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Posted on Friday, March 6th, 2009
NYRA Now, a half-hour Sirius Radio show dedicated exclusively to horse racing at the New York Racing Association’s Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course, will debut on Gotham Stakes day Saturday, March 7 from 12:30 pm – 1 pm Eastern.
Hosted by Dave Johnson and Bill Finley, NYRA Now will air on Sirius Channel 122 and XM Channel 143 and will be available to 20 million Sirius XM subscribers. It will offer horse racing handicapping, interviews with race horse owners, trainers and jockeys and feature segments.
There will also be a number of live races aired during the afternoon, beginning with New York’s final major prep for the 2009 Kentucky Derby, the 9-furlong $750,000 Wood Memorial (G1) for 3-year-olds on Saturday, April 4.
The show is preceded by Down the Stretch, also hosted by Johnson and Finley, which airs from 10 am to 1 pm.
Additionally, there is a schedule for 11, one-hour afternoon shows featuring NYRA stakes races. These horse races are as follows and are subject to change:
April 4: Wood Memorial
June 6: Belmont Stakes preview show that airs prior to ESPN radio’s coverage of the 2009 Belmont Stakes, the longest and oldest leg of the Triple Crown
July 25: Coaching Club American Oaks plus a Saratoga preview show
August 1: Diana, Jim Dandy
August 8: Whitney, Test (Fasig-Tipton Festival of Racing)
August 15: Sword Dancer
August 22: Alabama
August 29: Shadwell Travers Stakes, NetJets King’s Bishop
September 5: Woodward, Forego
October 3: The Jockey Club Gold Cup
October 10: Champagne, Frizette, Jamaica
Horse racing news edited from www.nyra.com.
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