Thoroughbred Documentary Filming at Churchill Downs

A year and a half after Kentucky Education Television received a $2.25 million endowment to film a documentary called “The Thoroughbred,” the project was in full swing during Kentucky Derby week at Churchill Downs.

The one-hour program will be broadcast on PBS and will be the first in a series of Kentucky productions. It is slated to premier nationwide by March 2010, in time for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

“We’re trying to do the impossible: explain everything about the world of the Thoroughbred in 60 minutes,” said Academy Award-winning producer/director Paul Wagner. “The film is aimed at the general public who watch the Kentucky Derby and (maybe) the other (Triple Crown) races, and that’s all they know about horses.”

Wagner said even though they are currently onsite in Louisville filming the excitement and pageantry of the Derby, the film will cover a much wider spectrum, focusing on the three major aspects of the industry: auctions, breeding, and racing….

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Date: 4-8-2009
By: http://www.bloodhorse.com