FanDuel TV is expanding its coverage for this year's Breeders' Cup World Championships, the network announced on Tuesday.
Wednesday's pre-entry announcement show will air live from Santa Anita on Wednesday, Oct. 25, beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET and will be hosted by Joaquin Jaime and Christina Blacker.
The live morning works show “Breakfast at the Breeders' Cup” returns on Friday, Oct. 27 on FanDuel TV and on the Breeders' Cup digital and social media channels from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET daily through Thursday, Nov. 2. Hosts Todd Schrupp, Simon Bray, Caton Bredar, Michelle Yu, Rishi Persad, Scott Hazelton, Joaquin Jaime and Andie Biancone will be live on-site at Santa Anita, Keeneland and Churchill Downs.
The post-position draw will be held on Monday, Oct. 30 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ET and will be hosted by Nick Luck and Britney Eurton.
This year for the first time, the Breeders' Cup is carding two of its championship races after the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, and FanDuel TV will be the exclusive linear broadcast partner for both the $1 million GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint and the $2 million GI Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint.
“The Breeders' Cup is always a highlight on the racing calendar and one of the biggest weekends of the year for our audience and we are excited to be expanding our coverage for the 40th running,” Kevin Grigsby, FanDuel TV Executive Producer, said. “Racing fans can count on wall-to-wall coverage from Pre-Entry till the last race on Saturday.”
The FanDuel Group is an official sponsor of the Breeders' Cup and the title sponsor of the $2 million GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Juvenile presented by the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) and the $2 million GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile presented by the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF).
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