Forwarding: NTRA Release--Saturday's Wood Memorial to be Shown Live on NTRA.com

 

April 7, 2011                                                                                            Contact: Eric Wing (914) 481-8390

 

SATURDAY’S WOOD MEMORIAL TO BE SHOWN LIVE ON NTRA.COM

 

Uncle Mo’s Final Derby Tune-up Plus Santa Anita Derby Preview Highlight Coverage

 

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s (NTRA) Web site, NTRA.com, will offer free, live video streaming this Saturday of the Grade I, $1 million Resorts World New York Casino Wood Memorial from Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, N.Y. The Wood Memorial Webcast is the second in the 2011 NTRA Live! series of Webcasts. Last Sunday, NTRA Live! featured Dialed In’s come-from-behind win in the Florida Derby from Gulfstream Park.

 

Saturday’s Webcast, to be hosted by Randy Moss, is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. (ET), with post time for the Wood Memorial slated for 5:48 p.m. (ET). The race also will be televised live on TVG and HRTV. Moss will also provide a preview of another important Kentucky Derby prep race—the Santa Anita Derby, to be run later in the day on Saturday.

 

In addition to live streaming of featured races, NTRA Live! features interviews with handicappers and on-track analysts, interactive chats with viewers, pre-and post-race analysis, free Equibase past performance data, handicapping selections; a one-click link to wagering opportunities through NYRA Rewards, and other original and unique programming components. The Executive Producer of NTRA Live! is Tim Turrell, who has produced numerous telecasts on horse racing and other sports for ESPN, The Golf Channel and others. Access to the Webcast is free.

 

The Resorts World New York Casino Wood Memorial is a major stepping stone to the Triple Crown. This year’s event is headlined by the undefeated Champion Uncle Mo, who will break from post five in a field of 10.  After winning last year’s Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile en route to season-ending Eclipse Award honors as Champion Two-Year-Old Colt or Gelding for 2010, Uncle Mo made his only 2011 appearance to date a winning one, when he captured the Timely Writer Stakes at Gulfstream Park on March 12.  The Wood Memorial will be Uncle Mo’s final race prior to the May 7 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands.at Churchill Downs. 

 

Following Saturday’s Webcast, NTRA Live! will continue on April 16 with the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes from Keeneland, and on April 23 with the Coolmore Lexington Stakes from Keeneland. On that April 23 Webcast, NTRA Live! will also present a comprehensive preview of the 2011 “Run for the Roses”.   

 

The NTRA is a broad-based coalition of horse racing interests consisting of leading Thoroughbred racetracks, owners, breeders, trainers, horseplayers and affiliated horse racing associations, charged with increasing the popularity of horse racing and improving economic conditions for industry participants. The NTRA has offices in Lexington, Ky., and Rye Brook, N.Y. NTRA press releases appear on the NTRA web site, NTRA.com.

 

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