Thoroughbred racing fans will see more major stakes on national television
this year, starting with Sunday’s debut of the “The Jockey Club Tour on FOX,”
featuring champion three-year-old Will Take Charge in the Donn Handicap at
Gulfstream Park. The 90-minute FOX Sports 1 broadcast from 5-6:30 p.m. (EST)
also will include coverage of the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap and the final
career start by two-time champion female sprinter Groupie Doll in the Hurricane
Bertie.
The new FOX Sports 1 (FS1) promo for “The Jockey Club Tour on FOX” that aired
during Sunday’s Super Bowl coverage can be seen
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Racing will get added national exposure this week in an episode of CNBC’s
“Secret Lives of the Super Rich.” In its season two finale, Wednesday at 9 p.m.,
the series visits Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga Sale to look behind the scenes of a
premier Thoroughbred auction, as well as the luxury and extravagance surrounding
it. “Secret Lives of the Super Rich” opened its season with a segment on the
Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which is scheduled for an encore showing
Wednesday following the Fasig-Tipton episode.
Tuesday night, the reality series “Horseplayers” returns on the Esquire
Network with a new episode chronicling the lives of serious handicappers. Airing
Tuesday at 10 p.m., episode four delves deeper into the background of Kevin Cox,
a big bettor known as the “Brooklyn Cowboy.”
After Tuesday’s show, “Horseplayers” will go on a two-week hiatus while the
NBC family of networks airs coverage of the Olympic Winter Games. New episodes
will resume starting February 25 and the remaining episodes of season one are
set for March 4, 11, 18, 25, and April 1, 8.
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