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Posted on Monday, January 12th, 2009
Television Games Network (TVG), America’s Horseracing Network, will exclusively broadcast the 38th Annual Eclipse Awards ceremony live on Monday, January 26 from The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, Florida. Live coverage of the Eclipse Awards starts at 7 p.m. EST.
Horse racing stars of the 2008 Eclipse Awards are expected to include reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown and Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic winner Zenyatta.
View the Eclipse Award Finalists.
TVG’s Todd Schrupp, Simon Bray and Jill Byrne will host the network’s programming surrounding the event. The Eclipse Awards show will be produced by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) in association with TVG.
“We’re delighted that TVG will once again bring the excitement and prestige of the Eclipse Awards into homes across the country and around the world,” said NTRA President and CEO Alex Waldrop. “The telecast makes the evening far more special by allowing our fans to share in the celebration of the sport’s brightest stars.”
Finalists for Horse of the Year will be announced and honored during the course of the Eclipse Awards ceremony, culminating when the winning horse’s connections receive the trophy at the conclusion of the program.
The “NTRA Moment of the Year”–Thoroughbred racing’s most memorable moment of 2008, as selected by fan voting at NTRA.com–will be announced during the Eclipse Award ceremony as well.
Award-winning horse racing and sports announcer Kenny Rice will serve as master of ceremonies. Representatives from the NTRA, the National Turf Writers Association (NTWA) and Daily Racing Form (DRF) vote on the Eclipse Awards.
Horse racing news edited from www.tvg.com.
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Monday, January 26th, 2009 7:14 pm By samantha doss
Forever Together i hope wins the champion female turf horse….my mother worked with jonathan shepherd and shes a good horse. I hope she wins!
She better win!!!