The US$1m Bahrain International Trophy on Friday (17th November) can be broadcast with the aid of using 22 broadcasters – a document overall for the event – as befitting one of the showpiece races withinside the region.
Fourteen horses are set to visit submit in what’s the most powerful renewal but withinside the race’s 5–yr records with 5 international locations represented, and 6 of the meant runners already winners of both Group 1 or Group 2 races.
The field, headed with the aid of using three-time Group 1 winner, Nation’s Pride, can be competing for a greatly-more advantageous US$1m prize fund. The race has attracted distant places educated horses from France, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates, in addition to domestically educated runners. The race is due off at 3.05pm nearby time (12.05pm GMT).
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and HBA Media (HBA), of the global’s main horseracing media rights companies, running with the Bahrain Turf Club, are dispensing the TV insurance.
Some of the global’s main sports activities broadcasters are taking stay insurance consist of Fox Sports withinside the US and ESPN / Star+ in Latin America and Caribbean. For the primary time, stay insurance can be proven in India and Indonesia thru Fancode and Transvision. Coverage of the race can also be broadly to be had to information retailers the world over thru Reuters information agency. The complete listing is below (*on delay / recording):
- North and South America, plus the Caribbean: Fox Sports, TVG (US); ESPN / Star+ (50 international locations in Latin America, Caribbean); SportsMax (Caribbean).
- Europe: Equidia (France); Polsat (Poland); ITV* (UK), Racing TV (UK, Republic of Ireland); Setanta (14 international locations in Balkans and Eurasia); SilkNet (Georgia); Virgin (Republic of Ireland); Wedo (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).
- Asia and Australasia: racing .com (Australia); Fancode (India); Sony Pictures Network* (7 international locations in Indian subcontinent); Transvision (Indonesia); Wasu* (China); Green Channel* (Japan)
- Middle East and Africa: Bahrain TV, Dubai Racing Channel (17 international locations in MENA); Saudi TV* (Saudia Arabia); 4Racing (sixteen international locations in Africa).
Yusuf Buheji, CEO of the Bahrain Turf Club, said: “The Bahrain International Trophy will once more get hold of huge publicity from broadcasters everywhere in the global, along with stay insurance in India and Indonesia for the primary time. We sit up for welcoming all of the broadcasters and their audiences, each new and old, to what must be a extraordinary day.”
RMG is likewise extremely joyful to be running with Timeline TV in co-generating the stay one-hour global feed programme (2.30pm to 3.30pm nearby), in order to air in 112 international locations.
Seb Vance, Director of Communications and International TV Distribution at RMG, added: “RMG is once more honoured to be running carefully with the Bahrain Turf Club for its 5th season via our production, distribution and advertising partnerships. TV publicity is constantly an correct barometer as to the attraction of any game and Bahrain racing has absolutely stuck the creativeness a long way and wide. Along with Timeline and HBA Media, we sit up for turning in any other global–magnificence event.”