FILE - Rich Strike, with Sonny Leon aboard, crosses the finish line to win the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs.The prestigious horse race in Louisville, Kentucky, is the first leg of the Triple Crown.
The annual"Run for the Roses" features 20 horses and is expected to draw 150,000 mint julep-sipping fans and their fabulous and flamboyant hats.Post time for the Kentucky Derby is 6:57 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Live coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC. There are more than a dozen other races on Derby day, which start as early as 10:30 a.m.The race will air on NBC, NBC Sports and the NBC Sports app, and stream on NBCSports.com and Peacock.NBC Sports Audio will begin coverage at 10 a.m. Telemundo Deportes will have Derby coverage Saturday starting at 6:30 p.m. on Universo, and streaming on TelemundoDeportes.com and the Telemundo app.
Besides the horses, check out the crowd decked out in huge hats and fascinators, floral-print dresses and seersucker suits that make the Derby the world's most fashionable sporting event. Retired NFL quarterbackwas the 5-2 morning-line favorite . Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, the bay colt will break from the No. 17 post, which has never produced a Derby winner.was the early second choice at 3-1 . The dark bay/brown colt cost $2.
Other choices included Just a Touch and Forever Young . Cox also trains Just a Touch, who is co-owned by Sheikh Fahad Al Thani of Qatar. The bay colt did not race at age 2, and neither didForever Young is one of two Japanese horses in the field. The bay colt is undefeated in five career starts, including the UAE Derby, though winners of that race are 0 for 19 in the Derby.Second place is worth $1 million, with payouts down to fifth place.