LEXINGTON, Ky. — If you’ve watched NBC Sports broadcasts of major horse races like the Kentucky Derby, you know that Kenny Rice often interviews the winning trainer only seconds after a race is run.
That does not occur by happenstance. “You kind of try to handicap these (races) yourself,” Rice said Wednesday.
That’s why, for the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby, Rice positioned himself on the third floor of the Churchill Downs grandstand. He did so to be near to trainers Steve Asmussen and Chad Brown, the conditioners of Derby favorites Epicenter and Zandon, respectively.
