Hey! Did you know that former MLB outfielder Jayson Werth — who played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals and has a World Series ring from 2008 — is a Kentucky Derby horse owner?
Well, co-owner. He’s got Dornoch running in the 2024 edition of the Run For the Roses, and he’s rightfully nervous.
Per MLB.com, while on with the MLB Network: “I never stressed out, I never worried about one [baseball] game as long as I lived. Coming into a horse race, it’s like, I’m a nervous wreck.”
According to the Associated Press, he owns shares of over a dozen of horses with his stable Two Eight Racing (because he wore No. 28 during his career).
Here he is with the horse he’s hoping will win:
“As a retired athlete, this sport fills a void. It checks a lot of boxes.”
Jayson Werth watches on as his Kentucky Derby horse DORNOCH schools in the Churchill Downs paddock. @Twoeightracing pic.twitter.com/EWnt5MR6Fa
— FanDuel Racing (Formerly TVG) (@FanDuel_Racing) May 2, 2024
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