RENOWNED VENEZUELAN ANNOUNCER JOSÉ ARTURO SULBARÁN TO CALL BREEDERS’ CUP RACES ON ‘HRRN EN ESPANOL’

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release October 13, 2016
 
RENOWNED VENEZUELAN ANNOUNCER JOSÉ ARTURO SULBARÁN TO CALL BREEDERS’ CUP RACES ON ‘HRRN EN ESPANOL’
 
Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the Eclipse Award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, KY and official radio home of the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup World Championships, announced Thursday, José Arturo Sulbarán will join their Spanish broadcast team at Santa Anita Park November 4 and 5 to provide the live Spanish race call of all 13 championship races throughout the two-day coverage on HRRN en Español.
 
Sulbarán, a 30 year industry veteran, served as the official announcer of the Venezuelan Triple Crown in 1998 and provided the Spanish calls of major events such as the Clásico del Caribe in Puerto Rico as well as the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. From 1983 to 1994, Sulbarán worked as the producer and announcer of the ‘Monitor Hípico’ Show along with legendary Venezuelan race caller Aly Khan, and currently serves as the director of Venezuelan radio stations RQ 910 AM and Deportiva 1300 AM.
 
“Jose brings an incredible amount of passion and excitement to his race calls,” said HRRN President Mike Penna. “His enthusiastic style and stellar reputation as a top notch announcer make him the perfect fit to capture the essence of a high caliber event such as Breeders’ Cup.”
 
HRRN en Español, which debuted under the HRRN banner at Saratoga in July, offers live coverage of major stakes races throughout the year as well as a weekly Spanish language talk show “Hablando de Hipismo” which translates to “Talking Racing” in English. Hosted every Saturday morning by Roberto “El Potro” Rodriguez and Eloy Vielma live from Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, FL, Hablando de Hipismo can be heard worldwide from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. ET via live streaming on the HRRN en Español website, www.hrrnenespanol.com.
 
The HRRN en Español broadcast team will join HRRN’s award-winning crew of Mike Penna, Jude Feld, Kurt Becker and Jeff Bloom at Santa Anita, November 4 and 5, to provide nine hours of live Breeders’ Cup coverage Friday and Saturday afternoons. Spanish coverage of the Breeders’ Cup is presented by Gulfstream Park, home of the 2017 Clasico Internacional del Caribe while HRRN’s traditional English coverage will be presented by visitbarbados.org.
A complete broadcast schedule along with live streaming can be found on the HRRN website and at www.horseracingradio.net.
 
About HRRN:
The Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN) is your home for Eclipse Award winning coverage of the biggest events in racing throughout the year. In 2016, HRRN will broadcast more than 100 stakes races from racetracks across the United States and around the world. HRRN is the official radio network of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Belmont Stakes and Breeders’ Cup World Championships and produces a series of popular talk shows aired throughout the week on SiriusXM satellite radio: Xpressbet Radio on HRRN (Wednesday – Friday, 3-6 p.m. ET), Jock Talk presented by Tito’s Handmade Vodka (Tuesday, 6-7 p.m. ET), Trainer Talk presented by Fasig-Tipton (Wednesday, 6-7 p.m. ET), Brisnet Call In Show (Thursday, 6-7 p.m. ET), Xpressbet Weekend Stakes Preview (Friday, 6-7 p.m. ET) and the Equine Forum (Saturday, 8-10 a.m. ET). Select race broadcasts are available in Spanish through the HRRN en Español broadcast platform.
 
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