Travis Kelce Buys Stake in Racehorse Named Swift Delivery: ‘A No-Brainer’
The NFL star is betting on Swift!
Travis Kelce has found his good luck charm in Taylor Swift!
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 34, has invested in a racehorse with a name inspired by his pop superstar girlfriend, also 34.
“Travis Kelce joins Team Valor International & Gary Barber in ownership of 3-year-old SWIFT DELIVERY,” a news ticker announcement read on TeamValor.com on Tuesday, Aug. 27.
The three-time Super Bowl winner and the 14-time Grammy winner went public with their romance in October 2023.
A rep for Kelce has not commented.
Team Valor International founder and CEO Barry Irwin confirmed the news to the Associated Press on Tuesday.
“It’s very exciting,” Irwin told the outlet via phone. “I met him at the Kentucky Derby and got to spend some time with him and stuff, and we talked about horses and everything. When this horse came to light and it was owned by one of my partners already, with the name I figured this has got to be a no-brainer.”
Even Jason Kelce, 36, got in on the fun as he reacted to his younger brother’s latest purchase on X (formerly Twitter) with a nod to Swift.
“But does it have an enlarged heart…. Can this horse do it with a broken heart! @tkelce,” Jason wrote, referencing Swift’s “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart” song from her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department.
But does it have an enlarged heart…. Can this horse do it with a broken heart! @tkelce https://t.co/rLO442aFp4
— Jason Kelce (@JasonKelce) August 27, 2024
During a May 8 episode of the New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce podcast, Travis couldn’t help but vent to his brother over how he “almost won” $100,000 at the annual Louisville horse racing event.
“I was a nose away from winning that f—ing thing, dude,” he Jason, noting that he put money on two horses, Numbers 11 and 2.
“I was a beginner. I didn’t get too far into that,” Travis continued. “I just wanted to f—-ing put the money that I brought in there and throw it down on like one horse and just get f—-ing pumped if that thing was even close. And sure enough, coming around that corner, you see that thing … come up.”
“… I almost f—ing won $100,000 off a Japanese horse in the Kentucky Derby. Do you think America would have shamed me for that?” Travis added, jokingly.
