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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
REMINDER – NBC KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 3 P.M. ET
Dial 785-830-7990 to Participate
143rd “Run for the Roses” Saturday, May 6, at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC
Kentucky Derby Post Position Draw Completed
STAMFORD, Conn. – May 3, 2016 – NBC Sports Group’s Kentucky Derby team will preview coverage of the 143rd Kentucky Derby on a conference call today, Wednesday, May 3, at 3 p.m. ET. The conference call follows this morning’s Kentucky Derby post-position draw (results below).
Participants include Mike Tirico, in his first Triple Crown assignment; analysts Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and two-time Kentucky Derby winner; analysts/handicappers Bob Neumeier and Eddie Olczyk; race caller Larry Collmus; and coordinating producer of NBC’s horse racing coverage Rob Hyland.
Dial 785-830-7990 to participate; conference call ID 1883557.
NBC Sports Group presents more than 15 hours of Kentucky Derby Week coverage this year, beginning Thursday, May 4, at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN, and culminating with the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC. Saturday’s coverage begins at Noon ET on NBCSN. Click here for more information on NBC Sports Group’s Kentucky Derby programming.
Kentucky Derby Post Positions
| Gate | Horse | Morning-Line Odds |
| Gate 1 | Lookin at Lee | 30-1 |
| Gate 2 | Thunder Snow (IRE) | 20-1 |
| Gate 3 | Fast and Accurate | 50-1 |
| Gate 4 | Untrapped | 30-1 |
| Gate 5 | Always Dreaming | 5-1 |
| Gate 6 | State of Honor | 30-1 |
| Gate 7 | Girvin | 15-1 |
| Gate 8 | Hence | 15-1 |
| Gate 9 | Irap | 20-1 |
| Gate 10 | Gunnevara | 15-1 |
| Gate 11 | Battle of Midway | 30-1 |
| Gate 12 | Sonneteer | 50-1 |
| Gate 13 | J Boys Echo | 20-1 |
| Gate 14 | Classic Empire | 4-1 |
| Gate 15 | McCraken | 5-1 |
| Gate 16 | Tapwrit | 20-1 |
| Gate 17 | Irish War Cry | 6-1 |
| Gate 18 | Gormley | 15-1 |
| Gate 19 | Practical Joke | 20-1 |
| Gate 20 | Patch | 30-1 |
–NBC SPORTS GROUP–
