LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 2 (UPI) -- Kentucky-born actress Ashley Judd is to narrate the show open for Saturday's NBC telecast of the Kentucky Derby, the network announced.
"What a delight! I have attended the Derby many times, from the in-field as a college student, to friends' boxes, and I've even walked on the track behind the Derby field for the call to post, looking in awe up at the Twin Spires," said Judd, whose family has lived in Eastern Kentucky for more than 10 generations.