Terry Bradshaw is returning to the world of horse racing, joining forces with “FOX NFL Sunday” co-star Kurt Menefee. The four-time Super Bowl champion announced his move on the show before Sunday’s game. Bradshaw stayed true to his native roots by breeding and owning thoroughbred racehorses from his playing days, but took a long hiatus from the sport. The 76-year-old Louisiana native said he wanted to return to the royal sport two months ago when he attended a thoroughbred auction in Lexington, Kentucky. He wants to win the Kentucky Derby and confirmed the news live on FOX.
“Curt and I are very excited to be setting up the Stables before the game,” said Bradshaw. “Now we’re in the breeding business. We are excited. “This is a kid going to the Kentucky Derby.”Bradshaw and Menefee have worked together on “FOX NFL Sunday” since the host joined the show in 2007.
The 59-year-old has a horse racing background and took over FOX’s coverage of the Belmont Stakes after acquiring the rights to broadcast the third jewel of the Triple Crown last year. Get more stories like this in your inbox of emailBradshaw told Blood Horse at the Lexington auction last September that he couldn’t resist getting back into horse racing. “My wife and I want to have more fun,” he said.
“We deal in hunters, jumpers, pleasure and we are in the thoroughbred business. But I said let’s go back. We will catch a galloping horse and return, here or elsewhere.”
Pregame Stables has not yet disclosed the details of the acquisition and it is unclear when Bradshaw and Menefee’s charges will enter orbit.
However, it has been impressed by the stallions Justify, Curlin and Constitution and said it will be targeting their offspring. Bradshaw’s previous accomplishments include Mission Impazible, who won the Louisa Derby in 2010 and ran in the Kentucky Derby.
He and his sons own Greedar, a Grade 1 winner who won the 2013 New Orleans Handicap. The Pittsburgh Steelers icon admits nothing will match his Super Bowl winning streak in retirement, but his interest in racehorses could help fill that void.
“There is no such thing as a Super Bowl,” Bradshaw said. “There’s no comparison to that, you can’t play in the Super Bowl anymore, but that’s how you can be successful in the horse business. “You should be happy.”
