ABR to Livestream California Chrome’s Return in Pennsylvania Derby

California Chrome (above) is expected to be the headline star in the 2014 Pennsylvania Derby, which will be livestreamed on America's Best Racing beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 20. (Photo by Eclipse Sportswire)
The highly anticipated return of 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner California Chrome in the $1-million Pennsylvania Derby on Sept. 20 will be streamed live at America’s Best Racing (www.americasbestracing.net). Beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET, the 90-minute telecast from Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa., outside Philadelphia, will be a feed of the regional broadcast produced by The Comcast Network. The $1-million Cotillion Stakes for elite 3-year-old fillies and the Gallant Bob for 3-year-old sprinters also will also be shown during the live stream.
The free Pennsylvania Derby livestream can be accessed Sept. 20 at 4:30 p.m. on the America’s Best Racing homepage: www.americasbestracing.net
California Chrome, currently ranked third in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll, captured the attention of sports fans across the nation this spring by winning two-thirds of the Triple Crown, but he has not raced since finishing fourth in the Belmont Stakes. The failed Triple Crown attempt in the Belmont on June 7 was one of the highest-rated televised sporting events of 2014 to date.
Others expected to enter the 1 1/8-mile contest include Bayern, winner of the $1 million Haskell Invitational Stakes in July, and the top two finishers from last month’s West Virginia Derby, respectively, Tapiture and Candy Boy, both highly touted veterans of the Triple Crown trail.
The Cotillion, meanwhile, is shaping up as a stellar race that will help determine Eclipse Award honors for champion 3-year-old filly. The field is expected to include Kentucky Oaks heroine Untapable, as well as multiple Grade 1 winners Stopchargingmaria and Sweet Reason.
The Comcast Network’s on-air team will consist of host Laffit Pincay III, analyst Dick Jerardi, analyst Joe Kristufek, paddock commentator Maggie Wolfendale, and features reporter Sheena Parveen.
Fans are invited to engage with America’s Best Racing during a concurrent Pennsylvania Derby chat, which will be displayed on the ABR homepage next to the livestream and will be moderated by Jim Mulvihill, an ABR contributor and National Thoroughbred Racing Association Director of Media & Industry Relations. 
About America’s Best Racing
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