
Kentucky Derby
The NBC Sports Group is the exclusive home to the most important and prestigious events in horse racing, including the Triple Crown and the Breeders’ Cup. NBC Sports Group is also the home to Summer at Saratoga, Autumn at Keeneland, and the Road to the Kentucky Derby series.
Press Releases
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Sunday, September 6, 2020 2020 KENTUCKY DERBY ON NBC IS MOST-WATCHED SPORTING EVENT SINCE SUPER BOWL & MOST WATCHED ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND SINCE 2017
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Friday, September 4, 2020 “TIZ THE LAW LOOKS LIKE HE’S ALMOST INVINCIBLE” – HALL OF FAME JOCKEY JERRY BAILEY ON THE KENTUCKY DERBY, LIVE TOMORROW, SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 AT 2:30 PM ET ON NBC
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Thursday, September 3, 2020 JOHN MICHAEL HIGGINS, BLAKE SHELTON, MARIO LOPEZ & RANDY ORTON TO PICK KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS TOMORROW ACROSS NBC SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA & DURING NBC’S DERBY COVERAGE THIS SAT., SEPT. 5, AT 2:30 PM ET
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Wednesday, September 2, 2020 NBC SPORTS KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020 *REMINDER* – KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 2 P.M. ET WITH MIKE TIRICO, JERRY BAILEY, RANDY MOSS, EDDIE OLCZYK, LARRY COLLMUS & ROB HYLAND
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Monday, August 31, 2020 KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW, TUES., SEPT. 1, AT 2 P.M. ET WITH MIKE TIRICO, JERRY BAILEY, RANDY MOSS, EDDIE OLCZYK, LARRY COLLMUS & ROB HYLAND
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Monday, August 31, 2020 146TH KENTUCKY DERBY THIS SATURDAY, SEPT. 5 LIVE FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS AT 2:30 PM ET ON NBC FEATURES BELMONT STAKES WINNER TIZ THE LAW AIMING TO CONTINUE TRIPLE CROWN RUN
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Tuesday, August 25, 2020 NBC SPORTS FILMS’ AMERICAN PHAROAH DOCUMENTARY “BORN TO RUN” DEBUTS THIS SUNDAY, AUG. 30 AT NOON ET ON NBC
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Thursday, April 30, 2020 NBC SPORTS’ “RUN FOR THE ROSES” SATURDAY FEATURES KENTUCKY DERBY SPECIAL ON NBC AT 3 P.M. ET, FOLLOWED ON NBCSN BY LIVE ARKANSAS DERBY AT 6 P.M. ET & ROSE BOWL CLASSICS AT 8 P.M. ET
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Monday, April 27, 2020 AMERICAN PHAROAH’S KENTUCKY DERBY VICTORY HEADLINES NBC SPORTS SPECIAL ON “FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY” – THIS SAT., MAY 2 AT 3 PM ET ON NBC
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Monday, May 6, 2019 NBC SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF DRAMATIC KENTUCKY DERBY AVERAGES 16.5 MILLION VIEWERS & LEADS INTO SECOND-MOST WATCHED NON-STANLEY CUP FINAL NHL GAME ON RECORD
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Sunday, May 5, 2019 NBC SPORTS MATCHES BEST KENTUCKY DERBY OVERNIGHT SINCE 1990 & POSTS 2ND BEST STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF GAME OVERNIGHT ON RECORD ON NBC BIG EVENT SATURDAY
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Thursday, May 2, 2019 JOHN LEGEND, KATIE LEDECKY, KELLY CLARKSON, CHARLES BARKLEY & SHAQ TO PICK KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS ON NBC’S DERBY COVERAGE SAT., MAY 4, AT 2:30 PM ET
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 TRANSCRIPT – 2019 NBC SPORTS KENTUCKY DERBY MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL – WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 AT 3 PM ET
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 REMINDER – NBC SPORTS KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 3 PM ET
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 NEW “NBC SPORTS BET: DERBY SPECIAL” DIGITAL COMPANION SHOW DEBUTS THIS SAT., MAY 4 LIVE AT 5 P.M. ET ON NBCSPORTS.COM & NBC SPORTS APP
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 DALE EARNHARDT JR. ADDS HORSEPOWER TO NBC SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF THE 2019 KENTUCKY DERBY THIS SATURDAY, MAY 4 AT 2:30 PM ET ON NBC
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 MIKE TIRICO, JERRY BAILEY, RANDY MOSS, EDDIE OLCZYK & LARRY COLLMUS PREVIEW NBC KENTUCKY DERBY COVERAGE ON CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW, MAY 1 AT 3 PM ET
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Tuesday, April 30, 2019 SUPER BOWL MVP VON MILLER JOINS NBC SPORTS’ KENTUCKY DERBY COVERAGE THIS SATURDAY, MAY 4 AT 2:30 P.M. ET ON NBC
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Monday, April 29, 2019 NBC SPORTS COVERS EVERY ANGLE OF THE 145TH KENTUCKY DERBY WITH 5-HOUR SHOW THIS SATURDAY, MAY 4, LIVE AT 2:30 P.M. ET ON NBC
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Thursday, November 8, 2018 NBC SPORTS & CHURCHILL DOWNS TO DEBUT ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY MAGAZINE SERIES IN SPRING 2019
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Monday, May 7, 2018 NBC SPORTS’ BIG EVENT SATURDAY DELIVERS 15 MILLION VIEWERS FOR KENTUCKY DERBY & SECOND-MOST-WATCHED EARLY ROUND NHL PLAYOFF GAME ON RECORD
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Thursday, May 3, 2018 KELLY CLARKSON, DALE EARNHARDT JR., CHARLES BARKLEY & SHAQ TO PICK KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS ON NBC’S DERBY COVERAGE THIS SAT., MAY 5, AT 2:30 PM ET
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 TRANSCRIPT: NBC SPORTS GROUP’S KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 JOHNNY WEIR’S TWEET-POWERED BROOCH RETURNS; NBC SPORTS GROUP TEAMS WITH BUZZFEED, REFINERY29 & SNAPCHAT FOR KENTUCKY DERBY SOCIAL MEDIA BLITZ
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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 REMINDER – NBC KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 3 P.M. ET
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Monday, April 30, 2018 NBC’S RECORD 5-HOUR KENTUCKY DERBY BROADCAST THIS SAT., MAY 5, LIVE AT 2:30 PM ET, HIGHLIGHTS DERBY WEEK COVERAGE
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Monday, May 8, 2017 NBC’S BIG SPORTS SATURDAY DELIVERS LARGEST KENTUCKY DERBY AUDIENCE SINCE 1989 & MOST-WATCHED NHL EARLY-ROUND PLAYOFF GAME IN PEOPLE METER HISTORY
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Friday, May 5, 2017 NBC SPORTS GROUP TEAMS WITH BUZZFEED, SNAPCHAT & PUSHES OUT FACEBOOK LIVES FOR KENTUCKY DERBY SOCIAL MEDIA BLITZ
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Thursday, May 4, 2017 CELEBRITY CHEF BOBBY FLAY JOINS NBC’S COVERAGE OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY, THIS SATURDAY, MAY 6 AT 2:30 P.M. ET
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 2017 NBC SPORTS KENTUCKY DERBY MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL – TRANSCRIPT
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 THE MINIONS, ANDY COHEN AND AMERICA’S GOT TALENT TEAM TO PICK KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS ON NBC’S DERBY COVERAGE THIS SAT. AT 2:30 PM ET
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Wednesday, May 3, 2017 REMINDER – NBC KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 3 P.M. ET
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017 MIKE TIRICO, JERRY BAILEY, RANDY MOSS & EDDIE OLCZYK FEATURED ON NBC KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW, WED., MAY 3 AT 3 P.M. ET
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Monday, May 1, 2017 NBC AIRS RECORD 5-HOUR KENTUCKY DERBY BROADCAST THIS SAT., MAY 6 LIVE AT 2:30 PM ET, HIGHLIGHTING NBC SPORTS GROUP’S DERBY WEEK COVERAGE
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Thursday, April 27, 2017 DYLAN DREYER TO JOIN NBC SPORTS GROUP’S COVERAGE OF THE 2017 KENTUCKY DERBY
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017 MIKE TIRICO SUCCEEDS TOM HAMMOND AS A HOST OF NBC SPORTS GROUP’S TRIPLE CROWN HORSE RACING COVERAGE BEGINNING WITH 2017 KENTUCKY DERBY
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Friday, May 13, 2016 BYTES: JOHNNY WEIR’S TWEET-POWERED BROOCH ACTIVATES 6 MILLION TIMES ON DERBY DAY
- Tuesday, May 10, 2016 NFL & HORSE RACING COVERAGE LEAD NBC SPORTS GROUP TO 7 SPORTS EMMY AWARDS
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016 MORE THAN 15.5 MILLION WATCH NYQUIST WIN 142ND KENTUCKY DERBY ON NBC
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Friday, May 6, 2016 ASHLEY JUDD EXPANDS NARRATOR ROLE ON NBC TELECAST OF THE 142ND KENTUCKY DERBY, TOMORROW, SATURDAY, MAY 7 AT 4 P.M. ET ON NBC
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Friday, May 6, 2016 NBC SPORTS GROUP AND NEXTVR TO PRESENT 2016 KENTUCKY DERBY LIVE IN VIRTUAL REALITY FOR FIRST TIME
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Thursday, May 5, 2016 ADAM LEVINE, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, JIMMY FALLON, SETH MEYERS & CHARLES BARKLEY TO PICK KENTUCKY DERBY WINNERS ON NBC’S DERBY COVERAGE THIS SAT.
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Thursday, May 5, 2016 NBC SPORTS GROUP’S KENTUCKY DERBY BROADCAST TEAM DISCUSSES FIELD OF HORSES, LEGACY OF AMERICAN PHAROAH AHEAD OF TRIPLE CROWN’S FIRST LEG
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Thursday, May 5, 2016 TRANSCRIPT: NBC SPORTS GROUP’S KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 KENTUCKY DERBY BROADCAST TEAM ON MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW, WED., MAY 4 AT 3 P.M. ET
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 WHO WILL SUCCEED AMERICAN PHAROAH? NBC SPORTS PRESENTS THE 142ND KENTUCKY DERBY THIS SATURDAY, MAY 7 AT 4 P.M. ET ON NBC
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Tuesday, May 3, 2016 TRANSCRIPT: KENTUCKY DERBY & RIO OLYMPIC CONFERENCE CALL WITH JOHNNY WEIR & TARA LIPINSKI
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Monday, May 2, 2016 JOHNNY WEIR TO WEAR TWEET-POWERED BROOCH AS PART OF NBC SPORTS GROUP’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE KENTUCKY DERBY SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN EVER
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Thursday, April 28, 2016 NASCAR REPORTER RUTLEDGE WOOD TO JOIN NBC SPORTS GROUP’S COVERAGE OF THE 2016 KENTUCKY DERBY
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Monday, June 8, 2015 AMERICAN PHAROAH’S TRIPLE CROWN-WINNING RUN & BLACKHAWKS-LIGHTNING STANLEY CUP GAME 2 POST VIEWERSHIP MILESTONES ON NBC’S “CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY”
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 16 MILLION WATCH 141st RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY ON NBC
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Friday, May 1, 2015 NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH MAY 1, 2015 – MAY 3, 2015
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Friday, May 1, 2015 KENTUCKY NATIVE ASHLEY JUDD TO NARRATE NBC’S SHOW OPEN FOR THE 141ST KENTUCKY DERBY, SATURDAY, MAY 2 AT 4 P.M. ET ON NBC
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Thursday, April 30, 2015 NBCUNIVERSAL SURROUNDS THE KENTUCKY DERBY
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 REMINDER: KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 3 PM ET
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015 KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW, WED., APRIL 29 AT 3 PM ET
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015 TRANSCRIPT: JOHNNY WEIR & TARA LIPINSKI KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015 JOHNNY WEIR & TARA LIPINSKI ON KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 2 P.M. ET
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Monday, April 27, 2015 JOHNNY WEIR & TARA LIPINSKI TAKE OVER NBC SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA DURING DERBY WEEK
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Thursday, April 23, 2015 NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS RECORD 15.5 LIVE HOURS OF KENTUCKY DERBY COVERAGE
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015 EDDIE OLCZYK TO JOIN NBC SPORTS GROUP’S COVERAGE OF THE 2015 KENTUCKY DERBY
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015 NBCSN PRESENTS LIVE ELITE HORSE RACING COVERAGE THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 4, AT 5 P.M. ET WITH WOOD MEMORIAL, BLUE GRASS STAKES & SANTA ANITA DERBY
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Monday, May 5, 2014 15.3 MILLION WATCH 140th RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY ON NBC
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Thursday, May 1, 2014 KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
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Thursday, May 1, 2014 NBCUNIVERSAL SURROUNDS THE KENTUCKY DERBY
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Thursday, May 1, 2014 REMINDER: KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 11:30 A.M. ET
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014 KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TOMORROW, THURS., MAY 1 AT 11:30 A.M. ET
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 TRANSCRIPT: JOHNNY WEIR & TARA LIPINSKI, KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 REMINDER: JOHNNY WEIR & TARA LIPINSKI ON KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 2 P.M. ET
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Thursday, April 24, 2014 NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS RECORD 15.5 HOURS OF KENTUCKY DERBY COVERAGE
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 JOHNNY WEIR & TARA LIPINSKI TO JOIN NBC SPORTS GROUP’S COVERAGE OF THE 2014 KENTUCKY DERBY
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 VETERAN BROADCAST JOURNALIST JOSH ELLIOTT JOINS NBC SPORTS GROUP
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Wednesday, February 26, 2014 NBC SPORTS GROUP AND CHURCHILL DOWNS REACH LANDMARK 10-YEAR KENTUCKY DERBY EXTENSION
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS 6½ HOURS OF BELMONT STAKES COVERAGE
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 16.2 MILLION WATCH KENTUCKY DERBY ON NBC
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Sunday, May 5, 2013 KENTUCKY DERBY OVERNIGHT RATING ON NBC TIES FOR BEST IN 21 YEARS
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 2013 KENTUCKY DERBY CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
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Thursday, May 2, 2013 CONFERENCE CALL TODAY AT 11:30 A.M. ET, TO PREVIEW NBC SPORTS GROUP’S LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 139th RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 NBCUNIVERSAL SURROUNDS THE KENTUCKY DERBY
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 CONFERENCE CALL THURSDAY, 11:30 A.M. ET, TO PREVIEW NBC SPORTS GROUP’S LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 139TH RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 CONFERENCE CALL THURSDAY, 11:30 A.M. ET, TO PREVIEW NBC SPORTS GROUP’S LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 139TH RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
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Monday, April 29, 2013 NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS 14.5 HOURS OF KENTUCKY DERBY COVERAGE
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Thursday, April 11, 2013 THE “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY™” SERIES CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND WITH THE TOYOTA BLUE GRASS STAKES AND THE ARKANSAS DERBY
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Thursday, April 4, 2013 THE “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY™” SERIES CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND WITH THE SANTA ANITA DERBY AND THE WOOD MEMORIAL
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 THE “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY™” SERIES BEGINS THIS WEEKEND WITH THE FLORIDA DERBY AND THE LOUISIANA DERBY
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 NBC SPORTS GROUP AND THE JOCKEY CLUB KICK OFF “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY” SERIES WITH SPECIAL PREVIEW SHOW
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 THE JOCKEY CLUB, NBC SPORTS GROUP ANNOUNCE 2013 “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY” TELEVISION SCHEDULE
- Thursday, May 3, 2012 NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS UNPRECEDENTED COVERAGE OF THE 138th KENTUCKY DERBY
- Wednesday, May 2, 2012 NBCUNIVERSAL SURROUNDS THE KENTUCKY DERBY
- Wednesday, May 2, 2012 CONFERENCE CALL THURSDAY, 11:30 A.M. ET, TO PREVIEW NBC SPORTS GROUP’S LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 138th RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY
- Monday, April 30, 2012 NBC SPORTS GROUP PRESENTS 14½ HOURS OF KENTUCKY DERBY COVERAGE
- Wednesday, April 11, 2012 THE “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY™” CONCLUDES SATURDAY WITH THE TOYOTA BLUE GRASS STAKES AND ARKANSAS DERBY ON CNBC
- Thursday, April 5, 2012 THE “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY™ ” CONTINUES SATURDAY WITH THE SANTA ANITA DERBY, WOOD MEMORIAL AND ASHLAND STAKES ON NBC
- Thursday, March 29, 2012 THE “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY™ ” SERIES CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND WITH THE FLORIDA DERBY
- Tuesday, March 20, 2012 THE “ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY™ ” SERIES REACHES THE STARTING GATE THIS WEEKEND
Media Contacts
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Dan Masonson
Vice President
NBC Sports Group Communications
dan.masonson@nbcuni.com
203-356-2790
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Jake Gellerman
Publicist
NBC Sports Group Communications
jake.gellerman@nbcuni.com
203-356-2795