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Thursday, May 14th, 2020

AMERICAN PHAROAH’S DOMINANT 2015 PREAKNESS STAKES VICTORY HEADLINES NBC SPORTS SPECIAL THIS SAT., MAY 16 AT 5 P.M. ET ON NBC

Show to Include Announcement of Rescheduled Date for 145th Preakness Stakes

TVG “Trackside Live” Simulcast on NBCSN, Starting at 4 p.m. ET on Friday and 6 p.m. ET This Saturday & Sunday

Coverage Will be Streamed on NBCSports.com & the NBC Sports app

STAMFORD, Conn. – May 14, 2020 – With the 145th Preakness Stakes postponed, NBC Sports presents a special show on NBC at 5 p.m. ET this Saturday, May 16 – the original date for the race – headlined by American Pharoah’s memorable Preakness Stakes win five years ago.

The one-hour special The Middle Jewel: American Pharoah’s Run to the Triple Crown will look back at American Pharoah’s dominating win in the 140th Preakness Stakes. Just prior to post time in 2015, Pimlico Race Course was engulfed in torrential rain and thunder, resulting in a sloppy track.  The conditions didn’t hinder American Pharoah, who ran to a seven-length victory in a Preakness which for the first time since 2009 featured the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby – American Pharoah, Firing Line, and Dortmund.

NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico will open Saturday’s show, and also will host a segment in which Stronach Group Chairman and President Belinda Stronach and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announce the rescheduled date of the 145th Preakness Stakes.

NBCSN simulcasts TVG Trackside Live throughout the weekend, beginning at 4 p.m. ET on Friday, May 15 and 6 p.m. ET this Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17. Anchored by several TVG on-air commentators who cover racing every day, including TVG host and NBC Sports reporter Britney Eurton, TVG’s Trackside Live provides fans with live horse racing from various tracks across the country.

Live coverage will be streamed on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app – NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs.

NBC HORSE RACING SCHEDULE, THROUGH JUNE (All Times ET)

Date Time Event Network
Sat., May 16 5 p.m.

The Middle Jewel: American Pharoah’s Run to the Triple Crown (Preakness Stakes)

NBC

Sat., June 6 4 p.m.

Finally the One: American Pharoah’s Run to the Triple Crown (Belmont Stakes)

NBC

Sat., June 13 4 p.m.

Horse of a Lifetime: American Pharoah’s Run to History (Breeders’ Cup Classic)

NBC

 

Sat., June 20 9 a.m.

Royal Ascot (LIVE)

NBC

 

NBC SPORTS GROUP AND HORSE RACING: NBC Sports Group is the exclusive home to the most important and prestigious events in horse racing, including the Triple Crown, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Royal Ascot, and Pegasus World Cup Invitational Series. NBC has been the exclusive home of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes since 2001, and the Belmont Stakes since 2011, when NBC Sports Group reassembled the Triple Crown.

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