After popping molly at last year’s Kentucky Derby, Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker — and his pink pants and white fedora — returned to Churchill Downs this week to watch his horse, Undrafted, compete at today’s Twin Spires Turf Print Stakes.
.@WesWelker meets w/ John Velazquez, who will be on his 5 year-old gelding, UNDRAFTED, in the TwinSpires Turf Sprint. pic.twitter.com/I8GLlUNJoM
— TwinSpires (@TwinSpires) May 1, 2015
Unfortunately for Wes, Undrafted came up short to finish second for the second consecutive year:
Wes Welker's Undrafted came up just short of catching Power Alert at the line in the Twin Spires Turf Sprint.
— Derby News (@KentuckyDerbyCJ) May 1, 2015
However, despite the loss, second-place still does get paid, so hopefully his former Patriots teammates got in on the action:
UNDRAFTED. welkers horse wins. Stay tuned. #wreck em pic.twitter.com/frBLkkOL3t
— Danny Amendola (@DannyAmendola) May 1, 2015
Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and the boys are headed the Kentucky Derby. (via @stevesilva) pic.twitter.com/VFbEDFwlt7
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 1, 2015
Sidenote: is that Matt Cassell next to the oversized blazer?