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Breeders' Cup Classic Anchors Over 10 Hours Of Racing Coverage Across NBC Networks

The 2025 Breeders' Cup World Championships, held at Del Mar Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, will offer fans a "multi-screen, multi-platform viewing experience' with race coverage both days, Breeders' Cup Limited announced Tuesday. Anchored by the GI Breeders' Cup Classic running as the ninth race on a 12-race card at 6:25 pm EST, Saturday's coverage begins at 2pm EST on USA, then jumps to NBC from 3:30-7pm before returning to USA from 7-8pm. Live continuous coverage will also be available on Peacock and on FanDuel TV along with all of...

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NBC To Air 2026 Kentucky Oaks In Prime Time

NBC Sports will showcase the 2026 GI Longines Kentucky Oaks in prime time for the first time ever in 2026, Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Thursday. The 152nd Kentucky Oaks, featuring racing's best 3-year-old fillies, will be presented Friday, May 1, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. In addition to racing, Kentucky Oaks traditions centered around fashion and women's health advocacy will remain central pillars of the event pageantry--now culminating in a twilight finish. "We are excited to present the Kentucky Oaks in prime time for the first...

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Monmouth's Haskell to Air Live on NBC, Peacock Saturday

GI Preakness hero Journalism (Curlin) headlines NBC Sports' live coverage of the "Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In" $1-million GI NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes on Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock from Monmouth Park. The winner of the eight-horse field will earn an automatic berth into this year's $7-million GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic. Saturday's live coverage will also include the 1 3/8-mile, $600,000 GII United Nations Stakes on turf. NBC Sports' coverage will feature host Britney Eurton, analysts Randy Moss and Hall of...

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Peacock Streams Five Days of Live Coverage of Royal Ascot; Saturday Coverage Also on NBC

The Royal Ascot meeting at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire, England will begin streaming, exclusively on Peacock, Tuesday, June 17 at 8:30 a.m. ET and will continue with five-hour shows Wednesday through Friday beginning each day at 8:30 a.m. ET. NBC and Peacock will present a live 4.5-hour Royal Ascot program on Saturday, June 21, starting at 9 a.m. ET. Britney Eurton and Nick Luck host Saturday's coverage on NBC and Peacock, with NBC News' Dylan Dreyer on-site with access to the Royal Enclosure. Steve Kornacki, chief data analyst for NBC...

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NBC, Peacock Present the Most Watched Kentucky Derby Since 1989

NBC Sports' 25th presentation of the Kentucky Derby delivered an NBC Sports-record average of 17.7 million viewers on NBC and Peacock--marking the largest Kentucky Derby audience since 1989 (18.5 million viewers, won by Sunday Silence) and a 6% increase from last year (16.7 million viewers for Mystik Dan's victory in a three-horse photo finish). Viewership peaked at 21.8 million viewers from 7-7:15 p.m. ET, as Sovereignty ran to a 1 1/2-length victory over Journalism. The peak audience was the largest ever for an NBC Sports presentation of the Kentucky Derby...

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Kentucky Derby Day Highlighted by 7.5 Hours of Coverage on NBC, Peacock

NBC Sports coverage of Kentucky Derby weekend will kick off Friday, at 1 p.m. with their Kentucky Oaks show on USA Network and Peacock. Saturday, the races on the early Derby Day card will also be televised on NBC and Peacock, starting at noon. At 2:30, coverage switches to NBC. The 2025 "Run for the Roses" marks NBC Sports' milestone 25th presentation of the Kentucky Derby --a show which has grown markedly since NBC's initial 90-minute broadcast in 2001. NBC Sports' Derby Day coverage features 10 races across 7.5 hours--five...

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With Live Programming Across NBC, FOX, Peacock & CNBC, Television Schedule for Breeders' Cup Challenge Series Announced

The 2025 "Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In" television schedule, consisting of five live programs across NBC, FOX, Peacock, and CNBC, was revealed Thursday. Now in its 12th year of programming, the "Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In" spotlights North America's top horses as they compete for an automatic starting position, and free entry, into a corresponding divisional race at the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Thoroughbred racing's year-end international festival of racing will be held Oct. 31-Nov. 1 at Del Mar. "The Breeders' Cup Challenge Series...

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NBC, Breeders' Cup Extend Partnership Through 2030

NBC Sports will continue to present the Breeders' Cup across its various networks and platforms through 2030, as the two organizations announced a multi-year extension of their partnership Mar. 26. The championships will be telecast on the parent network as well as Peacock and USA Network for the next six years. The new deal commences this year with a total of 10 hours of coverage of the 2025 Breeders' Cup from Del Mar, including 3 1/2 hours of programming on NBC in addition to coverage on the USA Network. Peacock...

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Breeders' Cup Announces Official Race Order For Championship Weekend

Officials at Breeders' Cup Limited have released the official order of races, post times and wagering menu for the 2024 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Del Mar Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1 and 2, including slight changes from the race order announced earlier this month. The $7-million GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic will be broadcast live on NBC and streamed on Peacock remains the centerpiece of championship Saturday, with post time set for 2:41 p.m. PT to take advantage of a 2 1/2-hour window on NBC. There are four Breeders'...

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Breeders' Cup 40 is Here!

ARCADIA, CA - Forty looks good on you, Breeders' Cup. With defending winners Caravel (Mizzen Mast) (Turf Sprint), Cody's Wish (Curlin) (Dirt Mile), Elite Power (Curlin) (Sprint) and Goodnight Olive (Ghostzapper) (F/M Sprint) all back to defend their titles, the two-day Championships--consisting of 14 races with purses and awards totaling more than $31 million--gets underway for a record 11th time at Santa Anita Friday. Sunny skies and temperatures in the 80s--welcome back to Southern California!--will be on the menu as the weekend kicks off with a 10-race, 'Future Stars Friday'...

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No Longer Anchored by Classic, Breeders' Cup Championship Broadcast Schedule Unveiled

The Breeders' Cup released the broadcast line-up for the upcoming championship weekend which, for the first time, will not conclude with the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic when it returns to Santa Anita Nov. 3 and 4. The Classic, with a post time of 6:40 p.m. ET Saturday, will mark the end of 3 1/2 hours of live programming on NBC and Peacock and, as NBC Sports moves on to Big Ten Football coverage, FanDuel TV will televise the two final Breeders' Cup races: the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint...

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NBC Offering 15 Live Races on Oaks, Derby Days

NBC Sports will feature 7 1/2 hours of coverage for the 149th GI Kentucky Derby, both on NBC and the NBC-owned Peacock Network on Saturday. Coverage begins at noon EDT. Additionally, Peacock and the USA Network will offer live coverage of Friday's GI Kentucky Oaks beginning at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Over the two days, NBC Sports will present 15 live races from Churchill Downs and for the first time, Telemundo Deportes will present coverage of the Derby, beginning Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Universo, and streaming on TelemundoDeportes.com and...

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