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The Blood-Horse Sponsors
TVG's Viewer's Choice Awards
LEXINGTON, KY--The
Blood-Horse, the Thoroughbred industry's leading weekly magazine for the
latest industry news and information, announces its exclusive sponsorship
of TVG's second annual "Viewers' Choice Awards," scheduled to
air on the TVG television network on Monday, February 11 at 9 p.m. ET.
Award winners will be chosen exclusively by fan voting on TVG's Web site:
tvgnetwork.com. Fans have until January 20th to make their selections
in seventeen categories including traditional awards such as "Horse
of the Year" and "Trainer of the Year."
As President and CEO
of TVG, Mark Wilson noted, "We're delighted to have The Blood-Horse
sponsor the program. Knowing that horseracing fans like to express their
opinion, we created the Viewers' Choice Awards so they could do just that
-- go online and vote for their favorites. This event is really all about
the fans and giving them a say in who gets recognized for their performance
in 2001."
"It's a natural
and exciting synergy of television, print, the Internet, and most important,
the fans," commented Raymond S. Paulick, Editor-in-Chief of The Blood-Horse.
"Since 1916, The Blood-Horse has been a vital forum for presenting
industry and fan opinion. We are proud to sponsor the Viewers' Choice
Awards and support the terrific programming TVG provides daily to those
who live and follow this great sport."
The Blood-Horse is
published by The Blood-Horse Publications, publishers since 1916. The
Blood-Horse Publications is also the publisher of The Horse, a monthly
magazine devoted to equine health care; TBH MarketWatch, a twice-monthly
newsletter for Thoroughbred investors; Equine Images, an equine art magazine;
and the official World Thoroughbred Championship/Breeders' Cup souvenir
magazines. In addition, The Blood-Horse Publications also operates Exclusively
Equine.com, an e-commerce site offering quality books and gifts; and operates
a family of award-winning Web sites including bloodhorse.com, thehorse.com,
and haynet.net.
For additional information,
contact Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Services, Tel.:
(859) 276-6809, or e-mail: rbolson@bloodhorse.com.
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