Overview
- Sports Business Journal reported Monday that organizers are likely to push the Preakness back one week, with the timing still under discussion.
- The proposed shift is tied to new media-rights talks as NBC seeks to retain the race and Fox, Amazon, and Netflix consider bids.
- Fox, which holds Belmont rights, would back moving Belmont one week later if it also secured the Preakness to keep three weeks between legs.
- This year’s running stays locked for May 16 at Laurel Park in Maryland because Pimlico is undergoing construction.
- Supporters say an extra week could keep Kentucky Derby winners from skipping the race after recent absences drove down TV ratings and blunted the Triple Crown narrative.