Terry Bradshaw is making a return to the world of horse racing, joining forces with ‘FOX NFL Sunday’ partner Curt Menefee.
The four-time Super Bowl champion announced the move on Sunday’s pregame show. Bradshaw has stayed true to his country roots since his playing days, spending time farming as well as owning thoroughbred racehorses, but he took a lengthy hiatus from the sport.
The 76-year-old Louisiana native attended a thoroughbred sale in Lexington, Kentucky two months ago, when he indicated he was looking to get back into the sport of kings. And he confirmed the news live on FOX, setting his sights on Kentucky Derby glory.
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“Curt and I are fired up because we’ve formed Pregame Stables,” Bradshaw said. “We are now in the thoroughbred business. We are jacked up. Kentucky Derby bound baby.”
Bradshaw and Menefee have worked together on ‘FOX NFL Sunday’ since the host joined the show in 2007. The 59-year-old has experience in horse racing, hosting FOX’s coverage of the Belmont Stakes after acquiring the broadcasting rights for the third jewel of the Triple Crown last year.
Bradshaw told Blood Horse at the Lexington sale in September that he could not resist the urge of returning to horse racing. “My wife and I want to have a little more fun,” he said. “We do hunters, jumpers, pleasure, halter, and we’re in the breeding business. But I said, ‘Let’s get back in’. We’re going to get one running horse either here or somewhere, and we’ll get back in.”
Bradshaw has joined forces with broadcast partner Curt Menefee (
FOX)
Pregame Stables is yet to unveil any of its acquisitions and it is unknown when Bradshaw and Menefee’s charges will take to the track. But he said he admires sires Justify, Curlin and Constitution and hinted he could target their offspring.
Bradshaw’s previous successes on the track include Mission Impazible, which won the Louisana Derby in 2010 and competed in the Kentucky Derby. He and his sons also owned Grade 1 winner Graydar, which romped to victory at the New Orleans Handicap in 2013.
The Pittsburgh Steelers icon admits nothing in his retirement can match the buzz of his Super Bowl triumphs, but having a stake in racehorses goes some way to filling the void.
“There’s nothing like the Super Bowl,” Bradshaw said. “It doesn’t compare to that, but it is pretty friggin’ awesome. I can’t do the Super Bowl anymore, but I can get lucky in the horse business because that’s what you have to do. You have to get lucky.”
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