Preakness Winner 'Exaggerrator' Headlines THE BELMONT STAKES on NBC Sports

Preakness STAKES winner Exaggerator headlines the field for the 148th Belmont STAKES this Saturday, June 11, at 5 p.m. ET on NBC. Coverage from Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., begins Friday, June 10, at 4 p.m. ET on NBCSN. In addition, NBCSN will present a pre-race show Saturday at 3 p.m. ET.

Highlights of NBC Sports Group's Belmont coverage include:

Bob Costas interviews Keith and Kent Desormeaux, the trainer and jockey who led the three-year-old Exaggerator to a Preakness STAKES win and more than $2 million in earnings;

Carolyn Manno examines the new challengers and returning horses from the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes;

A look back at American Pharaoh's historic Triple Crown-clinching 2015 Belmont STAKES victory.
COMMENTATORS: NBC Sports Group's coverage of the Belmont STAKES features hosts Bob Costas, a 27-time Emmy Award-winner, and Tom Hammond; analysts Randy Moss and Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and two-time Belmont STAKES winner; analysts/handicappers Bob Neumeier and Eddie Olczyk; NBCSN host/NBC reporter Laffit Pincay, III; reporters Kenny Rice, Donna Brothers, and Carolyn Manno; and race caller Larry Collmus.

The coordinating producer of NBC's horse racing coverage is Rob Hyland, who has been a part of the network's horse racing coverage since 2001. The Belmont STAKES is directed by SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and NBC Sports' horse racing director, Drew Esocoff. The coverage on NBCSN is produced by Billy Matthews and directed by Pierre Moossa. The executive producer of NBC Sports and NBCSN is Sam Flood, who has produced 13 Triple Crown races for the network.

Following is a full schedule of NBC Sports Group's Belmont STAKES programming:

THE BELMONT STAKES (all times ET)

Date	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Fri., June 10	4 p.m.	Belmont Access	NBCSN
Sat., June 11	3 p.m.	Belmont Prep	NBCSN
Sat., June 11	5 p.m.	Belmont Stakes	NBC

NBC SPORTS LIVE EXTRA BELMONT STAKES COVERAGE

NBC Sports Live Extra - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets - will offer a mosaic of four different camera angles for the first time ever at the Belmont. The angles include the NBC broadcast, an isolation camera on Preakness STAKES winner Exaggerator, an overhead camera, and Larry Collmus' Belmont STAKES race call live as streamed by a camera in his booth at Belmont Park Race Track.

NBC Sports Live Extra will stream NBC and NBCSN Belmont STAKES coverage via "TV Everywhere," giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. NBC Sports Live Extra is powered by Playmaker Media. The NBC Sports Live Extra app is available on the iTunes App Store, Google Play, Windows Store, Roku Channel Store, Apple TV and Amazon Fire. For desktops, NBC Sports Live Extra can be accessed at NBCSports.com/liveextra.

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