maker’s Mark Launches Charity for Champions Bottle

Breeders’ Cup and Maker’s Mark released the 2020 limited-edition Maker’s Mark bottle from the Charity for Champions program, which began in 2015, with the goal of raising money for Thoroughbred industry charities.

The limited-edition Breeders’ Cup bottles are auctioned off inc conjunction with the Breeders’ Cup. The third bottle in the latest collection of limited-edition Maker’s Mark® bottles will feature James E. “Ted” Bassett III, a former Keeneland and Breeders’ Cup President.

Proceeds from the 2020 auction will support Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Farms, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and the Race Track Chaplaincy of America’s COVID-19 relief efforts supporting industry stakeholders most in need.

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Monmouth Offers Haskell at Home

Monmouth Park will share the TVG.com Haskell Day July 18 experience with racing fans across the country through “Haskell @ Home.” Information on the TVG.com Haskell field, fashion advice, do-it-yourself food and drink recipes, and much more can all be found here.

By using #HaskellatHome and #HaskellBestDressed on Facebook and Instagram, fans are encouraged to dress to impress and to show off their Haskell @ Home festivities for the chance to have their picture featured on Monmouth Park’s social media as well as the NBC Haskell broadcast that will run from 5-6 p.m.

Fans can also enjoy a Summer Wind–the official drink of the Haskell–from the comfort of home, as well as Monmouth Park’s grilled Mexican street corn and grilled ribeye steak sandwich with recipes featured online.

Haskell fans can purchase a commemorative 2020 Haskell hat through the Monmouth Park online store. There’s even a recommended playlist of Haskell @ Home tunes.

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Distorted Humor Colt Brings $700k at OBS

A colt by Distorted Humor, supplemented to the OBS July sale, sold for $700,000 to bloodstock agent Jacob West late in Thursday’s final session of the three-day auction. Out of Tizacity (Tizway), the juvenile was consigned by McKathan Bros. and was purchased by Kevin McKathan for $165,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton October sale. Co-breeder Matt Lyons purchased Tizacity for $5,000 at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton February sale.

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