Donna Brothers points to Andie Biancone as likely NBC Sports successor

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Donna Brothers covered her final Kentucky Derby on Saturday, and before she rides off into retirement after the Preakness Stakes on May 16, she’s made sure NBC knows exactly who should replace her.

Brothers appeared on the Sports Media with Richard Deitsch this week and named her likely replacement — FanDuel TV reporter and analyst Andie Biancone — and revealed that Biancone has been shadowing her at major races over the past year.

“I know that NBC has somebody in mind because she has shadowed me for the last couple of races, and that would be Andie Biancone,” Brothers said. “She’s covered horse racing for FanDuel TV for the last couple of years. She’s young. She’s enthusiastic. She’s engaged to Keith Asmussen, a jockey and trainer. I think she does a fantastic job on FanDuel TV. One thing that I’ve said to NBC is that she knows more about the stories of the people on the backside than I’ve ever known, and I hope they do lean into that a little bit more because there’s a lot of great stories back there that we haven’t even touched on.”

Brothers said Biancone shadowed her at last year’s Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar and was back with her this past week for both Kentucky Oaks Day and Kentucky Derby Day, spending time on the track for four races leading up to the Derby itself. By the time the horses hit the gate on Saturday, Biancone had seen firsthand exactly how Brothers positions herself before a race and how she gets into place to make that post-race interview happen.