PEACOCK STREAMS LIVE COVERAGE OF ALL FIVE DAYS OF PRESTIGIOUS ROYAL ASCOT HORSE RACING MEET BEGINNING TOMORROW (TUES.) MORNING; SATURDAY COVERAGE LIVE ON NBC AND PEACOCK

Peacock to Exclusively Stream Five Hours of Live Daily Coverage from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ET Tomorrow (Tuesday) through Friday as Ascot Celebrates 200th Anniversary of Royal Procession
Full Saturday (June 21) Show, Live at 9 a.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, Features Britney Eurton, Nick Luck, Dylan Dreyer and Steve Kornacki
Four 'Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In' Races to be Run During Coverage at Royal Ascot
STAMFORD, Conn. – June 16, 2025 – NBC Sports presents daily live coverage of the Royal Meeting at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire, England, beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17, at 8:30 a.m. ET streaming exclusively on Peacock. Peacock will continue with exclusive five-hour shows Wednesday through Friday beginning each day at 8:30 a.m. ET. NBC and Peacock will present a live 4.5-hour Royal Ascot program on Saturday, June 21, starting at 9 a.m. ET.
The 2025 Royal Meeting celebrates the 200th anniversary of the first Royal Procession, which began in 1825 under King George IV.
Britney Eurton and Nick Luck host Saturday's coverage on NBC and Peacock, with NBC News' Dylan Dreyer on-site with access to the Royal Enclosure, one of the most exclusive and prestigious areas at the racecourse. Steve Kornacki, chief data analyst for NBC News and NBC Sports, returns to NBC Sports' Royal Ascot coverage as an insights analyst.
In total, NBC Sports will present nearly 25 hours of coverage over the five days of racing.
Royal Ascot is Britain's most valuable race meeting and features 35 races, including eight at the world championship 'Group One' level. U.S.-based trainers that are expected to have runners at this year's Royal Meeting include George Weaver, Jose D'Angelo, and Patrick Biancone.
Throughout the week, live coverage of The Royal Meeting features four 'Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In' races: Queen Anne Stakes and King Charles III Stakes (Tues., June 17), Prince of Wales's Stakes (Wed., June 18), and the Norfolk Stakes (Thurs., June 19).
The Royal Meeting is the center of the British social season and a pivotal week in the calendar of the Royal Family. This year's Royal Meeting will be the third under the reign of King Charles.
Following is NBC Sports' Royal Ascot coverage schedule this week:
Coverage airing on NBC will also stream live on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app.
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By James Toney at Royal Ascot Colin Keane's new status brings added pressure at Royal Ascot but winning a Group One for the trainer who has supported him for so long would be something extra special. Keane has made a fine start to his status as Juddmonte's retained jockey, piloting the brilliant Field of Gold to victory in the St James's Palace Stakes, with three other places this week too. Last year he delivered his Dad Gerry a first Royal Ascot winner and repaying trainer Ger Lyons's long-time support in the Commonwealth Cup would match that achievement. It's eight years since Lyons only previous winner at the meeting and Babouche, racing in those famous pink and green silks, represents a gilt-edged chance of doubling that tally. After Lyons and Keane combined to win at the Breeders' Cup last year, the Co. Meath trainer admitted he didn't have the ammunition to match the jockeys ambition. "He's the most understated Champion Jockey in the world," he said. "I need the world to wake up to him." Juddmonte were clearly listening, so there's extra significance for Keane in this ride for his mentor and old boss in their colours, choosing Babouche ahead of their other contender Jonquil. She was a two-year-old Group One winner at the Curragh last year and impressed to win at Naas on her last outing, dispelling Lyons's early season anxiety about her form. "We asked the questions in her last race and she answered them with bells on. She was back, it was the Babouche we all know and love," said Lyons. "She's a Group One winner and we've always loved her and we've been working towards this for a while." Advertisement Babouche got the better of Aidan O'Brien's Whistlejacket in the Lacken Stakes and he'll be looking for revenge as one of two Ballydoyle entries. Also flying the flag for the Green Team is Joseph O'Brien with Lady With The Lamp, Adrian Murray's Arizona Blaze and Eddie and Patrick Harty's Carla Ridge, a 100-1 winner at Naas last year. "We always thought this race would suit Whistlejacket," said O'Brien, narrowly leading British rivals John and Thady Gosden in the trainer standings after three of five days. "The more competitive the race, the better I think he will be, a high tempo from the start would be absolutely ideal. I wouldn't discount Ides of March either, he will love this ground and seems in good form." The absence of O'Brien's Lake Victoria from the Commonwealth Stakes made Friday's other Group One a little weaker, the Irish 1000 Guineas and Breeders' Cup heroine would have been a hot favourite after five unbeaten starts. Ryan Moore has selected January ahead of other Ballydoyle entry Exactly, as he looks to finally crack that 150 Group One winning barrier in partnership with O'Brien. "Ryan really likes her," added O'Brien. "The run in the Irish Guineas was with a view to this race and I was happy with Exactly's French Guineas run too, she just didn't quite get the luck she needed." There have been seven Irish winners across the opening three days of the meeting, with Paddy Twomey and Henry de Bromhead joining O'Brien in the winners' enclosure. Donnacha O'Brien has a chance of joining them with Albany Stakes hopeful Balantina, with Tom Marquand taking the ride. O'Brien's super star filly Porta Fortuna won this race two years ago, Donnacha's first Royal Ascot success and followed up to win last year's Coronation Stakes too. Balantina races in the same colours and an eye-catching win at the Curragh in May only enhances her credentials, despite the fact the market is fronted by his father's Frankel-colt Signora. "She's been in great form since winning at the Curragh and I've no worries about the track and ground suiting her, it'll be competitive but she'll run well," said the two-time Royal Ascot winning trainer.