Universal Sports, NBC Sports and UniversalSports.com to cover more than 80 hours of 2010 World Equestrian Games.
Universal Sports and NBC Sports are teaming up to provide fans with the most extensive live television coverage of equestrian sports in U.S. history. NBC Sports will air 8 ½ hours of LIVE coverage on three consecutive weekends, beginning this Saturday at 12 Noon ET. Universal Sports will show more than 15 hours LIVE, including the majority of the show jumping competition. Universal Sports will also air taped broadcasts of the Reining Final, the Dressage Freestyle, the Driving competition and the Vaulting Final. The joint effort will include more than 30 hours of live and taped television coverage of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY. This total amount of U.S. television coverage is unprecedented for equestrian sports in this country.
This prestigious international event is being held at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington from September 25 to October 10. Lexington-area cable operator Insight Communications will offer the Universal Sports network to its subscribers on a trial basis beginning on September 24, allowing local horse enthusiasts to watch the action from start to finish.
The World Equestrian Games is held once every four years, with 2010 marking the first time the event will be held on U.S. soil. The Games feature the best riders and drivers in eight disciplines – dressage, show jumping, eventing, vaulting, reining, driving, endurance and para-equestrian dressage, which involves disabled riders. The 16-day competition is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to Lexington, a city known as the “Horse Capital of the World.”
All sessions of competition from the three Olympic equestrian disciplines — dressage, eventing and jumping — will be streamed LIVE on UniversalSports.com for a one-time subscription fee of $29.99. A daily purchase option of $12.99 also will be available. Full replays of subscription content will be provided for on-demand viewing. The live streaming begins with dressage (Sept. 27-29, Oct. 1), continues with eventing (Sept. 30, Oct. 1-3) and concludes with jumping (Oct. 4-6, 8-9). For details and a complete schedule of coverage on UniversalSports.com, go to universalsports.com/equestrian.
Additional live coverage of the international disciplines of reining, driving, vaulting, endurance, and recorded coverage of para-equestrian dressage, will air on the United States Equestrian Federation Network at http://www.usefnetwork.com/. Pay-Per-View coverage of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will also be offered at www.feitv.org/.
World Equestrian Games Television Schedule
September 26, 2010
Team Reining Competition & Opening Ceremonies – 12:00 (NOON) ET – 1:30 PM ET (LIVE) NBC
September 27, 2010 – 11:00 AM ET – 12:30 PM ET (taped) Universal Sports
Team Reining Competition
October 3, 2010
Show Jumping & Eventing-Cross Country – 1:00 PM ET – 4:00 PM ET (LIVE) NBC
Freestyle Dressage and Reining Individual – 4:00 PM ET – 6:00 PM ET (LIVE) NBC
October 4, 2010
Show Jumping Speed Competition 10:00 AM ET – 12:30 PM ET (LIVE) & 2:30 PM ET – 5:00 PM ET (LIVE) Universal Sports
October 5, 2010
Show Jumping Team Competition – 10:00 AM ET – 12:30 PM ET (LIVE) & 2:30 PM ET – 5:00 PM ET (LIVE) Universal Sports
October 6, 2010
Show Jumping Team Competition Finals – 7:00 PM ET – 9:30 PM ET (LIVE) Universal Sports
October 7, 2010
Eventing Finals – 11:30 AM ET – 2:30 PM ET (taped)
Dressage Freestyle and Reining Individual – 2:30 PM ET – 4:30 PM ET (taped) Universal Sports
October 8, 2010
Show Jumping Individual Competition – 5:30 PM ET – 7:00 PM ET (LIVE) Universal Sports
October 9, 2010
Show Jumping Final Four – 8:00 PM ET – 9:30 PM ET (LIVE) Universal Sports
October 10, 2010
Show Jumping Finals, Vaulting, Driving & Closing Ceremonies 4:00 PM ET – 6:00 PM ET (LIVE) NBC
October 11, 2010
Show Jumping Finals, Vaulting, Driving & Closing Ceremonies – 11:30 AM ET – 1:30 PM ET (taped) Universal Sports
October 14, 2010
Driving Finals – 6:00 PM ET – 7:00 PM ET (taped) Universal Sports
October 15, 2010
Vaulting Final – 6:00 PM ET – 7:00 PM ET (taped) Universal Sports
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