{"id":121266,"date":"2024-08-27T22:32:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T22:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/travis-kelce-buys-share-of-racehorse-named-swift-delivery\/"},"modified":"2024-08-27T22:32:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T22:32:18","slug":"travis-kelce-buys-share-of-racehorse-named-swift-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/27\/travis-kelce-buys-share-of-racehorse-named-swift-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Buys Share of Racehorse Named Swift Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"127.51898734177\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3698179\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Travis Kelce.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">LEANDRO LOZADA\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/travis-kelce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a> isn\u2019t a one trick pony \u2014 and his latest business venture includes horses and a nod to girlfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Team Valor International founder and CEO, <strong>Barry Irwin<\/strong>, announced on Tuesday, August 27, that Kelce, 34, recently acquired a \u201csignificant share\u201d of their 3-year-old gelding, Swift Delivery, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhorse.com\/horse-racing\/articles\/279267\/nfl-superstar-kelce-joins-ownership-of-swift-delivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bloodhorse<\/em><\/a>. (Swift Delivery is owned by Team Valor and <strong>Gary Barber<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>Kelce isn\u2019t the only money man who recently came on board. The Zoldan family, which owns Phantom Fireworks, was also named as one of Swift Delivery\u2019s new shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>While Swift Delivery was named before Kelce began dating the singer, 34, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in summer 2023<\/a>, the connection to Swift <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelce-jokes-about-taylor-swift-effect-while-meeting-fans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hardly feels like a coincidence<\/a>. (Kelce hasn\u2019t commented on his horse racing venture or spoken about the animal\u2019s moniker.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.404432132964\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Travis-Kelce-and-Taylor-Swift-after-AFC-championship-.jpg?crop=0px%2C31px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Travis-Kelce-and-Taylor-Swift-after-AFC-championship-.jpg?quality=70&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTaylor Swift and Travis Kelce are all anyone can talk about. Swift and Kelce were first linked in July 2023 when the Kansas City Chiefs tight end shared he attempted to ask Swift out after attending her Eras Tour. \u201cI was a little butthurt I didn\u2019t get to hand her one of the bracelets I [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this year, Kelce was the guest of <strong>Bruce Zoldan <\/strong>and his son <strong>Alex<\/strong> <strong>Zoldan<\/strong> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-attend-kentucky-derby-2024-travis-kelce-wynonna-judd-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Kentucky Derby<\/a>. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end gushed about the experience on a May episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/travis-and-jason-kelce-sign-9-figure-deal-for-their-new-heights-podcast-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his \u201cNew Heights\u201d podcast<\/a>, hinting that horse racing might be his new passion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Derby guy now, man,\u201d Travis told his brother, <strong>Jason Kelce<\/strong>, at the time. \u201cIt was so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Travis was excited about the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/pictures\/travis-kelces-hella-good-facial-hair-evolution-through-the-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dope experience<\/a>\u201d and being \u201cpart of the environment\u201d as a whole. However, he was even more thrilled to rub elbows with the Zoldan family after they previously won the Kentucky Derby in 2011 with Animal Kingdom. The Zoldans were working with Team Valor at the time of the win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.6801909307876\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-attend-kentucky-derby-2024-travis-kelce-wynonna-judd-and-more\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/promo-01-stars-attend-kentucky-derby-2024.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Celebs Dress to Impress at the Kentucky Derby\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/promo-01-stars-attend-kentucky-derby-2024.jpg?quality=55&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-attend-kentucky-derby-2024-travis-kelce-wynonna-judd-and-more\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Alix Earle, Travis Kelce and More Dress to Impress at the Kentucky Derby<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHollywood broke out their fanciest hats as they took over Louisville for the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 4. Travis Kelce rocked a fedora for the event while Thomas Rhett donned a cowboy hat at the horse racing event. Meanwhile, \u201cStar-Spangled Banner\u201d performer Wynonna Judd wore a black hat accented with tulle on the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey have been ingrained in the Derby for 30 years,\u201d Travis explained. \u201cThe Zoldans are rightfully treated like royalty there. They made it easy and fun to come out there and enjoy the Derby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NFL player was also giddy about winning almost $100,000 when he bet on Forever Young at the track.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past year, Travis hasn\u2019t only won big on horse racing. He hit the romance jackpot with girlfriend Swift, who he went public with last fall. Swift was spotted at 13 of Travis\u2019 football games last season, including the Chiefs\u2019 2024 Super Bowl matchup against the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas in February.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3698180\" style=\"width: 740px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:138.42857142857%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3698180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-%E2%80%94-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Travis Kelce Buys Share of Race Horse \u2014 And Surprise the Name Has a Connection to Taylor Swift 271\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Travis-Kelce-Buys-Share-of-Race-Horse-\u2014-And-Surprise-the-Name-Has-a-Connection-to-Taylor-Swift-271.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Taylor Swift.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Gareth Cattermole\/TAS24\/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Travis has also supported Swift\u2019s career, joining her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/every-time-travis-kelce-attended-taylor-swifts-eras-tour-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several of her <em>Eras Tour<\/em> stops<\/a> all over the world. During his NFL off season, Travis also made his concert debut by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/travis-kelce-breaks-down-how-he-ended-up-on-stage-with-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joining Swift on stage<\/a> during a June performance in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wanna keep things private, but at the same time, I\u2019m not here to, like, hide anything,\u201d Travis said of his relationship with Swift on the \u201cBussin\u2019 With the Boys\u201d podcast in June. \u201cThat\u2019s my girl. You know what I mean? That\u2019s my lady, so it\u2019s, like, I\u2019m proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Swift, meanwhile, has documented their romance in song on a few tracks off her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelce-is-secure-and-fine-with-taylor-swifts-ttpd-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Tortured Poets Department<\/em><\/a> album. (The record also details Swift\u2019s April 2023 split from <strong>Joe Alwyn<\/strong> after six years of dating.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have daily FaceTimes when they\u2019re apart and send cute texts to each other,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-are-in-their-easy-era-romance-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a source exclusively told <em>Us Weekly<\/em><\/a> in June as the couple celebrated their first anniversary. \u201cA year [into their relationship] there is such an ease between them. It seems like they\u2019ve been together longer because they are so in tune.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Swift showed that she and Travis are going strong as they celebrated her tour break <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-spotted-together-amid-eras-tour-break\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at her house in Rhode Island<\/a>. Jason, 36, and his wife, <strong>Kylie Kelce<\/strong>, as well as Swift\u2019s BFFs <strong>Blake Lively<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan Reynolds<\/strong>, <strong>Gigi Hadid<\/strong> and her boyfriend, <strong>Bradley Cooper<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/guide-to-the-celeb-guests-at-taylor-swift-travis-kelces-bash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were all seen on the property<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/travis-kelce-buys-share-of-racehorse-named-swift-delivery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Kelce. LEANDRO LOZADA\/AFP via Getty Images Travis Kelce isn\u2019t a one trick pony \u2014 and his latest business venture includes horses and a nod to girlfriend Taylor Swift. Team Valor International founder and CEO, Barry Irwin, announced on Tuesday, August 27, that Kelce, 34, recently acquired a \u201csignificant share\u201d of their 3-year-old gelding, Swift [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-121266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}