Baeza who finished second in the Santa Anita Derby and who was in Churchill Downs hoping for a late scratch has been added to the field. Baeza will start from the outside in post position 20 as all ...

Here we go again! America’s greatest handicapping puzzle, otherwise known as the Kentucky Derby, will take place on Saturday. As if it wasn’t enough of a challenge to pick winners in an average field, ...

NBC has done five hours of coverage on the main network on Derby Day since 2018. Sam Flood, the executive producer and president of NBC Sports Production, said the true evolution behind adding more ...

The 151st Kentucky Derby has been won by Sovereignty ... I thought I had a great chance," Alvarado told NBC Sports after the race. Alvarado also thanked his parents and told them he loves them ...

The Kentucky Derby, which has been held annually on the ... Get top local stories delivered to you every morning with NBC DFW's News Headlines newsletter. Twenty horses compete in the 1.25-mile ...

NBC believes that it finally cracked the code ... for everything else the entertainment companies do, and the Kentucky Derby is perhaps a textbook example.

This reality may push organizers to rethink the format to protect both the series’ relevance and the sport’s health.

The 2025 Kentucky Derby, won by Sovereignty, drew an average of 17.7 million viewers across NBC and Peacock. This viewership is the highest for the Kentucky Derby since 1989 and a record for NBC ...

On May 3, 2025, the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby was an exciting event at Churchill Downs, where Sovereignty emerged ...

NBC averaged 4.6 million viewers for the race segment of the Preakness from 6:35-7:25pm ET, and excluding the pandemic ...

The expansion has also included the Kentucky Oaks. It started airing on Bravo in 2009 before moving to the NBC Sports Network and then USA Network. The Derby broadcast has evolved into one of the ...

When NBC carried the Kentucky Derby for the first time in 2001, the broadcast lasted only 90 minutes. On Saturday, when it carries the Run for the Roses for the 25th time, 90 minutes wouldn’t be ...