What time is the 2017 Kentucky Derby?

By NBCSports.comApr 26, 2017, 9:36 AM EDT
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The 2017 Kentucky Derby will mark the 143th running of the first leg of the Triple Crown and will take place on Saturday, May 6, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

Coverage of “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” is set to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC with the post time scheduled for 6:34 p.m. ET.

Classic Empire, Always Dreaming and McCracken headline the 20-horse field.

Check out the full broadcast schedule for the 2017 Kentucky Derby below:

Thursday, May 4 – Kentucky Derby Access, 4-6 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Friday, May 5 – Kentucky Oaks, 12-6:15 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Saturday, May 6 – Kentucky Derby Undercard, 12-2:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Saturday, May 6 – 143rd Kentucky Derby, 2:30-7:15 p.m. ET on NBC

 

Triple Crown winner Justify under observation at Del Mar

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Associated PressJul 17, 2018, 12:17 AM EDT
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DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Triple Crown winner Justify has re-located to Del Mar where trainer Bob Baffert is keeping him under observation after swelling in his left front ankle emerged two weeks ago.

Baffert says Justify will probably just walk around the stable area for the next two weeks at the track north of San Diego. The probable scenario for the colt is a return to racing sometime in the fall with the ultimate goal being the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs in November.

“Right now, we’re just looking to get him 100 percent,” Baffert said Monday. “We’re in a holding pattern. I’d love to run him again because he’s so much fun and exciting to watch. We should know more in a couple of weeks.”

Justify has won all six starts in his brief career that began this year. He has won four straight Grade 1 races, including a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont to become horse racing’s 13th Triple Crown champion.

The colt hasn’t had a workout since the Belmont Stakes on June 9.

Funtastic wins Monmouth’s United Nations Stakes in 23-1 upset

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Associated PressJul 2, 2018, 11:47 AM EDT
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OCEANPORT, N.J. — Funtastic led all the way in a 23-1 upset Saturday in the $300,000 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park.

Chad Brown, the Eclipse Award winner the last two years as the nation’s leading trainer, got his third victory in the New Jersey’s biggest turf race. He won with Big Blue Kitten in 2013 and 2015.

The U.N. and the $1 million Haskell on July 29 are the two Grade 1 stakes at Monmouth.

Brown saddled four of the nine runners in the U.N. and ran 1-2 as Money Multiplier rallied to finish a half length behind Funtastic and jockey Antonio Gallardo.

The other two Brown horses were Silverwave (fifth) and Kurilov (eighth).

The time was 2:12.36 for 1 3/8 miles over the firm course.

Funtastic paid $48, $15.80 and $8.60. Money Multiplier, the 2-1 favorite, returned $4 and $2.80.

Bigger Picture, last year’s U.N. winner, was third, paying $5.80 to show.