Where to Watch/Listen Heading Into a Huge Derby Prep Saturday

March 5th, 2018

Racing at picturesque Santa Anita Park. (Penelope P. Miller/America's Best Racing)

One of the biggest weekends of prep races for the 2018 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve is due next on the calendar, as three races offering 85 qualifying points for the 144^th run for the roses are scheduled for Saturday, March 10. The $300,000, Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, the $400,000, Grade 2 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby at Tampa Bay Downs, and the $400,000, Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park each grant Derby points to the top four finishers on a 50-20-10-5 scale.

The Gotham Stakes and San Felipe Stakes anchor a 2 ½-hour broadcast of the new “FOX Sports Saturday At the Races” series, airing on FS2 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Eastern. Other stakes races held at Aqueduct and Santa Anita during that timeframe will also be shown curing the broadcast.

The Tampa Bay Derby will air on TVG, and TVG will also air major stakes races at Santa Anita such as the $600,000, Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap for older horses later in the day.

For online video coverage, XBTV will be onsite at Santa Anita Park on Saturday to provide comprehensive coverage of the Big ‘Cap, San Felipe, and the rest of the card.

TV Schedule

Date	Program	Time	Network
March 10	Live television coverage of the Gotham Stakes and San Felipe Stakes on "FOX Sports Saturday At the Races"	4 p.m.-6:30 p.m.	FS2
March 10	Live television coverage of the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby	First Tampa post 12:25 p.m.	TVG

Note: All times listed are Eastern

Radio Schedule

Date	Program	Time	Network
March 6	At The Races with Steve Byk: NYRA's Andy Serling, Horse Health Today, and Horseplayer Now's Jeremy Plonk	9 a.m.	Thoroughbred Radio Network
March 6	Jock Talk Presented by Tito's Handmade Vodka	6 p.m.	HRRN
March 7	At The Races with Steve Byk: eNicks' Pedigree Expert Sid Fernando, Tourney Talk, and more	9 a.m.	Thoroughbred Radio Network
March 7	Xpressbet Radio	3 p.m.	HRRN
March 7	Trainer Talk Presented by Fasig-Tipton	6 p.m.	HRRN
March 8	At The Races with Steve Byk: Shedrow Confidential with Steve Haskin, Vegas Racebook with Richard Eng, and more	9 a.m.	Thoroughbred Radio Network
March 8	Xpressbet Radio	3 p.m.	HRRN
March 9	At The Races with Steve Byk: Weekend Preview with Daily Racing Form correspondents, Brisnet's Ed DeRosa, and other guests	9 a.m.	Thoroughbred Radio Network
March 9	Xpressbet Radio	3 p.m.	HRRN
March 9	Weekend Stakes Preview Presented by NYRA Bets	6 p.m.	HRRN
March 10	Equine Forum Show	8 a.m.	HRRN
March 10	Broadcast of the Gotham Stakes	5:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.	HRRN