Snapchat and Facebook Live Will Be in NBC Sports’ Stable for the Kentucky Derby

Snapchat will host a Live Story from Churchill Downs Saturday

Snapchat and Facebook will be humming along to My Old Kentucky Home during NBC Sports’ presentation of the 143rd Kentucky Derby Saturday.

Snapchat will host a Live Story from Churchill Downs Saturday, allowing users of the messaging application to post from the racetrack or from their own viewing parties, and NBC said it will incorporate that Live Story into its broadcast.

Users will also have access to a special Kentucky Derby-themed lens.

As for Facebook, the NBC Sports page will win, place and show several Facebook Live videos, including:

  • Sunrise over Churchill Downs.
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