Put on your beautiful wide-brim hats and pour some mint juleps, it's time for the Kentucky Derby again! With the Kentucky Derby a little over a month away, most horse racing fans have their attention on Game Winner and Improbable. A rendering of Rolling Stone veteran Hunter S. Thompson from ESPN's 30-for-30 short 'Gonzo @ the Derby', which revisits the Gonzo kentucky derby race journalists coverage of the 1970 Kentucky Derby. In the 1960s, spurred on in part by the presence of TV cameras at the Kentucky Derby, both male and female Derby-goers started the tradition of sporting fancy hats on race day. One thing to know: While some horses bring concern of having raced too much in recent days, Noble Indy might have taken a bit too much time off — it's six weeks since his last time on the track.

Every year, on the first Saturday in May, thousands of guests gather under the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs to create lifelong memories with their friends and family. Dad was in his younger years a raceway fixture, a consummate horseman at Hazel Park Raceway outside Detroit and Fairmount Park near St. Louis. Last year's Derby winner was trained by Todd Pletcher, who served as an assistant under Lukas. A steward enforces the racing rules at Santa Anita. This will be the first time that horse-racing has been covered in VR. The Florida Derby is a Grade I event open to 3-year-old horses. Virtual Reality coverage of the Kentucky Derby will be available for free through the NBC channel on the NextVR portal for Samsung Gear VR headsets. http://kentuckyderbylivestream.booklikes.com/

You can start a free 5-day trial of PS Vue right here , and you can then watch a live stream of the Wood Memorial on your computer via the PS Vue website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, PlayStation (3 or 4), or other supported device via the PS Vue app. So unless you live in Kentucky, you won't be able to catch the 145th Kentucky Derby with Hulu. The "It" horse until Justify showed up, he won two Grade 1 races last year as a two-year-old but hasn't hit the wire first in his two starts this year. Find the full schedule and links to race pages for the Kentucky Derby Prep Season, the Kentucky Derby Championship Series, the Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby, and the European Road to the Kentucky Derby below.

It affected the multi-layered dirt track at Santa Anita and posed a potential risk to the massive horses who need those layers just right in order to protect their legs. The first Kentucky Derby ran at 1 ½ miles had fifteen three-year-old horses, and had an estimated crowd of ten thousand people. You just can't talk about horse racing without mentioning the legendary Bob Baffert When it comes to winning stake races, Baffert is the king. 20 horses compete for prize money on a 2.01 km (1.25 miles) dirt track. Over 160,000 people come from around the world to attend the Kentucky Derby annually, and tens of millions watch on television.

Weekend racing at Hastings starts at 1:50 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. DirecTV Now has NBC in approximately 47 markets nationwide, and it's really the best deal around considering the channel bundle. You can start watching other derby events as early as Thursday at 4 p.m. E.T. on NBCSN. YouTube TV : This service offers the second widest coverage for NBC, so check it next. Post time for the Derby is 6:50 p.m. Despite Smith's contention that one "who has not tasted one has lived in vain," some modern day drinkers consider the mint julep better talked about than drunk. HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - Gulfstream Park will play host to Florida's biggest Kentucky Derby Day party Saturday with drink and food specials, live racing, and the simulcast of the 144th Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs.