SEN secures Melbourne Cup Carnival rights for 2020

Sports Entertainment Network will broadcast the 2020 Melbourne Cup Carnival across its SENTrack stations.

Live race calls and coverage will be on 1116 SEN Melbourne, as well as the SENTrack stations Australia-wide.

The SENTrack team will include six-time Group 1 winning jockey David Taggart and prominent owner and breeder Simon O’Donnell, and SEN’s coverage will be led by chief sports called Gerard Whateley.

“The excitement of this year’s Melbourne Cup Carnival will be like no other and we take it as a great privilege and honour to broadcast the history-making moments of this pinnacle in the annual racing calendar,” SEN chief commercial officer Pat Moloughney said.

The Melbourne Cup Carnival will also be livesteamed on the SEN website and app.

It will be the 90th anniversary of Phar Lap’s win at the Melbourne Cup, with the carnival expected to go ahead with social distancing measures.

SEN’s SENTrack radio stations are available on the following frequencies:

• Melbourne 1593AM
• Sydney 1539AM
• Brisbane 1053AM
• Gold Coast 1620AM
• Perth 657AM
• Mildura 89.1FM
• Wollongong 575AM
• Gosford 801AM
• Ingham 96.9FM
• Atherton 99.1FM.