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Welcome to 2024 Triple Crown Prospect Profiles – updated after the first jewel of the Triple Crown from the previous title of Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles – where we’ll take a look each week at a recent winner on the Triple Crown trail.

Tom Pedulla offers a half-dozen takeaways from the $5 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks, and other major developments at Churchill Downs this weekend.

NBC Sports’ presentation of the 150th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, a thriller won by Mystik Dan, averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 16.7 million viewers – marking the largest Kentucky Derby audience since 1989 (18.5 million viewers on ABC, won by Sunday Si

The day after the first jewel of the Triple Crown came to a thrilling end with a three-horse photo finish in the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs, attention started to turn toward the second jewel.

With Churchill Downs closed on May 5, the day after the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. had planned to be on a flight to Louisiana that morning for a rare Sunday off from riding to enjoy live music during the day at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage

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