Kentucky Oaks 2016: TV schedule and post time

Here’s the television schedule and the post times for the 2016 Kentucky Oaks race. 

The Kentucky Oaks is often considered to be the unofficial start to the horse racing season. It’s not as prestigious as the Kentucky Derby, but like the Derby, the Oaks are held at the world famous Churchill Downs. The Oaks are for three year old thoroughbreds. There will be 13 races throughout the day. It’s a 1.125 mile race and there is $1 million of prize money involved.

Here are the start times for each of the races.

Race 1 10:30am
Race 2 11:00am
Race 3 11:30am
Race 4 12:05pm
Race 5 12:43pm
Race 6 1:26pm
Race 7 2:08pm
Race 8 3:02pm
Race 9 4:02pm
Race 10 4:52pm
Race 11 5:49pm
Race 12 6:25pm
Race 13 7:00pm

The Oaks is the 11th race of the day, meaning that the post time for the Oaks is at 5:49 PM. Television coverage begins at noon ET on NBC Sports Network. If you are away from your television and you’d still like to watch the Oaks, you’re in luck because you can live stream the event on NBC Sports Live Extra. You can watch the event on your television or on your smartphone. However, you will need to have your cable username and password in order to access the full coverage.

For more coverage of the Kentucky Oaks, check out our Horse Racing hub page.