Breeders' Cup on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3

The V Foundation Again Named Official Nonprofit Beneficiary

ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to present the 28th Breeders' Cup World Championships from storied Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on Friday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 5. In addition, ESPN3 will offer simulcasts of most Breeders' Cup races. This premier international event boasts $26 million in purses and awards.

Capping off the season of thoroughbred racing, the 15-race Breeders' Cup features four-year-old female Havre de Grace, who won the Woodward Stakes at Saratoga; and Mike Repole's horses Uncle Mo, the 2010 Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner, and Stay Thirsty, winner of the Travers Stakes.

ESPN analyst Kenny Mayne notes, "Nothing against the other 363, but the two days of Breeders' Cup are my favorites of the year. The best horses in the world racing at every distance - anything can happen. That includes a girl horse winning the Classic for the second time in three years. I know "girl horse" is highly technical so we'll dial it down for newcomers.

 "We'll also celebrate the fact we already know one winner in advance. That's the V Foundation, the key beneficiary of the Breeders' Cup. We'll witness good things on the track and help do some good off it."

ESPN Commentators:
* Host - Joe Tessitore;
* Analysts - Randy Moss and Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey;
* Handicappers - Kenny Mayne and Hank Goldberg;
* International Expert/European Horse Analyst - Nick Luck;
* Reporters - Jeannine Edwards, Jay Privman and Caton Bredar (on horseback);
* Narrator, Historian - William (Bill) Nack;
* Race Caller - Trevor Denman.
Features:
* Havre de Grace: Trainer Larry Jones returns to Churchill Downs post-retirement with a filly who will match up against the boys, just like his former trainee, Eight Belles;
* Mike Repole: A story about the American dream. Second-generation Italian-American Mike Repole is a self-made entrepreneur who sold Glaceau, the parent company of vitaminwater, to Coca-Cola for $4.1 billion. He now owns Uncle Mo and Stay Thirsty, two solid competitors in the Classic;
* Chantal Sutherland: Canadian Chantal Sutherland is a model, TV personality and female jockey. She will have a mount on Game On Dude in this year's Breeders' Cup Classic;
* Goldikova: Goldikova won at the TVG Breeders' Cup Mile three years in a row. Her owners, Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, also own the House of Chanel perfume company;
* Scooter Dickey: Horse Flat Out and his 70-year-old trainer Scooter Dickey have worked hard to get to this year's Classic. While Dickey and Flat Out battle the competition, Dickey's wife, Dana - who married him at age 16, battles a life-threatening autoimmune disease.

Breeders' Cup coverage will feature 40 cameras, including three mega-slo-mo cameras at the finish line, five POV cameras to showcase the betting windows, race caller, stewards, and inside the rail of the turf course, as well as a super-crane at the chute, cameras for the gate loads, and aerial coverage of Churchill Downs.