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For First Time Ever, NBC Sports to Present Kentucky Oaks in Primetime – Friday, May 1, 2026, on NBC and Peacock.
NBC Sports will showcase the Kentucky Oaks in primetime for the first time ever in 2026, it was announced today by Churchill ...
The Kentucky Oaks will make its prime-time debut in 2026. When will post be? How will the card be impacted? Will the Derby ...
Churchill Downs Inc. announced the Kentucky Oaks will for the first time ever be presented in prime time on NBC in 2026.
Next spring, NBC Sports will showcase the 2026 Kentucky Oaks (G1), the sister race to the Kentucky Derby (G1), during its ...
As the track’s parent company looks to build on its already profitable streams of revenue, race attendees could see more ticket options next year and newly renovated areas of the horseracing venue, ...
The race portion of last year’s Kentucky Derby averaged 16.7 million viewers for NBC, peaking at over 20 million for the photo finish. With audiences like that hard to come by this time of year ...
NBC Sports presents the 146th Kentucky Derby this Saturday, Sept. 5 at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC live from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, as Belmont Stakes winner Tiz the Law aims to continue ...
The Kentucky Derby will remain on NBC through 2032 after the network and Churchill Downs Inc. extended their contract through 2032, announcing it hours before the running of the 150th race on ...