NBC Sports To Present 11 Total Races Preakness Weekend

Live coverage from Pimlico Race Course Begins on Friday, May 17, at 4:30 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock, headlined by Black-Eyed Susan

NBC Sports presents the 149th Preakness Stakes as Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (5-2), who won in the Derby’s first three-horse photo finish since 1947, attempts to win the second leg of the Triple Crown, this Sat., May 18, on NBC and Peacock beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET live from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

NBC Sports’ Preakness day coverage features eight races across NBC, Peacock and CNBC on Saturday. Live coverage from Pimlico Race Course begins with 90 minutes of racing this Friday, May 17, headlined by the Black-Eyed Susan for three-year-old fillies, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock. Over the two days, NBC Sports will present 11 live races from Pimlico.

Telemundo will present coverage of the Preakness Stakes beginning Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET on Universo and streaming on Telemundo.com and the Telemundo app.

In addition to Mystik Dan (5-2), the 149th Preakness Stakes field features 2024 Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Muth (the morning-line favorite at 8-5) and 2024 San Felipe Stakes (G2) winner Imagination (6-1), who are both trained by Bob Baffert, 2024 Arkansas Derby (G1) runner-up Just Steel (15-1), and 2024 Pat Day Mile (G2) winner Seize the Grey (15-1).

COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports’ coverage of the Preakness Stakes features host Mike Tirico; analysts Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and two-time Preakness winner, and Randy Moss; handicapper Matt Bernier; host/reporter Ahmed Fareed; reporters Britney Eurton, Donna Brothers, Kenny Rice, and Nick Luck; infield reporter Jac Collinsworth; and race caller Larry Collmus.

Steve Kornacki, NBC News’ celebrated national political correspondent, returns to NBC Sports’ Preakness coverage as an insights analyst.

The senior producer of NBC Sports’ Preakness Stakes coverage is Lindsay Schanzer. The Preakness Stakes is directed by Kaare Numme. Saturday’s prep race coverage is produced by Caroline Doherty and directed by Numme. Executive producer and president, NBC Sports Production is Sam Flood.