The New York Racing
Association, Inc. (NYRA) will begin airing a new dark day television show,
“The NYRA Network Presents Raceday,” starting Monday, February 14,
on the NYRA Network, channel 71 on Time Warner’s basic
cable system.
Hosts for the show will include NYRA TV Director and
Racecaller John Imbriale, along with
NYRA TV Analysts Richard Migliore, Ernie
Munick and Andy Serling, among
others. Mitch Levites will serve as the program’s director.
“Raceday” will air from noon – 6
p.m. on NYRA’s non-live racing days (usually Mondays and Tuesdays), and
will spotlight simulcast racing from around the country. The first show will be
hosted by Munick and Serling.
Munick’s NYRA Network debut will mark his first
public handicapping appearance in more than two decades. From 1986 to 1989, he
was one of the leading handicappers in the country, selecting winners at a high
clip for the New York Daily News, where he also wrote a daily racing column and
filed graded entries, including his own morning line.
For the last 20 years, Munick has worked as a writing
teacher, editor, dog-walker and musician, but he never lost touch with the
game, performing blues/rock and talking horses at racetracks along the East
coast. For the last two years, he has been the official vlogger for the
Breeders' Cup World Championships. In 2010, he was an official blogger on
BelmontStakes.com.
Late last year, NYRA reached an agreement
with New York City
to provide content for channel 71, which had previously carried the NYCOTB
Racing Network. The channel, now known as the NYRA Network, shows racing
content from approximately 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. After the conclusion of NYRA’s
live races, the channel highlights select simulcast signals from tracks around
the country, with coverage usually extending to the end of the card at Yonkers
Raceway.