TVG Programming To Feature Opening Weekend At Monmouth, International Coverage Sunday

TVG, America's horse racing network, will be live on site for opening weekend at Monmouth Park and will feature holiday racing from across the country including the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (GIII) on Saturday. On both Saturday and Sunday morning, fans of international racing can tune in for world class racing from England featuring the return of champion Enable (GB) who will try to defend her title in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes (GI).

Coverage of Monmouth Park's summer meet will begin on Friday with Tom Cassidy live on track. The highlight of the meet is the $1 million TVG.com Haskell Invitational Stakes which will take place on Saturday, July 18 and this year will serve as a prep race for the Kentucky Derby (GI) which is scheduled for the first Saturday in September. The TVG.com Haskell Invitational (GI) is also part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge series and the winner will earn a berth in the Breeders' Cup Classic (GI).

The Road to the Kentucky Derby will run through Los Alamitos on Saturday, July 4 with the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (GIII). Trainer Bob Baffert will saddle two contenders in the five-horse field including Thousand Words, a multiple graded stakes winner. The son of Pioneerof the Nile will be trying to rebound after an eleventh-place finish in the Oaklawn Stakes in April. Flavien Prat will be in the irons.

Coverage will be anchored by Todd Shcrupp in studio with Dave Weaver and Joaquin Jamie live on site at Los Alamitos and analysis from Simon Bray remotely from his home. In addition to Los Alamitos and Monmouth Park, TVG will be broadcasting racing from Gulfstream Park, Laurel, Woodbine and more.

Coverage of Keeneland's summer meet will begin on Wednesday, July 8th and in advance of that, Scott Hazelton and Gabby Gaudet will kick off the pre-meet coverage from Friday through Sunday with reports on-site all weekend.

International racing will be featured on TVG on both Saturday and Sunday morning with major races from Epsom and Sandown in England. On Saturday, the featured races are the Investec Oaks (GI) and the Investec Derby (GI) from Epsom. Post time for the Oaks is 10:40 a.m. ET and 11:55 a.m. ET. On Sunday, 2018 Breeders' Cup Turf (GI) heroine Enable will return to action off of a nine-month hiatus in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes (GI) from Sandown Park, a race she won last year. Post time is 10:35 a.m. ET.

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