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KY Derby Preps to Be Broadcast Live in 2012

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• November 8, 2011
• Triple Crown, Northeast Region, Kentucky

The Jockey Club, in collaboration with the NBC Sports Group, CNBC, and six racetracks, will provide live coverage of six major preps for the 2012 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

CNBC Program to Feature West Point's Finley

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• August 22, 2011
• Northeast Region

The Aug. 22 episode of the CNBC program "How I Made My Millions" will feature West Point Thoroughbreds founder and CEO Terry Finley. The show is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. (ET) and will be re-broadcast at midnight (ET).

Hunch Play Pays Off Big for Racing Fan

• By The Associated Press
• May 1, 2010
• Triple Crown, Kentucky

Houston software designer Glen Fullerton wins $900,000 for selecting Super Saver in a sweepstakes contest sponsored by Churchill Downs and CNBC.

CNBC, CDI Offer Derby Trip, $100,000 Wager

• April 1, 2010

CNBC and Churchill Downs Inc. are teaming up to send a lucky winner to the Kentucky Derby and give that person a free $100,000 win wager on the race.

Barbaro Documentary Will Air on NBC After Derby

• By Lenny Shulman
• May 1, 2007
• Triple Crown

NBC has switched gears, and will air "Barbaro: A Nation's Horse" Saturday, May 5, at 8 p.m. ET, an hour and a half after the network signs off from covering the Kentucky Derby.

NBC Barbaro Documentary To Air on CNBC Derby Eve

• By Lenny Shulman
• April 30, 2007
• Triple Crown

NBC, which pre-empted "Barbaro: A Nation's Horse" April 29 for a Stanley Cup hockey playoff game that went two overtimes, has re-scheduled the documentary for Friday, May 4, at 9 p.m. ET on its cable channel CNBC.

NTRA Offers Nationwide Pick Six Wager Saturday

• October 1, 2003
• Thoroughbred Racing, Handicapping

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) will offer a nationwide Pick Six wager, called the NTRA National Pick 6, on six important Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships prep races being contested this Saturday, Oct. 4.

Hopeful Begins CNBC's Juvenile Stakes Coverage

• August 28, 2003
• Thoroughbred Racing

The Bessemer Trust 2-year-old Challenge on CNBC kicks off Saturday with the Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course.

TV Show: Some Squawking, But Great Exposure for Sport

• By Tom LaMarra
• August 22, 2003
• Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association

Thoroughbred racing got plenty of television exposure Aug. 22 during the three-hour "Squawk Box" program on cable network CNBC--and so did two racing executives who have been at odds in recent years.

The Greatest Game to Sponsor CNBC Program

• August 19, 2003

The Greatest Game, an initiative to encourage Thoroughbred ownership, will sponsor the Friday edition CNBC's "Squawk Box" when the show is broadcast live from Saratoga Race Course leading up to the Aug. 23 Travers Stakes (gr. I). The show airs on CNBC weekdays from 7-10 a.m.

Belmont in National TV Spotlight on Friday

• June 5, 2003
• Triple Crown

Included in the plethora of broadcast and print stories about Funny Cide and his quest for the Visa Triple Crown will be two features Friday on national network television programs.

Weekend TV Schedule Adjusted in Light of Crisis

• By Tom LaMarra
• September 13, 2001

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Thursday afternoon that racing broadcasts on NBC and CNBC have been canceled this weekend, but a program scheduled for ESPN will go on, with some adjustments. The changes are tied to Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York City and the ongoing effects.

NTRA Inks TV Pact With CNBC For New 2-Year-Old Series

• By Blood-Horse Staff
• May 5, 2001
• Thoroughbred Racing

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association has reached an agreement in principle with CNBC to televise a new series of races beginning this summer, the NTRA and CNBC announced today. Carrying a potential bonus of $1.3 million, the NTRA Two-Year-Old Challenge is a series of races for two-year-old colts and geldings from top tracks across the country leading up to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, part of the Breeders' Cup Championship to be run at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. The Breeders' Cup Championship will air October 27 on NBC.

CNBC Could Be Host of 2-year-old Racing Series

• By Tom LaMarra
• May 1, 2001

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association hopes financial network CNBC becomes the new host for its 2-year-old racing series scheduled to begin in August. Negotiations were said to be far along as of April 30.