What will the NBC Sports coverage of the Kentucky Derby include?
NBC Sports is making its own Run for the Roses this year at the 133rd Kentucky Derby, upping its race coverage to two hours and, for the first time ever, adding red-carpet coverage. Net’s special coverage, which kicks off Saturday at 4:30 p.m., will look at the parties, people and fashion surrounding the race. “Access Hollywood” reporter Shaun Robinson will assist NBC Sports. Separately, “Access Hollywood” will be reporting from Louisville, Ky., all week. Sources: http://www.encyclopedia.
NBC Sports coverage of the Kentucky Derby will include the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May.It is the first leg of the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing and is followed by the Preakness Stakes then the Belmont Stakes.