The NBC Sports Group, together with The Jockey Club and six racetracks, will broadcast six crucial prep races on three Saturdays leading up to the 139th Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs. NBC will also show half-hour specials focusing on the Triple Crown trail the last two Saturdays in March and the first two Saturdays in April.

The “Road to the Kentucky Derby” series debuts on Saturday, March 23, from 6-6:30 p.m. on the NBC Sports Network.

Here is the stakes schedule (all times ET):

March 30, 6 – 7 p.m. (NBC Sports Network)

Florida Derby (Gulfstream Park) and Louisiana Derby (Fair Grounds)

April 6, 6 – 7:30 p.m. (NBC Sports Network)

Wood Memorial (Aqueduct) and Santa Anita Derby (Santa Anita)

April 13, 4:30 – 6 p.m. (NBC)

Blue Grass Stakes (Keeneland)

April 13, 6 – 7 p.m. (NBC Sports Network)

Arkansas Derby (Oaklawn Park)