NYRA plans Saratoga TV shows

pointman · #1 03-27-2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan07

The New York Racing Association will produce five one-hour television shows during the course of the Saratoga racing season that will air on MSG-Plus, a regional network that is available on satellite outlets. The programs will offer live coverage of the graded stakes races to be run on five of the six Saturdays of the meet.

It is also expected - though as of Thursday not finalized - that NYRA will do a show covering next Saturday's Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. That one-hour program would also include live coverage of the Grade 1 Carter Handicap.

By opting to produce its own telecasts, NYRA eschewed the possibility of having some of Saratoga's Saturday races shown nationally on ESPN.
"ESPN was not as many Saturdays, wasn't a regular feature, wasn't quite as extensive," said Hal Handel, NYRA's executive vice president and chief operating officer. "This was a good time to reinforce the relationship we have with MSG; it's certainly no slap at ESPN.

The shows will feature NYRA in-house talent including Jason Blewitt, Eric Donovan, Jan Rushton, and Andy Serling.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/102505.html

This is great, it is not like MSG shows anything other than NYRA that is watchable. Now Andy in High Def . . . .

sumitas · #2 03-27-2009, 01:49 PM

I'm not sure I have msg-plus . I will be interested to see if these shows can equal the ESPN live shots of the private boxes with the hilarious or bummed, whatever the case may be, connections .

joeydb · #3 03-27-2009, 01:50 PM

Can one of you guys string a really long coaxial cable down to my house outside of Philly? I'd like to see this.

pointman · #4 03-27-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by joeydb

Can one of you guys string a really long coaxial cable down to my house outside of Philly? I'd like to see this.

I have a feeling it may be available on the NYRA youtube channel, I would check nyra.com when they come out and see if you can access on the internet.

sumitas · #5 03-27-2009, 01:54 PM

I do have msg-plus as part of my std cable pkg . I'm looking forward to the festivities . I can see it now, Andy's picks from pool side or from the NYRA Blimp overhead . Then back to the Carolina BBQ patio for more and thence into the paddock with Jan . And close ups of the private boxes after the race . Gimmee the keys to that satellite van .

2 Dollar Bill · #6 03-27-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by joeydb

Can one of you guys string a really long coaxial cable down to my house outside of Philly? I'd like to see this.

They have this new thing called .... Wireless... You might want to check into it... !