Post by Skaggs on May 7, 2005 7:09:53 GMT -5
www.hdsportsguide.com lists the Kentucky Derby as being HD Saturday at 5PM on NBC.
THE KENTUCKY DERBY: BY THE NUMBERS
NEW YORK -- May 4, 2005 -- NBC Sports presents the 131st running of the Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 7, 5 p.m. ET. Following are Facts and Figures about the "greatest two minutes in sports":
$87,000 Amount George Steinbrenner paid at auction for Derby favorite Bellamy Road in 2004
$160,500 Amount New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez makes in one game, almost twice as much as Steinbrenner paid for Bellamy Road
26 Number of cameras NBC Sports will use to produce the Kentucky Derby race broadcast
200 Number of production personnel working with NBC Sports at the Derby
1952 Year of the first national television broadcast of the Kentucky Derby
2 Number of Derby prerace favorites to win in the past 24 years
5 Since 1955, the number of Wood Memorial winners that have gone on to win the Derby; Bellamy Road captured the Wood by 17 ½ lengths
8 Number of U.S. Presidents who have attended the Derby. Richard Nixon was the only one to attend while still holding office.
8 Number of lengths for the largest margin of victory by a Derby winner, occurring on four separate occasions (1914, 1939, 1941, 1946)
1, 5 Twelve Derby winners have come from these post positions, better than from any other position
22 The number of winners of the Derby who have led from wire-to-wire, the most recent being War Emblem in 2002
50 The number of post-time favorites to win the Kentucky Derby
42 The number of post-time favorites who failed to place
163,628 Number of attendees in the largest crowd ever to attend the Derby, in 1974
1925 Year the term "Run for the Roses" was coined by sportswriter Bill Corem
1:59 2/5 The time for the fastest Derby, run by Secretariat in 1973
"A Nose" The smallest margin of victory by a Derby winner, occurring on eight separate occasions (1889, 1892, 1896, 1898, 1902, 1954, 1957, 1996)
$4 million The amount of money paid in 1998 for the 2000 Derby Winner Fusaichi
Pegasus, the highest price for any eventual Derby Day Starter
2004 The year Stuart Elliot (Smarty Jones) became the first jockey since Ron
Franklin (Spectacular Bid) in 1979 to win the Derby in his first attempt
THE KENTUCKY DERBY: BY THE NUMBERS
NEW YORK -- May 4, 2005 -- NBC Sports presents the 131st running of the Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 7, 5 p.m. ET. Following are Facts and Figures about the "greatest two minutes in sports":
$87,000 Amount George Steinbrenner paid at auction for Derby favorite Bellamy Road in 2004
$160,500 Amount New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez makes in one game, almost twice as much as Steinbrenner paid for Bellamy Road
26 Number of cameras NBC Sports will use to produce the Kentucky Derby race broadcast
200 Number of production personnel working with NBC Sports at the Derby
1952 Year of the first national television broadcast of the Kentucky Derby
2 Number of Derby prerace favorites to win in the past 24 years
5 Since 1955, the number of Wood Memorial winners that have gone on to win the Derby; Bellamy Road captured the Wood by 17 ½ lengths
8 Number of U.S. Presidents who have attended the Derby. Richard Nixon was the only one to attend while still holding office.
8 Number of lengths for the largest margin of victory by a Derby winner, occurring on four separate occasions (1914, 1939, 1941, 1946)
1, 5 Twelve Derby winners have come from these post positions, better than from any other position
22 The number of winners of the Derby who have led from wire-to-wire, the most recent being War Emblem in 2002
50 The number of post-time favorites to win the Kentucky Derby
42 The number of post-time favorites who failed to place
163,628 Number of attendees in the largest crowd ever to attend the Derby, in 1974
1925 Year the term "Run for the Roses" was coined by sportswriter Bill Corem
1:59 2/5 The time for the fastest Derby, run by Secretariat in 1973
"A Nose" The smallest margin of victory by a Derby winner, occurring on eight separate occasions (1889, 1892, 1896, 1898, 1902, 1954, 1957, 1996)
$4 million The amount of money paid in 1998 for the 2000 Derby Winner Fusaichi
Pegasus, the highest price for any eventual Derby Day Starter
2004 The year Stuart Elliot (Smarty Jones) became the first jockey since Ron
Franklin (Spectacular Bid) in 1979 to win the Derby in his first attempt