The Kentucky Derby for 2014 is live on Saturday afternoon and the race from Churchill Downs is streaming from NBC on the Sports Live Extra website from the network and the actual Triple Crown event begins after 6 pm ET and has horse California Chrome as the favorite in Louisville as the 140th running of the race gets underway with everyone's crazy hats.
The post positions are set and the race is scheduled to begin at 6:24 pm ET on NBC and Chrome comes in at 5-2 odds to win as the favorite, while Hoppertunity is out after being the Santa Anita Derby runner-up and the big event will the third to last of the day and it has 13 races for the Kentucky Derby race card and obviously the main race is the one everyone wants to see. Vicar's In Trouble has the jockey as Rosie Napravnik and she comes in looking to make some history after the race last year at Churchill Downs and she will be in the first post and will have some focus on her as well.
Trainer Steve Asmussen has been in the news this year along with horse racing for all the wrong reasons and he was the subject of a harsh article in the New York Times and he said that accusations made against him are untrue. Asmussen was part of the article and video released from PETA and winning the Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs with Winchell Thoroughbreds' Untapable and Napravnik on the horse only added to the attention for that. Asmussen has denied any wrongdoing and he has had issues come up in the past and now the attention will be on the big race.
Napravnik is looking to be the first woman to win the big race and taking the Oaks could give her some momentum in that effort and she could be building after winning her second Oaks race in three years. Napravnik will be suspended for four days after the Derby and the punishment for Napravnik comes after contact in a race and she will serve the penalty next week and she comes in looking to make some history.
Some of the horses are in like Wicked Strong who is in for 6-1 odds and the horse is in the 20 spot position and Harry's Holiday is in the number two post at 50-1 odds, while Uncle Sigh and Danza are in the positions before Chrome and the rest of the horses are Chitu, Medal Count, Tapiture, Intense Holiday, Commanding Curve, andy Boy, Ride On Curlin and Wicked Strong, while Samraat, We Miss Artie, General a Rod, Vinceremos and Wildcat Red are in the first 10.
The race has coverage on NBC for the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and the event from Louisville starts the Triple Crown chase for the horses and jockeys.
Check here for the Kentucky Derby live coverage from NBC from Churchill Downs.
