TRN to Air Triple Crown Preps, Handicap Races

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The Racing Network has announced its broadcast schedule for many of the major stakes races leading up to the Triple Crown and major handicap races for older horses. This weekend TRN will televise the $1,000,000 Santa Anita Handicap live from Santa Anita Park and the Gulfstream Park Handicap. TRN will also televise top 3-year-old prep races including the Florida Derby, Louisiana Derby, Santa Anita Derby, and the Arkansas Derby. The stakes to be aired live on TRN are:

3/3/01--Grade I, $1-million Big Cap‚ Santa Anita
Listed $75,000 Southwest Stakes Oaklawn Park
Grade II $200,000 San Rafael Santa Anita

3/4/0--Grade III $500,000 New Orleans H. Fair Grounds

3/10/01--Grade III $150,000 Swale Stakes Gulfstream Park
Grade I 1 Million Florida Derby Gulfstream Park
Grade I $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks Santa Anita

3/11/01--Grade II $750,000 Louisiana Derby Fair Grounds

3/17/01--Grade II $250,000 San Felipe Santa Anita

3/18/01--Listed $200,000 Tampa Derby Tampa Bay

3/24/01--Grade III $100,000 Rebel Stakes Oaklawn Park

3/25/01--Grade III $600,000 Explosive Bid Fair Grounds

4/7/01--Grade III $250,000 Flamingo Stakes Hialeah
Grade II $500,000 Illinois Derby Sportsman‚s
Grade I $750,000 Santa Anita Derby Santa Anita
Grade I $600,000 Oaklawn H. Oaklawn Park

4/8/01--Grade I $500,000 Apple Blossom Oaklawn Park

4/14/01--Grade I $400,000 San Juan Capistrano Santa Anita
Grade II $500,000 Arkansas Derby Oaklawn Park

"This is a very significant development for the horse racing industry," said TRN
vice president of production and marketing Pat Scanlon.

A partnership between the parent companies of Transracing Inc., the Ontario Jockey Club, Ladbroke Racing Corporation, and International Investment and Underwriting Limited, The Racing Network provides racing from more than 80 racetrack content providers in the Thoroughbred, Harness and Greyhound industries on eight channels of racing, seven in the United States and one in Canada.

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