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Cup script coordinator Cynthia Ruibal plan months in advance for Gold Cup day.
Feature ideas are discussed, rejected or expanded upon, and finally refined to fit into the show’s format.
“The day is choreographed down to the minute,” Ruibal said, “live television is exciting but it’s also extremely difficult — any mistake can have a domino effect. The script has evolved over the i last four yers. What we want is for the viewer to see all the color and excitement of the Virginia Gold Cup.”
Chewning credits the HTS team for valuable input in formatting the show for a national audience. He believes the end result is a 90-minute show that anyone can enjoy, whether or not they are familiar with steeplechasing.
“The real drama is few fences from home,” Chewning said, “that’s the high point of the day. But Home Team Sports has done a great job of covering the racing action while tempering the show with human interest stories.
“Their goal is to make a slick television production. Our goal [at the Gold Cup] is to make a good racing show. What we end up with is an outstanding production where the television people and the horsemen come together,” he said.
Chewning believes the show’s scope is possible because of HTS’s state-of-the-art equipment. The production crew arrives the day before the races with a production truck complete with a mixing deck ' and a variety of high-tech equipment.
See HTS, Page 14
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