Kentucky Derby 2013 TV schedule includes more than 14 hours of coverage on NBC and NBC Sports Network, plus Derby week programs on NBCUniversal cable networks.
The 139th Kentucky Derby takes place Saturday, May 4, from Churchill Downs in Louisville, for the first leg of horse racing’s elusive Triple Crown (sweeping the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes). Verrazano, Orb, Revolutionary, Normandy Invasion and Goldencents are among the top contenders in the starting gate. I’ll Have Another won last year’s Kentucky Derby and Preakness, but his Triple Crown chances were scratched when tendonitis forced him out of the Belmont.
NBC airs the race live at 4pm ET, but the NBCUniversal networks have plenty of complementary programming during Derby week. NBC Sports Group airs 14.5 hours of Kentucky Derby coverage beginning May 1 at 4pm ET on NBC Sports Network with Kentucky Derby Classics. NBC Sports Network bookends NBC’s race coverage with Kentucky Derby Saturday at 11am ET and a post-race show at 7pm ET.
Kentucky Derby 2013 TV schedule on NBC Sports
| NBC SPORTS GROUP KENTUCKY DERBY COVERAGE (All Times ET): | |||||
| Date | Time | Event | Network | ||
| Wed., May 1 | 4 p.m. | Kentucky Derby Classics – Mine That Bird | NBCSN | ||
| 5 p.m. | Kentucky Derby Draw | NBCSN | |||
| Thurs., May 2 | 4 p.m. | Kentucky Derby Classics – Animal Kingdom | NBCSN | ||
| 5 p.m. | Kentucky Derby Access | NBCSN | |||
| Fri., May 3 | 4 p.m. | Kentucky Derby Classics – I’ll Have Another | NBCSN | ||
| 5 p.m. | Kentucky Oaks | NBCSN | |||
| Sat., May 4 | 11 a.m. | Kentucky Derby Saturday | NBCSN | ||
| 4 p.m. | Kentucky Derby | NBC | |||
| 7 p.m. | Kentucky Derby Post-Race Show | NBCSN | |||
139th Kentucky Derby Draw
Post Horse Morning Line Odds
1 Black Onyx 50-1
2 Oxbow 30-1
3 Revolutionary 10-1
4 Golden Soul 50-1
5 Normandy Invasion 12-1
6 Mylute 15-1
7 Giant Finish 50-1
8 Goldencents 5-1
9 Overanalyze 15-1
10 Palace Malice 20-1
11 Lines of Battle 30-1
12 Itsmyluckyday 15-1
13 Falling Sky 50-1
14 Verrazano 4-1
15 Charming Kitten 20-1
16 Orb 7-2
17 Will Take Charge 20-1
18 Frac Daddy 50-1
19 Java’s War 15-1
20 Vyjack 15-1
AE Fear The Kitten
Photo: Credit: Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT
It is sad that we are not able to tune in to all the pre-festivities on NBC. We love that hoopla of it all ……the hats, the drinks, the food and meeting the horses, jockeys and owners….