NBC Sports horse racing analyst Jerry Bailey
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
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4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Episode 445 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Jerry Bailey, the Hall of Fame jockey and analyst for NBC's horse racing coverage. In this podcast Bailey discusses his months-long preparation for the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which will air this weekend from Del Mar, Calif., across NBC, USA Network and Peacock; where the Breeders’ Cup weekend ranks for him amid all assignments; what his broadcasting philosophy is; how he got into the broadcasting business and working for NBC since 2012; the increased technology for horse racing production; the Breeders’ Cup Classic field; who he likes among the 2-year-old colts and fillies; the gambling element of horse racing; how to get young people to the sport and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | I'm your host, Richard Dych. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. |
| 0:14.5 | One guest on this episode, but if you are a horse racing fan, you're very familiar with this gentleman. |
| 0:20.1 | Jerry Bailey is a Hall of Fame winning jockey, including six triple crown race wins, including the Derby twice, Kentucky Derby, I should say, 15 Breeders Cup winners, five of them in the classic. He has been an analyst for NBC's horse racing coverage since 2012, worked at ESPN before that. And the reason we are having |
| 0:39.8 | him on is because it is Breeders' Cup week. I would imagine Jerry will be talking to us from Del Mar. |
| 0:46.1 | But NBC has, between NBC and Peacock, they have a multitude of hours, but NBC itself has 12 hours |
| 0:52.8 | of live coverage. |
| 0:58.8 | The Breeders Cup classic goes off at 5.41 p.m. on Saturday. |
| 1:02.2 | 12 of the 14 races will air on linear television. |
| 1:05.3 | All of the races streamed on Peacock. |
| 1:09.3 | And NBC has been doing the Breeders Cup now for many decades. And with that, I bring in Jerry Bailey. |
| 1:11.7 | Jerry, welcome to the sports media podcast. |
| 1:14.1 | Hey, guys. |
| 1:14.6 | How are you? |
| 1:15.4 | I'm good. |
| 1:15.9 | Are you indeed right now in Delmore, California? |
| 1:18.4 | I am where the surf meets the turf in Delmar, California. |
| 1:21.8 | Yes. |
| 1:23.3 | Beautiful. |
| 1:23.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:24.1 | I'm in Toronto. |
| 1:24.8 | We don't see, we don't say when the surf meets the turf here. |
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