The 2022 Kentucky Derby will be run on Saturday, May 7 at Churchill Downs racetrack, which is in Lexington, Kentucky. The Kentucky Derby is always run on the first Saturday in May.
The post time for the 2022 Kentucky Derby is 6:57 pm ET this Saturday. There will be three other Grade 1 races run on the same card at Churchill Downs.
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The Kentucky Derby will be broadcast live on NBC, with coverage throughout Saturday afternoon starting at 2:30 pm ET until 7:30 pm ET. There will also be early coverage from Churchill Downs live on USA Network, which will run from noon until 2:30 pm ET.
There are plenty of ways to stream the 2022 Kentucky Derby. You can live stream all the action on Peacock, with coverage starting at 2:30 pm ET. You can also stream the Kentucky Derby at NBCSports.com, on the NBC Sports app or by using Peacock Premium.
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Last year’s Kentucky Derby was won by Mandaloun for trainer Brad Cox. The 2020 Kentucky Derby was won by Authentic, while in 2019 it was taken by Country House after Maximum Security was disqualified. Justify was the winner of the 2018 Kentucky Derby, and became the first horse since Apollo in 1882 to win it without having raced as a 2-year-old.
Bob Baffert is tied for most wins as a trainer with six Kentucky Derby victories. He is however banned from running horses at Churchill Downs for two years following the failed drug test of Medina Spirit in the 2021 Kentucky Derby.
Secretariat set the record for the fastest-ever Kentucky Derby win in 1973, clocking a time of 1:59.4.
You can bet on the Kentucky Derby by using a number of racebooks, such as TVG and TwinSpires. They will have a variety of different betting markets, where you can bet on a horse to win or place, which means your beat is a winner if the horse finishes in the top 2, 3 or 4 depending on how many runners there are. You can also place an exacta bet, where you have to successfully predict the horses that finish 1st and 2nd, and a trifecta — which is similar to an exacta but you have to predict the horse that finishes 3rd, as well.
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