NBC to Televise Kentucky Derby Through 2032
NBC Sports will continue to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032, per an announcement from Churchill Downs Incorporated and NBC Sports.
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NBC Sports will continue to present the Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock through 2032, per an announcement from Churchill Downs Incorporated and NBC Sports.
Vahva scored her breakthrough grade 1 victory in the $1 million Derby City Distaff Stakes (G1) May 4 at Churchill Downs. The 4-year-old daughter of Gun Runner has won five of 12 career starts and earned more than $1.5 million.
Trainer Cherie DeVaux and West Point Thoroughbreds' Jeff Lifson celebrate a victory from Vahva in the Derby City Distaff (G1) May 4 at Churchill Downs.
After blitzing out of gate 14 in the $569,770 Twin Spires Turf Sprint Stakes (G2T) May 4 at Churchill Downs, Cogburn drew off in the stretch to a 2 1/4-length score in the 5 1/2-furlong test for 3-year-olds and up.
Trifectas are difficult to hit with competitive racing on Kentucky Derby day at Churchill Downs, but apparently less so if Chad Brown is running multiple entries. The trainer's runners swept the 1-2-3 positions in the Churchill Downs Turf Mile (G2T).
Godolphin's Notable Speech oozed class under jockey William Buick as the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) boiled down to a straight shootout between himself and Rosallion in the final stages.
Making his graded stakes debut on the Kentucky Derby (G1) undercard, Trikari gave his connections and backers something to remember with a 47-1 upset win in the $596,560 American Turf Stakes (G2T) May 4 at Churchill Downs.
Three Chimneys Farm's 4-year-old homebred by its top sire Gun Runner captured his first graded stakes win in the $1 million Churchill Downs Stakes (G1). The race also gave jockey Cristian Torres his first grade 1 win. Here Mi Song…
The Preakness Stakes (G1) gained a likely starter May 4 when MyRacehorse's Seize the Grey won the $594,710 Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2) on the Kentucky Derby (G1) undercard at Churchill Downs.
After battling heads apart through the stretch, Klaravich Stables' Program Trading edged Godolphin homebred Naval Power by a head to win the $1 million Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) May 4 at Churchill Downs.