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Over 17 Hours of Triple Crown Coverage

NEW YORK, NY – April 29, 2015 -- NBC Sports Radio and Westwood One Sports are proud to present live play-by-play coverage of The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing-- the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. The networks are first out of the gate with the 141st Kentucky Derby, live from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, this Saturday, May 2, 2015. Exclusive “Run for the Roses” audio coverage is being provided in conjunction with NBC Sports and Horse Racing Radio Network. Coverage will be carried on 144 radio stations around the country—including WEPN-FM/New York, KTCT-AM/San Francisco, KGOW-AM/Houston, WXKS-AM/Boston, and WTEM-AM/Washington, DC-- and streamed live on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, and WestwoodOneSports.com.

Coverage to Air Nationwide on Sirius 93 and XM 208

Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the Eclipse Award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, KY and exclusive radio home of the 141st Kentucky Derby and 2015 Triple Crown, announced Wednesday, a full slate of racing coverage this Saturday including a trio of major Kentucky Derby prep races. HRRN will broadcast live from Keeneland Race Course with coverage of the Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, Central Bank Ashland (gr. 1) and Madison Stakes (gr. 1). In addition, the network’s three hour broadcast will include the TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial (gr. 1) from Aqueduct and the Santa Anita Derby (gr. 1) from Santa Anita Park.

The NBC Sports Group will provide live radio coverage of all three Triple Crown races for the first time on NBC Sports Radio, it was announced Feb. 17.