NBC Sports will showcase the Kentucky Oaks in primetime for the first time ever in 2026, it was announced today by Churchill ...

The Kentucky Oaks will make its prime-time debut in 2026. When will post be? How will the card be impacted? Will the Derby ...

For First Time Ever, NBC Sports to Present Kentucky Oaks in Primetime – Friday, May 1, 2026, on NBC and Peacock.

Churchill Downs Inc. announced the Kentucky Oaks will for the first time ever be presented in prime time on NBC in 2026.

By moving the Kentucky Oaks to prime time, we’re giving one of horse racing’s most treasured traditions the national stage it ...

The Longines Kentucky Oaks will be shown on NBC Sports in primetime for the first time ever in 2026, according to a news ...

As the track’s parent company looks to build on its already profitable streams of revenue, race attendees could see more ticket options next year and newly renovated areas of the horseracing venue, ...

The race portion of last year’s Kentucky Derby averaged 16.7 million viewers for NBC, peaking at over 20 million for the photo finish. With audiences like that hard to come by this time of year ...

Churchill Downs and NBC Sports announced that the race will run on Friday, May 1, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

NBC says the primetime post will allow for a “spectacular twilight finish.” Legendary horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas dies at 89 ...

The field for this year's Kentucky Derby has 19 horses competing following a pair of scratches By Logan Reardon •Published May 1, 2025•Updated on May 3, 2025 at 5:17 pm NBC Universal, Inc.

List of the Kentucky Derby horses in 2025 The group of 19 horses in the 2025 field, along with their program numbers, is as follows: No. 1 Citizen Bull No. 2 Neoequos No. 3 Final Gambit ...