Jayson Werth got to Churchill Downs in the middle of Kentucky Derby week and was overcome by a familiar feeling.
“It has some fragrance of the World Series,” he said. “Things are totally different now. We’re at the barns, roads are blocked off, there’s security everywhere. It’s definitely heightened, and you get the sense, ‘This is it, this is the highest level of the sport.’”
“It’s surreal: We kind of got into this as a hobby, and it’s turned into a passion,” Werth told The Associated Press by phone. “I’ve got a passion for the sport like I would’ve never thought, and I want to share it with the world.” Having a prominent athlete espousing his love for horse racing certainly doesn’t hurt as work is ongoing to bring in new fans.
Werth thinks regular people owning racehorses - even micro shares like 2023 Derby winner Mage, a full brother of Dornoch - is a way into the sport that has historically had a high barrier of entry because of costs. He describes watching a race now like being in the dugout with a teammate trying to round the bases to score and win a game.
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