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From DRF (The Inside Post): Always in a Tiz will run in Belmont Stakes 2013.Posted 1 day ago
Mucho Macho Man breezed 5f in 1:01.40 (4/11) at Fair Hill on 5-24. Posted 1 day ago
Wise Dan targets the G2 Firecracker 'Cap at Churchill on June 29. Posted 1 day ago
Jockey Chantal Sutherland will return to saddle at Del Mar. Posted 2 days ago
Itsmyluckyday to skip Belmont Stakes 2013 in favor of Pegasus Stakes on 6-16. Posted 2 days ago
Rosie Napravnik will ride Code West in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 2 days ago
From DRF (The Inside Post): Mylute will not run in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 2 days ago
Eblouissante breezed 4f :49.17 (18/44) at Belmont (dirt Training) on 5-22. Posted 3 days ago
Giant Finish will make his next start in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 3 days ago
Unlimited Budget is expected to face males in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 4 days ago

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No More Wagering Fees at TVG

Beginning April 1, TVG will drop the 25 cents per wager charged some customers and offer free wagering. TVG had charged the fee since its launch in July 1999. Read More

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TVG to Broadcast Santa Anita Winter Meet

TVG, America’s Horseracing Network, will add the upcoming 71-day Santa Anita winter race meet to its broadcast schedule, with coverage available to the most homes in the meet’s 76-year history. Read More

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notobsessed · :( · 156 days ago ·

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MikeRullo · Tvg & Hrtv need a HD station, come On boys, IT's almost 2013 get with the times! · 156 days ago ·

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buckpasser · This had to do with the CRB being critical of Stronach and company for not expanding TV coverage for meets at Santa Anita and Golden Gate. Once GG was on TVG it was just a matter of time for Santa Anita. Couldn't agree more about HD for racing. The stations are very much behind the times. Also I read in the Wall Street journal that the reason Direct TV did not carry HRTV after repeated requests from subscribers is that TVG owned a piece of Direct TV. There is some thought that this could change with the buyout by Betfair · 156 days ago ·

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travel_vic · I had the misfortune of watching TVG at my sister in law's one day. Feeble, obnoxious and less than ordinary with commentary on par with the completely uninformed and inexperienced. Maybe it was that single day, but I doubt it. Never watched HRTV but the other, in a word, putrid. · 156 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Do any of you realize the EXPENSE of an HD change over? Our cameras NOW run about $20,000 eacj and it would take all new viewing monitors etc. With all the cutbacks in broadcasting, the companies like ours have been laying off people left and right......The tracks are complaining that they pay too much for video coverage already. You have little idea of the difficulties that occure behind the scenes. · 156 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Putting on coverage is harder than I ever imagined. At the harness meeting we have 4 tower cameras, and upper and lower panorama cameras along with two photo finish cameras. All these incoming images have to be coordinated each race so that IF the judges need to look at a particular phase of the race, they can request two or three differeing views. Once they decide, that segment is then transftered to the main production studio for all the patrons to see on the TV's throughout the track. Each photo which the judges request is copied to a central sharing file with a second going to archival storage (required by parimutuel law). We have two in house camera systems: the judges views and then a second independent group of cameras that the racing organization uses for the "artsy" shots. When one is a cameraman you are in radio contact with the director who tells you when you are "up" and you have to be continually aware of the graphic overlays that will appear OVER the image you send in: you usually put the image of the horse in the upper right hand quadrant of the camera view.....It takes a lot of work coordinating the images each race day. · 156 days ago ·

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Mary Z. · Why would the tracks have to cover the costs for the HD change? Wouldn't the cable station pay for that? · 156 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Also as mobile cameramen you have problems of your signal getting to the studio. If you are on cable, you have to worry about people tromping on it or twisitng it and if you are on Rf attenae you have to be concerned with dead zones and obstruction via trees and other materials that block the signal.....Challenging and that is all in GOOD weather. · 156 days ago ·

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travel_vic · ANY updgrade STARTS with the company that covers the specific track. Each track contracts a company to provide the TV coverage AT ITS SOURCE.....TVG shows the final product not the source images. · 156 days ago ·

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travel_vic · So the track would have to absorb the inevitable increase in fees that the TV provider would have to encompass in their fees. · 156 days ago ·

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travel_vic · It is also difficult to get staff to work 6 hour shifts a few days per week for not great pay. We are luck if each position does not go through at least three people a season. · 156 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Australia has it right. The TV provider, NOT the specific tracks, controls the race schedule to the point that there are NO overlap races, no races going off at the same time. They are all contracted so that IF they miss their scheduled post time (unless there is a logical excuse like an injury or gate malfuinction) if you are late, YOUR track loses the entire parimutuel for that race. WIth such a policy they run very smoothly. · 156 days ago ·

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Exchange Wagering Approved by CHRB

California Nov. 15 moved a step closer toward becoming the first United States racing jurisdiction to offer exchange wagering.Read More

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Hollywood Autumn Meet Begins Nov 8

Betfair Hollywood Park will begin its 32nd Autumn Meet Thursday, Nov. 8. Post time is 12:30 p.m.Read More

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No More Wagering Fees at TVG

Beginning April 1, TVG will drop the 25 cents per wager charged some customers and offer free wagering. TVG had charged the fee since its launch in Ju...

TVG to Broadcast Santa Anita Winter Meet

TVG, America’s Horseracing Network, will add the upcoming 71-day Santa Anita winter race meet to its broadcast schedule, with coverage available to th...

Exchange Wagering Approved by CHRB

California Nov. 15 moved a step closer toward becoming the first United States racing jurisdiction to offer exchange wagering. The California Horse Ra...

Hollywood Autumn Meet Begins Nov 8

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