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Get the latest updates from happenings at Churchill Downs in the leadup to the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby. It's Derby Day! Get the latest updates from happenings at Churchill Downs in the ...
Mystik Dan had to make a 1,900-mile van ride to Santa Anita to run in the Malibu Stakes. He's the first Derby winner to race at Santa Anita as a 3-year-old since 1997.
Follow Lexington Herald-Leader writers and photographers and others at the track for Saturday’s 149th running of the Kentucky Derby. Race time is 6:57 p.m. EDT.
TV schedule: Kentucky Derby coverage on NBC will run from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. (EDT). Coverage of the early races on the Derby undercard will be on USA Network from noon to 2:30 p.m. (EDT).
On May 16, 1925, the first live radio broadcast of the Kentucky Derby aired on WHAS as well as on WGN in Chicago. [19] On May 7, 1949, the first television coverage of the Kentucky Derby took place, produced by WAVE-TV, the NBC affiliate in Louisville. This coverage was aired live in the Louisville market and sent to NBC as a kinescope newsreel ...
The race was open to 20 horses, who qualified for the race by earning points on the 2023 Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race at a distance of 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (2.0 km) and has been run at Churchill Downs racetrack since its inception in 1875. The purse for 2023 was US$3 million. [2] The race was won by Mage.
A record $210.7 million was bet on the 2024 Kentucky Derby. Overall, a record $320.5 million was bet on the races that were run at Churchill Downs on the day of the Kentucky Derby. [ 7 ] NBC reported an average of 16.7 million viewers across its platforms and a peak audience of 20.1 million viewers, making it the most watched running of the ...
The marquee name was Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, running in the Grade 1 $300,000 Malibu Stakes. He did not bring his “A” game after an almost 2,000-mile van ride from New Orleans, where ...