Fox’s coverage of Saturday’s Belmont Stakes included several prominent figures from the network’s coverage of other sports, like NFL studio analyst Terry Bradshaw. That frustrated viewers of the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.
In recent seasons, Bradshaw has struggled through NFL highlights on several instances. So, it seemed likely that Bradshaw would have some struggles while discussing the Belmont. And that’s exactly what happened.
The most notable moment, perhaps, came when Bradshaw made the Riders Up call, calling it the 137th Belmont Stakes.
Bradshaw was 20 years off, as the 2025 Belmont Stakes was the 157th in history.
Of course, that kind of thing can happen. Bradshaw is human, humans are imperfect and imperfect beings make mistakes.
But the greater question was, why was Bradshaw, an NFL Hall of Famer and longtime NFL analyst, such a prominent part of Fox’s coverage for a big horse racing event?
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