Breeders' Cup 2012 TV Coverage: Where and When to Catch This Year's Cup Live
Live from Santa Anita, it's Saturday night!ย
The Breeders' Cup is ready for prime time. ย ย
OK, not all of it. ย Just the final race, the Classic. ย The other 14 races that make up the Cup will be on the NBC Sports Network over the course of the two-day event. ย But the last race, the big one, will be shown live on NBC at 8 p.m. ET Saturday night. ย The ponies should hit the post just after the bottom half of the hour. ย (Don't tell NBC I told you that.)
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The Breeders' Cup had been on ESPN since 2006, but NBC (who started broadcasting the Cup in 1984) reacquired theย broadcastย rights to the Cup. ย This means NBC has a near-monopolyย on televising high-profileย Thoroughbredย racing, since the Peacock also holds the broadcast rights to horse racing's three Triple Crown races: the Belmont Stakes, the Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Derby. ย
Tom Hammond, who hosted the initial Breeders' Cup broadcast for NBC and then never left, will resume as the event's on-air host. ย
NBC will be putting 14 of the 15 races on the NBC Sports Network. ย Six of them were run yesterday, with nine more on the docket for today. ย Here's the basics, from About.com:
- Breeders' Cup Saturday, 3:30-8:00PM, NBC Sports Network
- Breeders' Cup Classic, 8:00-9:00PM, NBC
And the details, from the Cup's official siteย (note all times are Pacific; add one hour for Mountain, two for Central and three for Eastern):
- 5:30 PM Classic,ย $5,000,000 purse, 1 1/4 milesย
- 4:40 PM Mile,ย $2,000,000 purse, 1 mile
- 3:58 PM Xpressbet Sprint,ย $1,500,000 purse, 6 Furlongs
- 3:18 PM Turf,ย $3,000,000 purse, 1 1/2 miles
- 2:36 PM Grey Goose Juvenile,ย $2,000,000 purse, 1 1/16 miles
- 1:57 PM Turf Sprint,ย $1,000,000 purse, 6.5 Furlongs
- 1:14 PM Dirt Mile,ย $1,000,000 purse, 1 Mile
- 12:35 PM Filly & Mare Sprint,ย $1,000,000 purse, 7 Furlongs
- 11:50 AM Juvenile Turf,ย $1,000,000 purse, 1 Mile
Check your local listings to find the NBC Sports Network. ย If you can't find it, check your local listings for an OTB. ย ("OTB," of course, is an acronym for "Establishment dedicated to the recreational watching of horse racing for lawful entertainment purposes only.") ย
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