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Saturday, May 2: Run for the Roses: 152nd Kentucky Derby on NBC
The first leg in horse racing’s Triple Crown, the prestigious Kentucky Derby, is run today at Churchill Downs in Louisville. […]
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Monday, April 13: Look Behind the Scenes of the Kentucky Derby in ‘Backside: The Unseen Hands of Horse Racing’
This powerful new documentary reveals the hidden labor sustaining one of America’s most celebrated sporting traditions: horse racing’s Kentucky Derby. […]
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Saturday, May 3: Run for the Roses: 151st Kentucky Derby on NBC
Horse racing’s Triple Crown season begins today at Churchill Downs in Louisville for the 151st Kentucky Derby. […]
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Saturday, May 4: Run for the Roses: 150th Kentucky Derby on NBC
Top contenders include Sierra Leone, Fierceness, Resilience, Just a Touch, Catching Freedom and Forever Young. […]
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Friday, April 26: ‘The New York Times Presents: Broken Horses’ Looks at a Sport in Crisis
The deaths of racehorses at high-profile events last year horrified spectators and intensified pressure on officials to confront the issue. […]
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Saturday, June 10: 155th Belmont Stakes Runs on FOX Sports
Preakness Stakes winner National Treasure will run against other top contenders including Forte, Tapit Trice and Angel of Empire. […]
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Saturday, May 7: Run for the Roses: 148th Kentucky Derby on NBC
The 148th Kentucky Derby takes place at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, live on NBC. […]
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Saturday, May 1: Run for the Roses: 147th Kentucky Derby on NBC
Favorites in the starting gate include Essential Quality, Rock Your World, Hot Rod Charlie, Like the King and Known Agenda. […]
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Nyquist looks to go 2 for 2 in Triple Crown races at the 2016 Preakness on NBC
Can Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist go 2 for 2? The second leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the 141st Preakness Stakes, takes place Saturday, May 21, at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Coverage from Pimlico begins Friday on NBCSN with the Black-Eyed Susan beginning at 3pm ET. Saturday’s coverage begins at 2:30pm ET on NBCSN with the Preakness Saturday prerace show. Coverage shifts to NBC for the Preakness States beginning at 5pm ET. NBC Sports Group’s coverage of the Preakness features hosts Bob Costas and Tom Hammond; analysts Randy Moss, Jerry Bailey, Bob Neumeier and Eddie Olczyk; host/reporter Laffit Pincay […]
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2015 Breeders Cup TV schedule: American Pharoah chases the grand slam
NBC, NBCSN and NBC Sports Live Extra have coverage of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup horse racing event from Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, Ky., Oct. 30-31. Triple Crown winner American Pharoah leads the field in the 1 1/4-mile $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (complete field and odds below), with other contenders including Tonalist, Honor Code and Keen Ice. American Pharoah’s top challenger, Beholder, has been scratched from the race. NBC and NBCSN combine to air 11 races from the Breeders’ Cup Friday and Saturday, with the showcase Breeders’ Cup Classic scheduled for 5:35pm ET Saturday on NBC. 2015 Breeders’ Cup TV Schedule: […]