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NBC Sports Broadcast Most-Watched Derby on Record

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An average of 19.6 million viewers on NBC and Peacock made NBC Sports broadcast the most-watched GI Kentucky Derby on record, according to a Sunday release from the network. The broadcast topped by 11% last year’s Derby audience (17.7 million viewers), which was the event’s largest in 36 years (18.5 million viewers in 1989), according to preliminary data from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

Viewership peaked at 24.4 million viewers from 7-7:15 p.m. ET, as jockey Jose Ortiz guided Golden Tempo around the final turn to win by a neck over Renegade. The peak audience was also the largest ever for an NBC Sports presentation of the Kentucky Derby (up 12% from 21.8 million last year).

Friday night’s GI Kentucky Oaks, which was contested for the first time under the lights in primetime, averaged a record 2.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock. That was four times the prior Kentucky Oaks record (593,000 viewers in 1997 on ESPN) and nearly eight times the average of the last three years’ audiences (304,000 on USA Network).

Led by Peacock, the Kentucky Derby posted NBC Sports’ largest streaming audience for a horse racing event with an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 1.3 million viewers–up 36% from last year (959,000) and nearly doubling 2024 (714,000).

NBC Sports has averaged 15+ million viewers across all platforms for 11 of the last 13 Kentucky Derby races held in May (2013-2024, excludes 2020 Covid-impacted event which was moved to September).

With 19.6 million viewers (6:32-7:27 p.m. ET), the 2026 Kentucky Derby will rank as NBC’s most-watched Saturday program since the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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City Light’s City Girl Leads Brown Exacta in Beaugay

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City Girl, whose career was interrupted by a nearly two-year absence, earned her second straight win and first graded triumph in the GIII Beaugay Stakes at Aqueduct Sunday. The bay mare, sent off at 7-2, contested the early pace with longshot Mo Fox Givin, but was taken in hand and let that rival go down the backstretch. The field bunched up behind her as Mo Fox Givin completed the half-mile in :48.90. Laurelin was first to overake the pacesetter, but City Girl tipped out three wide for clear sailing between Laurelin and even-money favorite Dynamic Pricing and drove to the lead before holding her favored stablemate safe to the wire.

“I wanted to get her in the race,” explained winning rider Flavien Prat. “It seemed like Johnny’s [Velazquez] filly [Mo Fox Givin] was pulling and wouldn’t settle. At that point, I changed my mind and sat behind him. When I tipped her out, she gave me a good run.”

City Girl, a maiden winner over 1 5/16 miles at Cagnes-sur-Mer in January of 2024, added a 1 1/4-mile allowance win in Salon a little over two months later. She was a narrowly beaten second in a 1 5/16-mile listed race at Toulouse in April 2024 and wasn’t seen again until running a late-closing third in a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 7. She returned to the winner’s circle over the same course and distance last time out Mar. 29, on the same card that another Michael Dubb co-owned French import, Parfois (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), flew to ‘TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard’ honors.

“She had run further distances in France,” Prat said. “I thought stamina wouldn’t be a problem, so I thought it was a good day to try.”

Pedigree Notes:

City Girl is the third group/graded winner for her sire City Light (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who has a pair of French Group 3 winners to his name. The 12-year-old stallion, who stands at Haras d’Etreham, was a two-time group winner and twice Group 1-placed on the racetrack.

Nimpheas, with the winner in utero, RNA’d for €16,000 at the 2021 Arqana February sale. City Girl herself RNA’d twice at the Deauville venue, for €22,000 at the 2023 July sale and for €17,000 at the 2022 October sale.

CITY GIRL gets her first stakes win in the Grade 3 Beaugay Stakes under Flavien Prat for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/DhyI6JNfgG

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) May 3, 2026

Sunday, Belmont Big A
BEAUGAY S.-GIII, $169,750, Belmont The Big A, 5-3, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.61, fm.
1–CITY GIRL (FR), 120, m, 5, by City Light (Fr)
                1st Dam: Nimpheas, by Smart Strike
                2nd Dam: Underwater, by Theatrical (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Sea Hill, by Seattle Slew
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. (€17,000 RNA Ylg ’22 ARQDOY; €22,000 RNA 2yo ’23 ARQJUL). O-Madaket Stables, LLC, Dubb, Michael and Kisber, Michael E.; B-Herald Bloodstock Ltd, Veronique Dubois & Nicolas Baudron (FR); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $96,250. Lifetime Record: SP-Fr, 9-4-2-1, $166,901. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Dynamic Pricing (Ire), 124, m, 5, Night of Thunder (Ire)–Shemda (Ire), by Dutch Art (GB). (170,000gns Ylg ’22 TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown. $35,000.
3–Laurelin (Ire), 124, f, 4, Zarak (Fr)–Bari (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire). (€160,000 Ylg ’23 GOFOR). O-Newstead Stables LLC; B-M. H. Dixon & Mount Coote Estates (IRE); T-H. Graham Motion. $21,000.
Margins: 3/4, 2, 3 1/4. Odds: 3.51, 1.18, 1.34.
Also Ran: Mo Fox Givin, Racing Colors. Scratched: Shore War.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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NBC Sports Broadcast Most-Watched Derby on Record

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An average of 19.6 million viewers on NBC and Peacock made NBC Sports broadcast the most-watched GI Kentucky Derby on record, according to a Sunday release from the network. The broadcast topped by 11% last year’s Derby audience (17.7 million viewers), which was the event’s largest in 36 years (18.5 million viewers in 1989), according to preliminary data from Nielsen and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

Viewership peaked at 24.4 million viewers from 7-7:15 p.m. ET, as jockey Jose Ortiz guided Golden Tempo around the final turn to win by a neck over Renegade. The peak audience was also the largest ever for an NBC Sports presentation of the Kentucky Derby (up 12% from 21.8 million last year).

Friday night’s GI Kentucky Oaks, which was contested for the first time under the lights in primetime, averaged a record 2.4 million viewers on NBC and Peacock. That was four times the prior Kentucky Oaks record (593,000 viewers in 1997 on ESPN) and nearly eight times the average of the last three years’ audiences (304,000 on USA Network).

Led by Peacock, the Kentucky Derby posted NBC Sports’ largest streaming audience for a horse racing event with an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 1.3 million viewers–up 36% from last year (959,000) and nearly doubling 2024 (714,000).

NBC Sports has averaged 15+ million viewers across all platforms for 11 of the last 13 Kentucky Derby races held in May (2013-2024, excludes 2020 Covid-impacted event which was moved to September).

With 19.6 million viewers (6:32-7:27 p.m. ET), the 2026 Kentucky Derby will rank as NBC’s most-watched Saturday program since the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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City Light’s City Girl Leads Brown Exacta in Beaugay

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City Girl, whose career was interrupted by a nearly two-year absence, earned her second straight win and first graded triumph in the GIII Beaugay Stakes at Aqueduct Sunday. The bay mare, sent off at 7-2, contested the early pace with longshot Mo Fox Givin, but was taken in hand and let that rival go down the backstretch. The field bunched up behind her as Mo Fox Givin completed the half-mile in :48.90. Laurelin was first to overake the pacesetter, but City Girl tipped out three wide for clear sailing between Laurelin and even-money favorite Dynamic Pricing and drove to the lead before holding her favored stablemate safe to the wire.

“I wanted to get her in the race,” explained winning rider Flavien Prat. “It seemed like Johnny’s [Velazquez] filly [Mo Fox Givin] was pulling and wouldn’t settle. At that point, I changed my mind and sat behind him. When I tipped her out, she gave me a good run.”

City Girl, a maiden winner over 1 5/16 miles at Cagnes-sur-Mer in January of 2024, added a 1 1/4-mile allowance win in Salon a little over two months later. She was a narrowly beaten second in a 1 5/16-mile listed race at Toulouse in April 2024 and wasn’t seen again until running a late-closing third in a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer at Tampa Bay Downs Feb. 7. She returned to the winner’s circle over the same course and distance last time out Mar. 29, on the same card that another Michael Dubb co-owned French import, Parfois (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), flew to ‘TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard’ honors.

“She had run further distances in France,” Prat said. “I thought stamina wouldn’t be a problem, so I thought it was a good day to try.”

Pedigree Notes:

City Girl is the third group/graded winner for her sire City Light (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who has a pair of French Group 3 winners to his name. The 12-year-old stallion, who stands at Haras d’Etreham, was a two-time group winner and twice Group 1-placed on the racetrack.

Nimpheas, with the winner in utero, RNA’d for €16,000 at the 2021 Arqana February sale. City Girl herself RNA’d twice at the Deauville venue, for €22,000 at the 2023 July sale and for €17,000 at the 2022 October sale.

CITY GIRL gets her first stakes win in the Grade 3 Beaugay Stakes under Flavien Prat for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/DhyI6JNfgG

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) May 3, 2026

Sunday, Belmont Big A
BEAUGAY S.-GIII, $169,750, Belmont The Big A, 5-3, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.61, fm.
1–CITY GIRL (FR), 120, m, 5, by City Light (Fr)
                1st Dam: Nimpheas, by Smart Strike
                2nd Dam: Underwater, by Theatrical (Ire)
                3rd Dam: Sea Hill, by Seattle Slew
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. (€17,000 RNA Ylg ’22 ARQDOY; €22,000 RNA 2yo ’23 ARQJUL). O-Madaket Stables, LLC, Dubb, Michael and Kisber, Michael E.; B-Herald Bloodstock Ltd, Veronique Dubois & Nicolas Baudron (FR); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $96,250. Lifetime Record: SP-Fr, 9-4-2-1, $166,901. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Dynamic Pricing (Ire), 124, m, 5, Night of Thunder (Ire)–Shemda (Ire), by Dutch Art (GB). (170,000gns Ylg ’22 TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown. $35,000.
3–Laurelin (Ire), 124, f, 4, Zarak (Fr)–Bari (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire). (€160,000 Ylg ’23 GOFOR). O-Newstead Stables LLC; B-M. H. Dixon & Mount Coote Estates (IRE); T-H. Graham Motion. $21,000.
Margins: 3/4, 2, 3 1/4. Odds: 3.51, 1.18, 1.34.
Also Ran: Mo Fox Givin, Racing Colors. Scratched: Shore War.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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