• Multichannel News, Friday, April 11, 2008 12:15 PM

Interactive horse racing channel TVG says its coverage of Saturday's Toyota Blue Grass Stakes from Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. will be the most comprehensive event in the cable network's history. Considered a prep day for the Kentucky Derby, TVG will run with start-to-finish coverage of more than 15 graded stakes races with Saturday's show going into more than 130 million homes worldwide and featuring 24 cameras.

That is more than four times TVG's usual number of on-track eyes and is designed to get every angle and reaction. In addition, some jockeys will wear wireless microphones so viewers can hear the sounds of the race from the horseback perspective. And real-time tracking technology with the Trakus system will let race fans easily identify and follow their horses throughout the event.

"TVG is proud to partner with Keeneland to provide horse racing fans around the world with wire-to-wire coverage of Keeneland's annual Spring Race Meeting, including the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, one of the premier races of the year," says Tony Allevato, TVG's senior vice president and general manager,

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