152nd Kentucky Derby - May 2nd, 2026
| 2026 Triple Crown Schedule on NBC | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | Date/Time | Watch/Stream |
| The Kentucky Derby | May 2 @ 2 p.m. ET | NBC, Peacock |
| The Preakness Stakes | May 16 @ 2 p.m. ET | NBC, Peacock |
2026 Road to the Kentucky Derby
Watch highlights of the 2026 Santa Anita Derby from Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
Watch the full race of the 2026 Blue Grass Stakes, one of the top Kentucky Derby prep races at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky.
Drew Dinsick does a watchalong for the Arkansas Derby and explains what impact the results will have on the Kentucky Derby field and odds.
The Florida Derby came down to the wire with Commandment crossing the line first by a nose in a wild finish.
Commandment may have won the Florida Derby, but Drew Dinsick doesn’t necessarily see that translating over to Churchill Downs.
Jerry Bailey and Randy Moss examine the Florida Derby from start to finish, following the top contenders of the Kentucky Derby and assessing how they fared in this stacked prep race.
Road to the Kentucky Derby standings
| Top 10 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Horse name | Trainer | Points |
| 1 | Commandment | Brad Cox | 150 |
| 2 | Further Ado | Brad Cox | 135 |
| 3 | Renegade | Todd Pletcher | 125 |
| 4 | Fulleffort | Brad Cox | 110 |
| 5 | The Puma | Gustavo Delgado | 106 |
| 6 | Silent Tactic | Mark Casse | 100 |
| 7 | Emerging Market | Chad Brown | 100 |
| 8 | Pavlovian | Doug O’Neill | 70 |
| 9 | Incredibolt | Riley Mott | 60 |
| 10 | Golden Tempo | Cherie DeVaux | 60 |
The 151st Kentucky Derby highlights
Watch Larry Collmus, the voice of the Kentucky Derby, call Sovereignty’s thrilling win at the 151st Run for the Roses.
Take a bird’s-eye view of Sovereignty’s winning moves entering the final stretch in the 151st Kentucky Derby.
Bill Mott’s 3-year-old star colt Sovereignty storms down the final stretch, holding off favorite Journalism to win the 2025 Kentucky Derby.
Steve Kornacki dives into the history of how favorites have performed in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, sharing that favorites won the race every year from 2013 until 2018 but have not been victorious since then.
Chad Brown’s 6-year-old trainee Spirit of St Louis pulls ahead late in a wide-open Turf Classic to claim victory at Churchill Downs.
Simone Biles explains why she loves the Kentucky Derby, an event she thinks “is so exciting” and “is really focused on the horses,” and shares if she will be participating in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
