Fox Sports is getting into the horse racing business, entering a multiyear agreement with the Jockey Club to present prominent graded stakes races on television starting in February.

The 10-date package provides programming for Fox Sports 1, which starts Aug. 17, and gives horse racing valuable exposure beyond the Triple Crown in the spring and the fall Breeders’ Cup, both presented by NBC Sports.

The series will focus on the premier races for older horses — many of whom competed in the Triple Crown as 3-year-olds — and will span some of the most historic racetracks in North America, including Del Mar, Gulfstream Park, Keeneland, Santa Anita Park and Woodbine, as well as Belmont Park and Saratoga.

The new series premieres on Fox Sports 1 on Feb. 9, 2014, from Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla., and features the Grade 1 Donn Handicap and the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap.