NBC, USA Network and Peacock to Air 12 hours of Coverage of Breeders' Cup

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NBC Sports presents nearly 12 hours of live coverage of the 41st Breeders' Cup World Championships this weekend with more than $34 million in prize money at stake in 14 races.     Headlining the weekend's coverage is the $7-million Longines GI Breeders' Cup Classic Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock live from Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar.

Live racing coverage begins Friday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock. More than six hours of live coverage on Saturday begins at 2 p.m. ET on USA Network and Peacock and continues on NBC and Peacock at 3:30 p.m. ET.

Saturday early evening coverage continues on USA Network and Peacock at 6 p.m. ET and moves exclusively to Peacock at 8 p.m. ET. All 12 hours of coverage will stream live on Peacock.

The Breeders' Cup Classic has a post time of 5:41 p.m. ET. In addition to the Classic, the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (3:41 p.m. ET post time), Breeders' Cup Distaff (4:21 p.m. ET) and Breeders' Cup Turf (5:01 p.m. ET) will be presented live Saturday on NBC and Peacock.

This year's cast of commentator's includes Ahmed Fareed and Britney Eurton, who will host coverage alongside analyst and 15-time Breeders' Cup winning jockey Jerry Bailey; analyst Randy Moss, who has covered 38 of 40 Breeders' Cup World Championships; reporters Donna Brothers, Nick Luck and Kenny Rice; and handicapper Eddie Olczyk. Larry Collmus will call all of NBC Sports' Breeders' Cup races.

NBC Sports' handicapping “Betting the Breeders' Cup” series previewing each of the 14 World Championship races will be presented across NBC Sports digital platforms beginning on Thursday. Eurton, Luck, and Olczyk will be featured in the digital series.

NBC Sports' coverage of the Breeders' Cup is produced by Lindsay Schanzer and Billy Matthews, and directed by Kaare Numme. Executive producer and president, NBC Sports Production is Sam Flood.

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