Historically, near semi of the races be inflicted with veteran drizzle by approximately top in the time, and temperatures be inflicted with ranged from 36 to 94 degrees – genuinely distressing the horses and potentially the outcome of the rush.
One of the oldest thoroughbred races in the US and the initially piling of the storied Triple Crown will secure the track on May 7. The once a year event is an amazing spectacle of pageantry, alacrity, beauty, power and…weather. Coverage will include the Churchill Downs rush time forecast and special editorial facial appearance such as historical rush time weather, interviews with experts, and more.
Meteorologist Stephanie Abrams will crash live pro The Weather Channel.
Friday, May 6 from 7:00am – 12:00pm ET and Saturday, May 7 from 9:00am – 7:00pm ET
Also, NBC Sports Group will bestow 14 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage commencement on Wednesday, May 4 by 4 p.M. ET on VERSUS and culminating with the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby on NBC, Saturday, May 7 commencement by 4 p.M. ET.
The prolonged Kentucky Derby coverage, which includes eight hours on Derby Day on NBC and VERSUS, will include many extra elements:
Live coverage of the Kentucky Derby Draw, which will determine the placement positions
* Additional commentators counting a extra rush caller, Larry Collmus
* New production team
* 11 whole hours on VERSUS, currently part of the NBC Sports Group, counting live coverage of the Kentucky Oaks and Derby Day races
* Three hours of “Derby Classics” (Smarty Jones, Barbaro, Mine That Bird) to air on VERSUS
The NBC Sports Group will bestow 27 hours of Triple Crown coverage this season from Churchill Downs, Pimlico and Belmont, counting bonus “classics” from the Preakness and Belmont, live racing from all three tracks former to the three Triple Crown races and post-race coverage of the Preakness and Belmont on VERSUS. This inscription the initially calculate with the intention of all three races will be on lone arrangement since NBC continue aired the Triple Crown in 2005.
The NBC Sports Group coverage of the Kentucky Derby will some time ago again figure co-hosts dip Costas, a 21-time Emmy Award-winner, and veteran NBC Sports commentator Tom Hammond; three-time Kentucky Derby winner Gary Stevens; contributing analysts/handicappers Mike Battaglia and dip Neumeier; reporter Kenny Rice and on-track reporter Donna Brothers.
Added pro this year’s prolonged coverage are rush caller Larry Collmus, the track telecaster by Gulfstream Park and Monmouth Park who replaces Tom Durkin; Laffit Pincay, III, son of Hall-of-Fame jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr., will host the coverage on VERSUS; veteran horse racing analyst Randy Moss; the Daily Racing Form’s Jay Privman; TODAY Show’s Jenna Wolfe will say facial appearance; and Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos will soubriquet star interviews.
