Sovereignty's win in Saturday's Kentucky Derby averaged 17.7 million fans on NBC and Peacock, the largest audience for the Run for the Roses since 1989 and the biggest since NBC took over the rights in 2001.

Saturday's live coverage of the 151st Kentucky Derby delivered its largest audience for NBC since 1989 with an average of 17.7 million viewers. Viewership of the race peaked at 21.8 million viewers, a record for NBC.

Audience for NBC Sports’ 25th presentation of the race peaked at 21.8 million viewers; led by Peacock, the Run for the Roses posted NBC Sports’ largest streaming audience for a horse race