The Kentucky Derby Run for the Roses is being held at Churchill Down on Saturday, May 5, 2012. The "most exciting two minutes is sports" is getting a big buildup from NBC Sports and NBC, according to a... full story ![]()
The bay colt Orb could well bring his co-owners, Ogden Mills Phipps and Stuart Janney, and his trainer, Shug McGaughey, their first Derby crown.
nytimes.com (1 month and 16 days ago)
Bourbon has been the hottest spirits category in the nation in recent years but its fast growing popularity will hit an annual high in 9 days, with the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby, the “Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.” Always held the first Saturday in May (this year the fourth), the Derby is the biggest horse race in the nation and one of the greatest...
forbes.com (1 month and 24 days ago)

The second jewel in the Triple Crown, the "138th Preakness Stakes" at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., is taking place on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Live coverage of the horse racing event has started on NBC Sports...
examiner.com (1 month and 1 day ago)

Overnight returns for the NBC Sports telecast are up 16 percent from 2012.
hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
(Reuters) - Few sports fluctuate as much as horse racing and even fewer races are as unpredictable as the Kentucky Derby.
reuters.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

The network reports 16 percent jump in viewers who turned in to see the race as compared with 2012.
hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
The horseracing industry is the new Lance Armstrong of the sports world. Before you mix your mint juleps or place that online bet for the Kentucky Derby, think about this: Everyone from the barn hand
thonline.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
Kentucky Derby officials created a new qualifying system to decide which 20 horses would make the 139th "Run for the Roses" on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
nytimes.com (1 month and 16 days ago)
Violence, a top 3-year-old, is off the Kentucky Derby trail after fracturing a bone in his right front leg.
nytimes.com (3 months and 24 days ago)

Orb was the winner in the Run for the Roses at the 139th Kentucky Derby held on Saturday, May 4, 2013. The premier horse racing event, held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, was televised live on NBC Television Network...
examiner.com (1 month and 13 days ago)
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