Thoroughbred Racing on CBS

Thoroughbred Racing on CBS is the de facto title for a series of horse races events whose broadcasts are produced by CBS Sports, the sports division of the CBS television network in the United States.

CBS first televised horse racing in 1948 with their broadcast of the Belmont Stakes.

CBS would resume broadcasting the Belmont Stakes in 1953 and continue to televise it through 1985.

In 1985, Triple Crown Productions was created when the owner of Spend a Buck chose not to run in the other two Triple Crown races because of a financial incentive offered to any Kentucky Derby winner who could win a set of competing races in New Jersey.

CBS Sports, which showed the other two races, had much lower ratings for them, with the possible exceptions of years in which the Crown was at stake like 1973, 1977, and 1978.