Fox jumps on San Antonio/Donn to launch '15 Tour

[Kasept]

TJC Tour on FOX Sports 1 Kicks Off With Donn, San Antonio

The Jockey Club and FOX Sports 1 today announced that The Jockey Club Tour on FOX Sports 1 will kick off its 2015 season with the $500,000 Donn Handicap from Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla., and the $500,000 San Antonio Stakes from Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., on Saturday, February 7, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. EST.

It is anticipated that the San Antonio field will include the 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner California Chrome, the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Bayern, and the 2013 Eclipse Award winning 2-year-old colt and Pacific Classic winner Shared Belief. All three of them are 2014 Eclipse Award finalists for leading 3-year-old male and they last met in a controversial Breeders’ Cup Classic October 31.

The Donn is expected to attract 2014 Donn winner Lea, 2014 Florida Derby winner Constitution, and Commissioner, who finished second to Tonalist in the 2014 Belmont Stakes.

The February 7 telecast will also feature the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap from Gulfstream Park and the $200,000 San Marcos Stakes from Santa Anita Park.

The Stronach Group, which owns and operates both tracks, will offer a Pick 4 wager on that day, covering all four races on the telecast.

The complete 2015 schedule of races, dates and air times for The Jockey Club Tour on FOX Sports 1 will be announced in the near future.

Greg Wolf, Richard Migliore, Andy Serling, Simon Bray and Alyssa Ali will once again handle the on-air duties for the series. Wolf will serve as the host while Bray and Serling will handle analyst/handicapper duties. Ali will serve as the team’s reporter and Migliore will be an analyst.

“We could not script a better beginning to our second season of The Jockey Club racing series than this showdown of champions,” said SVP, Programming, Research & Content Strategy, FOX Sports Michael Mulvihill. “We thank The Jockey Club and the Stronach Group for helping us bring this race to a national audience, and we especially applaud the connections of the top contenders for their willingness to bring their stars back this year and take each other on head-to-head.”

“The current Santa Anita meeting got off to a great start with nearly 41,000 fans on Opening Day and the expected field for the San Antonio Stakes should attract another good crowd in addition to fans around the country who will be able to enjoy it on FOX Sports 1,” said Tom Ludt, president of Santa Anita Park and SVP of Racing and Gaming for TSG. “There is always a terrific sense of anticipation and excitement when top caliber and well-known horses compete against each other and we’re eagerly awaiting the Donn-San Antonio telecast on FOX Sports 1.”

“The ever-increasing national television presence of Thoroughbred racing, which now includes several races leading up to the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup as well as the FOX series, certainly helps build awareness of our sport,” said James L. Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club. “The Jockey Club Tour on FOX Sports 1 series, along with our wide-ranging fan development efforts conducted under the America’s Best Racing brand, encourage consumer engagement, and we look forward to working with our track partners, our sponsors and the team at FOX Sports to once again bring some of our best racing events to new audiences.”

The Jockey Club Tour on FOX Sports 1 is a joint production led by Brad Zager, vice president productions of FOX Sports, and Tim Turrell, the executive producer of The Jockey Club Tour on FOX Sports 1.

The partnership between FOX Sports 1 and The Jockey Club is a multi-year agreement that was announced in August 2013. The agreement also includes international and Spanish-language rights, including the ability to air races on FOX Deportes, the nation’s leading Spanish-language sports network.

In 2014, there were 10 telecasts that featured more than two dozen races and attracted more than 2.5 million viewers.

[senator L]

I like they are offering a pick 4 on the (4) races
being shown. Stuff like that doesn't happen too often

[Benny]

Good for them. This assures that GP and SA races will run at the correct post times and not milk every dime til the horses get in the gate.

Mig is always a good listen and , little andy, will be super effusive like a kid in a candyshop. Good crew.

[Danzig]

milk every dime?

there have been times i prayed for a delayed post time while standing behind someone who has never used a machine to place bets, and can't figure it out, and i ran to that one because another was broken...

[Benny]

Originally Posted by Danzig

milk every dime?

there have been times i prayed for a delayed post time while standing behind someone who has never used a machine to place bets, and can't figure it out, and i ran to that one because another was broken...

Yes, every dime.Post times at gp and santa anita are mere suggestions, they usually go off at least 5 minutes after the board is at " 0 " Theyflash pool totals on screen as it goes along,and you can go to get something to eat,hit the john and then wait for the race to start . This is only gp and sa, i played FG the other day and was rushed to get plays in as they run the races to schedule and i was used to the other gp,sa races.. I have been at tracks where your description is true, not gp, sa now. I can understand it more when the race starts a p4,p5,p6 sequence.

[TouchOfGrey]

Saturday’s Telecast of The Jockey Club Tour on FOX Sports 1 to Feature Chrome-Belief Rematch

The Jockey Club Tour on FOX Sports 1 will break from the gate in dramatic fashion Saturday with a two-hour telecast featuring four major stakes races from historic Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park, a Pick Four wager on those races, a betting challenge that will benefit equine charities and several feature stories on horses and people.

The telecast, which will air from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. EST on FOX Sports 1, will include the $500,000 Donn Handicap, the $500,000 San Antonio, the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap and the $200,000 San Marcos Stakes.

The San Antonio will feature 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome and 2013 Eclipse Award winner Shared Belief as the two renew a rivalry that started in the controversial running of the Breeders’ Cup Classic last November 1.

For this and other select telecasts on The Jockey Club Tour on FOX Sports 1 series, Tom Durkin, the longtime racecaller for the New York Racing Association Inc., Breeders’ Cup and Triple Crown races, will write and narrate an essay. Saturday’s commentary will focus on California Chrome and Shared Belief.

Greg Wolf, Richard Migliore, Andy Serling, Simon Bray and Alyssa Ali will once again handle the on-air duties.

[Merlinsky]

Just a reminder/bump. Coverage starts in a few minutes.

[asudevil]

Audio issue with the Donn

[Scav]

I love Tom Durkin, but this essay is terrible.

[TheSpyder]

Not giving Andy a lot of air time.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by TheSpyder

Not giving Andy a lot of air time.

I'm guessing stupid DePaul thinking they had a chance the last 5 minutes has alot to do with this right now. They were 15 minutes late, and things probably got cut.

[10 pnt move up]

Not much of a race, pretty easy win.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

Not much of a race, pretty easy win.

I bet the Malibu fig gets adjusted

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I bet the Malibu fig gets adjusted

I doubt Timeform is going to do that, they already had it pretty good.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I doubt Timeform is going to do that, they already had it pretty good.

I meant drf/bsf.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

I meant drf/bsf.

I know.

Beyer just has his scales messed up...Shared Believe is a alw horse from the 90's, I find that hard to believe.

I mean they seem relative to each other, just lower figures then we used to see.

That really felt like a fast race all around, it probably gets like a 104 though, seems like the scale is off 8-10 points.

This is all opinion of course, I am not a figure maker just looked at a lot of numbers over 25 years.

[Arletta]

Beyer gives Shared Belief a 106