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Kentucky Derby Betting

Six Kentucky Derby Prep races on NBC in 2012

 

Kentucky Derby prep races on NBC will showcase six races on four consecutive weekends of LIVE racing. The Live racing will be broadcast March 24th through April 14th on the NBC family of networks as part of an agreement between NBC, racetracks and the Jockey Club.

The Jockey Club has taken on an initiative to co-fund the broadcasts as part of a five year plan to broaden the public profile of thoroughbred horse racing. This is recommendation comes from a report prepared for the Jockey Club by McKinsey and Company back in 2011.

Jockey Club spokesperson Bob Curran said that the deal with NBC is for one year with NBC having the ability to pick up the option for a second year. Of course picking up a second year will depend on ratings and the public showing enough interest in live KentuckyDerby Prep racing on the road to the roses.

"We hope it is the beginning of a longer-term relationship," Curran said.

The series will kick offits live broadcasts on Versus which has been renamed NBC Sports Network on March 24th with the Vinery Stakes at Turfway Park. March 31st is the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on the NBC Sports Network with live broadcasts moving to NBC for the April 7th Wood Memorial at Aqueduct and the Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park. The final installment of live racing will be April 14th, showcasing the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on CNBC before the Kentucky Derby on May 5th presented by Yum! Brands on NBC.

The Kentucky Derby Prep races on NBC series will also help to promote NBC's coverage of the Triple Crown races, showing the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes through 2015.

March 24th - Vinery Stakes at Turfway Park on NBC Sports Network
March 31st - Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on NBC Sports Network
April 7th - Wood Memorial at Aqueduct and Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park on NBC
April 14th - Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park on CNBC

 

Kentucky Derby Prep Races

 


Derby Prep Race Schedule

Here are the prep races for the 138th Kentucky Derby.


Date Race Racetrack Dist Purse Win Place Show
05/05 Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs 1 1/4 Miles $2,000,000
04/28 Derby Trial Churchill Downs 1 Mile $200,000 Hierro Paynter Stealcase
04/21 Coolmore Lexington Keeneland 1 1/16 Miles (S) $200,000 All Squared Away Summer Font Hammers Terror
04/21 Jerome Aqueduct 1 Mile $200,000 The Lumber Guy Brigand Stirred Up
04/14 Arkansas Derby Oaklawn Park 1 1/8 Miles $1,000,000 Bodemeister Secret Circle Sabercat
04/14 Toyota Blue Grass Keeneland 1 1/8 Miles (S) $750,000 Dullahan Hansen Gung Ho
04/07 Bay Shore Aqueduct 7 Furlongs $250,000 Trinniberg Hardened Wildcat How Do I Win
04/07 New York City Wood Memorial Aqueduct 1 1/8 Miles $1,000,000 Gemologist Alpha Teeth Of The Dog
04/07 Santa Anita Derby Santa Anita Park 1 1/8 Miles $1,000,000 I'll Have Another Creative Cause Blueskiesnrainbows
04/07 Illinois Derby Hawthorne 1 1/8 Miles $300,000 Done Talking Morgan's Guerrilla Hakama
04/06 Transylvania Keeneland 1 1/16 Miles (Turf) $100,000 Silver Max Travel Advisory State Of Play
04/01 Louisiana Derby Fair Grounds 1 1/8 Miles $1,000,000 Hero Of Order Mark Valeski Rousing Sermon
03/31 Florida Derby Gulfstream Park 1 1/8 Miles $1,000,000 Take Charge Indy Reveron Union Rags
03/25 Sunland Derby Sunland Park 1 1/8 Miles $800,000 Daddy Nose Best Isn't He Clever Stirred Up
03/24 Vinery Racing Spiral Turfway Park 1 1/8 Miles (S) $500,000 Went The Day Well Holiday Promise Heavy Breathing
03/24 Rushaway Turfway Park 1 1/16 Miles (S) $100,000 Flashy Dresser Gung Ho Gold Megillah
03/17 Rebel Oaklawn Park 1 1/16 Miles $500,000 Secret Circle Optimizer Scatman
03/11 Palm Beach Gulfstream Park 1 1/8 Miles (Turf) $150,000 Howe Great Dullahan Casaba
03/10 Tampa Bay Derby Tampa Bay 1 1/16 Miles $350,000 Prospective Golden Ticket Cozzetti
03/10 San Felipe Santa Anita Park 1 1/16 Miles $300,000 Creative Cause Bodemeister Midnight Transfer
03/10 Swale Gulfstream Park 7 Furlongs $150,000 Trinniberg Hello Prince Ever So Lucky
03/03 Gotham Aqueduct 1 1/16 Miles $400,000 Hansen My Adonis Finnegans Wake
03/03 John Battaglia Memorial Turfway Park 1 1/16 Miles (S) $100,000 State Of Play III Conceived Dynamical
02/26 Fountain of Youth Gulfstream Park 1 1/16 Miles $400,000 Union Ragas News Pending Discreet Dancer
02/25 Risen Star Fair Grounds 1 1/16 Miles $300,000 El Padrino Mark Valeski Z Dager
02/20 Southwest (Division I) Oaklawn Park 1 Mile $250,000 Castaway Jack Mo Reckless Jerry
02/20 Southwest (Division II) Oaklawn Park 1 Mile $250,000 Secret Circle Scatman Adriondack King
02/19 San Vicente Santa Anita Park 7 Furlongs $150,000 Drill American Act Creative Cause
02/18 El Camino Real Derby Golden Gate 1 1/8 Miles (S) $200,000 Daddy Nose Best Lucky Chappy (IRE) Handsome Mike
02/11 Hutcheson Gulfstream Park 7 Furlongs $150,000 Thunder Moccasin II Vilano Quick Wit
02/04 Sam F. Davis Tampa Bay 1 1/16 Miles $200,000 Battle Hardened Prospective Reveron
02/04 Withers Aqueduct 1 1/16 Miles $200,000 Alpha Speightscity Tiger Walk
02/04 Robert B. Lewis Santa Anita Park 1 1/16 Miles $200,000 I'll Have Another Empire way Grovin' Solo
01/29 Holy Bull Gulfstream Park 1 Mile $400,000 Algorithms Hansen My Adonis
01/21 Lecomte Fair Grounds 1 Mile 40 Yards $175,000 Mr Bowling Z Dager Shared Property
01/16 Smarty Jones Oaklawn Park 1 Mile $100,000 Junebugred Reckless Mary On Fire Baby
01/07 Sham Stakes Santa Anita Park 1 Mile $100,000 Out of Bounds Secret Circle Longview Time