How to watch horse racing from the United States

Racing in the United States

• NYRA on YouTubeYouTubeFree
  Covers Belmont Park and Saratoga

  Big days: Belmont Stakes

  America's Day at the Races, every race day, free on NYRA's YouTube channel

• 1/ST TVStreamFree
  Covers Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park

  Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park streamed free on 1st.tv; a Spanish-language feed on Arranca TV's YouTube channel

• Keeneland.com live streamTrack streamFree
  Covers Keeneland
• Breeders' Cup on YouTubeYouTubeFree
  Big days only: Breeders' Cup

  The Players' Show, FanDuel TV's coverage of every race, streams free on the Breeders' Cup YouTube channel

• NBCTVFree-to-air TV
  Covers Churchill Downs and Pimlico

  Big days only: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Breeders' Cup

  Over the air or through any TV provider: the Triple Crown, the Breeders' Cup and Royal Ascot's Saturday; USA Network takes some of the Breeders' Cup races

• FanDuel TV+StreamFree with an account
  Covers

  Every course on the site (47) · which ▾· hide ▴

  Arapahoe Park, Belmont Park, Belterra Park, Canterbury Park, Charles Town, Churchill Downs, Colonial Downs, Del Mar, Delaware Park, Delta Downs, Ellis Park, Emerald Downs, Evangeline Downs, Fair Grounds, FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing (Fairmount Park), Finger Lakes, Fonner Park, Gulfstream Park, Hawthorne, Horseshoe Indianapolis, Keeneland, Kentucky Downs, Laurel Park, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Louisiana Downs, Mahoning Valley, Monmouth Park, Mountaineer, Oaklawn Park, Parx Racing, Penn National, Pimlico, Prairie Meadows, Presque Isle Downs, Remington Park, Sam Houston Race Park, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga, Sunland Park, Tampa Bay Downs, The Downs at Albuquerque, Thistledown, Turf Paradise, Turfway Park, Will Rogers Downs and Zia Park

  Big days: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Breeders' Cup

  Free with a FanDuel account where FanDuel takes bets; elsewhere a 7-day trial, then $3.99 a month

• TwinSpires TVStreamFree with an account
  Covers

  Every course on the site (47) · which ▾· hide ▴

  Arapahoe Park, Belmont Park, Belterra Park, Canterbury Park, Charles Town, Churchill Downs, Colonial Downs, Del Mar, Delaware Park, Delta Downs, Ellis Park, Emerald Downs, Evangeline Downs, Fair Grounds, FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing (Fairmount Park), Finger Lakes, Fonner Park, Gulfstream Park, Hawthorne, Horseshoe Indianapolis, Keeneland, Kentucky Downs, Laurel Park, Lone Star Park, Los Alamitos, Louisiana Downs, Mahoning Valley, Monmouth Park, Mountaineer, Oaklawn Park, Parx Racing, Penn National, Pimlico, Prairie Meadows, Presque Isle Downs, Remington Park, Sam Houston Race Park, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga, Sunland Park, Tampa Bay Downs, The Downs at Albuquerque, Thistledown, Turf Paradise, Turfway Park, Will Rogers Downs and Zia Park

  Free to registered TwinSpires account holders

• NYRA BetsStreamFree with an account
  Covers Belmont Park and Saratoga

  Big days: Belmont Stakes

  NYRA's own wagering site streams its tracks free to account holders

• PeacockStreamSubscription
  Covers Churchill Downs and Pimlico

  Big days only: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Breeders' Cup

  NBC's streamer: every Breeders' Cup and Royal Ascot race, and the Triple Crown coverage

• FOX Sports (FS1 / FS2)TVSubscription
  Covers Belmont Park and Saratoga

  Big days: Belmont Stakes

  Needs a cable or streaming TV package that carries FS1/FS2; check the daily schedule

Racing abroad

By country. Where a service carries only the big days, it says so.

The big races

The same calendar as Upcoming, month by month, with what carries each race for a viewer in the United States. Each name opens the race’s own how-to-watch page; the marquee days are marked ✦.