Jayson Werth is aware of stress. The previous MLB All-Star and World Sequence champion was within the highlight a number of instances all through his profession, however Werth has by no means been extra nervous than he’s this week.
This weekend, the 2024 Kentucky Derby will probably be run in Louisville, and Werth fairly actually has a horse within the race. Werth co-owns Dornoch, the brother of 2023 Kentucky Derby champion Mage, which will probably be within the race this weekend.
“I by no means stressed, I by no means nervous about one [baseball] recreation so long as I lived,” Werth stated throughout an look on MLB Community. “Coming right into a horse race, it is like, I am a nervous wreck.”
Werth has competed on baseball’s largest stage, however he says there isn’t any feeling fairly like having a horse on the monitor. The truth is, Werth thinks horse racing is perhaps the perfect under-the-radar sport on the market.
“It is powerful to beat, man, it is an adrenaline rush like by no means earlier than,” Werth stated. “I evaluate it actually to successful championships, to successful divisions, to successful postseason video games. It’s the most underrated sport on the planet, bar none.”
If Dornoch follows in its co-owner’s footsteps, it could very nicely wind up within the winner’s circle on the Kentucky Derby. Within the 2008 World Sequence, as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, Werth hit .444 with one residence run and three RBI en path to a championship.
Dornoch will attempt to take residence the primary leg of the Triple Crown in Louisville on Saturday evening. Submit time for the Kentucky Derby is slated for six:57 p.m. ET.
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