{"id":20381,"date":"2021-04-30T18:43:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T23:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=20381"},"modified":"2021-05-01T00:22:58","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T05:22:58","slug":"saturday-may-1-147th-kentucky-derby-on-nbc-230pm-et","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/30\/saturday-may-1-147th-kentucky-derby-on-nbc-230pm-et\/","title":{"rendered":"SATURDAY! 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The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles at Churchill Downs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div id=\"body\">\n<div class=\"content-left single\">\n<div id=\"press_release\">\n<p>Ahead of tomorrow\u2019s Kentucky Derby, NBC Sports host\u00a0<strong>Mike Tirico\u00a0<\/strong>spoke with<strong>\u00a0Bob Baffert<\/strong>, a Hall of Fame trainer and six-time Kentucky Derby winner, and<strong>\u00a0Bill Belichick<\/strong>, a six-time Super Bowl champion as head coach of the New England Patriots. \u00a0Belichick is a horse-racing enthusiast who has attended multiple Triple Crown races, including the Kentucky Derby.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2523006963\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The conversation will air during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com\/2021\/04\/26\/nbc-sports-presents-147th-kentucky-derby-with-five-hour-show-this-saturday-may-1-live-at-230-p-m-et-on-nbc\/\">NBC Sports\u2019 presentation of the 147<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Kentucky Derby<\/a> tomorrow, Saturday, May 1, beginning at 2:30PM ET on NBC. To watch the interview, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/video\/trainer-bob-baffert-pats-bill-belichick-united-love-their-sports\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Baffert and Belichick discuss the similarities between them, the mutual admiration they have for each other, and the challenges of winning consistently at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>With a win in this year\u2019s Kentucky Derby, Baffert \u2013 who trains\u00a0<strong>Media Spirit\u00a0<\/strong>(15-1) \u2013 would earn his seventh career Derby victory, breaking a tie with\u00a0<strong>Ben Jones<\/strong>\u00a0for the most ever by a trainer. Belichick has won more Super Bowls than any head coach in NFL history.<\/p>\n<p><em>Following are highlights from Tirico\u2019s conversation with Baffert and Belichick<\/em>:<\/p><div id=\"morty-1615944734\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Belichick on horse racing and Baffert\u2019s success<\/strong>: \u201cRacing is a tough profession. You get one shot at it. There\u2019s no halftime, there\u2019s no timeouts to make adjustments. 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