The day, which will see FS2 air from 2:00-6:30 PM ET, will also include four Grade 3 contests: the $150,000 Beaugay for older fillies and mares on the turf the $150,000 Runhappy for 4-year-olds and up sprinting on the main track the $150,000 Vagrancy Handicap for older fillies and mares sprinting on the dirt and the $150,000 Peter Pan, a traditional Belmont Stakes prep, for sophomores going 1 1/8 miles.
Saturday, May 8 will see Belmont host five graded stakes, including the meet’s first Grade 1 event with the $700,000 Man o’ War for 4-year-olds and up going 1 3/8 miles on the turf. The Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby will both air on NBC. Presented by America’s Best Racing and Claiborne Farm, America’s Day at the Races will air on FS2 from 1:00-5:00 PM ET this Thursday, Opening Day at Belmont Park, and from 1:00-5:30 PM ET on FS2 on Friday that will also show the $100,000 Affirmed Success for 4-year-olds and up going six furlongs in the first stakes of the meet.Īmong the notable broadcasts will be live racing coverage on Friday, April 30 from 12:00-5:30 PM ET followed by a special Kentucky Derby Preview show from 8:30-9:00 PM ET. Opening Night of the Churchill Downs meet on Saturday, April 24 will offer a first post of 6:00 PM ET to kick off Derby Week leading into the Grade 1, $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks on Friday, April 30 and the 147th running of the Grade 1, $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve on Saturday, May 1 as part of a card that includes seven graded stakes.Įach live racing day at Belmont Park will feature coverage on FS2, which will also offer special preview shows for both the Kentucky Derby on Friday, April 30, and the Belmont Stakes on Friday, June 4. (NYRA) in partnership with FOX Sports, will present live racing throughout the 48-day Belmont Park spring/summer meet that will run from Thursday, April 22 through Sunday, July 11.Īmerica’s Day at the Races will also feature live racing from the 38-day Churchill Downs spring meet that runs Saturday, April 24 to Saturday, June 26, as well as continued coverage of the 57-day Oaklawn Park which runs through Saturday, May 1. On race day, he will be watching to see each one makes it back safely until the last horse leaves the track at the end of the night, he said.America’s Day at the Races, the acclaimed national telecast produced by the New York Racing Association, Inc. "My whole concern is that they get to go out there, compete, competitively to the best of their natural ability.” "I don’t gain anything economically by them racing or not racing," he said. "If we have a horse that needs some additional, more selective veterinary care this, is open to all of our trainers, all of our horses on the backside," said Farmer.įarmer said the track is always working to improve safety and he considers himself a voice for the horses. The equine medical center, which opened in 2020, serves as a triage facility. Staff with both Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission-and private veterinarians-will all have their eyes on the horses racing this week. “The biggest things that we’re looking for, any abnormalities in a gait, so something that might signify to us that a horse has some type of underlying injury," he said.
He observes all the horses to make sure they’re fit to race. "We watch races very different because I’m not rooting for any one, I’m rooting for them all," he said.įarmer has worked at Churchill Downs since 2019 and previously spent nearly 10 years with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. William Farmer is equine medical director for Churchill Downs Incorporated.
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