Kentucky Derby Schedule 2018 Live Stream, TV Coverage and Lineup Info
The Kentucky Derby never fails to produce a spectacle, and the 2018 edition at Churchill Downs is likely to be no exception.
Justify heads a superb field, which also includes runaway UAE Derby winner Mendelssohn, Florida Derby winner Audible and the undefeated Magnum Moon.
Fans can tune in for the buildup to the race throughout Saturday before one of the 20 runners is crowned 2018 Kentucky Derby winner after 10 breathless furlongs.
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Date: Saturday, May 5
Post Time: 6:46 p.m. ET, 11:46 p.m BST
TV Info: NBC (U.S., coverage begins at 2:30 p.m ET), At The Races (UK, coverage starts at 9 p.m. BST)
Live Stream: NBC Sports, At The Races
Here is the full lineup:
1. Firenze Fire
2. Free Drop Billy
3. Promises Fulfilled
4. Flameaway
5. Audible
6. Good Magic
7. Justify
8. Lone Sailor
9. Hofburg
10. My Boy Jack
11. Bolt D'Oro
12. Enticed
13. Bravazo
14. Mendelssohn
15. Instilled Regard
16. Magnum Moon
17. Solomini
18. Vino Rosso
19. Noble Indy
20. Combatant
Mendelssohn Looking to Buck Trend
Much of the talk in the lead up to this year's Kentucky Derby has been around whether Justify can break the Apollo Curse, which has stood for 135 years.
Apollo was the 1882 winner of the Derby and remains the only horse ever to triumph having not raced as a two-year-old, which is the case for the Bob Baffert-trained Justify, whose three career races, and wins, have all come as a three-year-old.
However, Mendelssohn, trained by Irishman Aidan O'Brien and set to be ridden by three-time champion jockey Ryan Moore, is also looking to break a number of losing streaks at Churchill Downs this year.
As explained by Ben Roberts of the Lexington Herald-Leader, there has been no joy for the last 36 horses to race outside of the United States or Canada before the Derby, and no European-based horse has ever won the Run for the Roses.
Meanwhile, none of the 13 previous horses to compete in the Kentucky Derby after a run in the UAE Derby have even come close to winning at Churchill Downs.
But Mendelssohn did not just run in the UAE Derby, he blew the rest of the field to pieces.
Moore steered him to victory by 18-and-a-half lengths in the most eye-catching prep-race performance of all this year's field:
Unbeaten in his last three starts, Mendelssohn is set to be a serious contender and could well be the horse to prevent Justify from finally breaking the longstanding Apollo Curse.
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