NBC Sports presents coverage of the milestone 150th Kentucky Derby on NBC and Peacock this Saturday, May 4, at 2:30 p.m. ET live from iconic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.
NBC Sports’ Derby day coverage features nine races across NBC and Peacock on Saturday. Live coverage from Churchill Downs begins with five hours of Kentucky Oaks day racing this Friday, May 3, beginning at 1 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock. Over the two days, NBC Sports will present 15 live races from Churchill Downs.
Telemundo Deportes will present coverage of the Kentucky Derby, beginning Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Universo, and streaming on TelemundoDeportes.com and the Telemundo app.
The 150th Kentucky Derby features morning-line favorite Fierceness (5-2), who won the 2024 Florida Derby (G1) and the 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1). Other contenders include 2024 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) winner Sierra Leone (3-1), this year’s UAE Derby (G2) winner Forever Young (10-1), 2024 Louisiana Derby (G2) winner Catching Freedom (8-1), and 2024 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) runner-up Just a Touch (10-1).
COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports’ coverage of the Kentucky Derby features host Mike Tirico, anchoring Derby coverage for the eighth time; analysts Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and two-time Kentucky Derby winner, and Randy Moss, who is covering the Derby for the 44th time; handicappers Eddie Olczyk and Matt Bernier; host Ahmed Fareed; reporters Britney Eurton, Donna Brothers, Kenny Rice, and Nick Luck; and race caller Larry Collmus. Rebecca Lowe also returns to NBC Sports’ coverage and will examine the history and pageantry surrounding the “Run for the Roses.”
Steve Kornacki, NBC News’ celebrated national political correspondent, returns to NBC Sports’ Kentucky Derby coverage as an insights analyst for the fourth year. NBC News’ Dylan Dreyer, who has previously been part of NBC Sports’ Kentucky Derby and Royal Ascot horse racing coverage, and E! News correspondent Zanna Roberts Rassi, who is returning to Derby coverage, will serve as fashion and lifestyle correspondents. NBC Sports’ Tim Layden will write and narrate an essay on his perspective of the 150th “Run for the Roses”.
The senior producer of NBC Sports’ Kentucky Derby coverage is Lindsay Schanzer. The Kentucky Derby is directed by Kaare Numme. Saturday’s early race coverage is produced by Billy Matthews and directed by Timothy Nelson. Executive producer and president, NBC Sports Production is Sam Flood.
Highlights of Kentucky Derby coverage Saturday on NBC and Peacock include:
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