{"id":512707,"date":"2025-10-19T20:30:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/512707\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T20:30:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T20:30:38","slug":"how-many-horses-does-nikola-jokic-own-inside-denver-nuggets-stars-passion-for-horse-racing-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/512707\/","title":{"rendered":"How many horses does Nikola Joki\u0107 own? Inside Denver Nuggets star\u2019s passion for horse racing | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HowNikola Jokic is a horse lover (Image via Getty Images) Nikola Joki\u0107, the Denver Nuggets<\/a>‘ poster boy, is a horse enthusiast. Again, he is a champion, here a horse owner at a harness racing competition in his homeland of Serbia. Everybody who is a Nuggets fan is aware that Nikola Jokic spends every summer season of the NBA living his typical Serbian style, which includes a lot of horse racing and rafting tours. In Serbia, his country of origin, Jokic has a horse stable of a few horses which participate in a number of different races.<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic\u2019s stirring bond with his majestic horses reveals a different side of the NBA star<\/p>\n

After all, Nikola Jokic<\/a> is a winner at the racecourse this summer. After reaping the success of his horse at a race in Subotica, Serbia, Denver Nuggets’ star Jokic celebrated in a very emotional manner. Cameras caught. Jokic cried on the sidelines when his horse reached the finish line, and he then jumped over the gate in celebration to welcome the driver and his horse.Following helping his driver stand up, Jokic sprinkled and poured the champagne on everyone, including the horse, before pouring it over himself. In the Sombor suburbs of Serbia, his father Branislav owns a local harness racing club.Joki\u0107 was overcome with emotion when his horse, Demon Dell\u2019Est, won the annual Du\u017eijanac event in Subotica in the closing moments. Joki\u0107 sobbed as he soaked up the moment, his head in his hands after his horse crossed the finish line. With his squad, he then leaped a barrier to celebrate on the track, still clearly filled with joy. Joki\u0107 also assisted in lifting his driver and showered himself and the group with champagne in the winner’s circle.With his squad, he then leaped a barrier to celebrate on the track, still clearly filled with joy. Joki\u0107 also assisted in lifting his driver and showered himself and the group with champagne in the winner’s circle.After his horse<\/a> won a race and received about $450 in prize money, Nikola Joki\u0107 became emotional. With how calm and composed he was after an NBA championship, most are surprised at how emotional he gets about his horses.Following the Nuggets’ victory in the 2023 NBA championship, Branislav Joki\u0107 informed the Associated Press that his son had always been interested in horses, even though he had worked tirelessly to reach the NBA.\u201cHe started growing, both in height and in size, and he started to become aware that he could be a basketball player, but he had a great desire in those days. He would say, \u2018Dad, I want to become a horseman.\u2019 And I used to tell him: \u2018Son, become a basketball player first, and you\u2019ll become a great horseman later.\u2019\u201dHis jubilant celebration immediately evoked memories of his on-court interview after winning the 2023 NBA Finals and declaring, “The job is done.” We are now free to return home.When questioned about the impending title parade during the subsequent press conference, Jokic said:”No. I must return home. He explained that his remarks were made because the parade on Thursday would be too near to his Sunday horse racing\u2026\u201dJokic has always had a deep affection for horses. When his family took him to racing day in his hometown when he was twelve, he fell in love with them. He even traveled back to his horse stable in Serbia to receive his 2022 MVP<\/a> award.Teammate Aaron Gordon and Jokic traveled to Serbia during the 2023 offseason to watch a horse race. American horse jockey Tim Tetrick, with whom Jokic had a romance, said that Jokic was keen on horse racing and that three-time MVP Jokic would become a horse trainer after retirement.<\/p>\n

Nikola Jokic\u2019s unstoppable presence on court and his serene connection with horses<\/p>\n

Draymond Green<\/a> just revealed the most challenging defence he has ever come across. During Kai Cenat’s live stream, Green voiced some concern regarding a particular player in relation to the players of this era. He acknowledged that he still causes a lot of trouble for the majority of the guys. Then he stated: \u201cThe hardest now is Joker [Nikola Jokic]. I play with Steph, so I don\u2019t have that headache \u2026 Luka [Doncic] will always be one of the toughest, but that ain\u2019t my matchup. The hardest to guard right now is Joker.\u201dJokic’s height and intelligence are considered to make him more difficult for players to guard. He was able to score whenever he wanted and distribute the ball in ways that others couldn’t. Green praised Jokic for being the most difficult player in the game to protect and praised Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic<\/a> and teammate Stephen Curry for being superb defenders.Also read: What is Nikola Jokic’s net worth? Salary and endorsement deals explored as Miami Heat star receives bold prediction from NBA Hall of Famer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikola Jokic is a horse lover (Image via Getty Images) Nikola Joki\u0107, the Denver Nuggets‘ poster boy, is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[133797,167585,167587,167584,167588,167586,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-512707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-denver-nuggets","9":"tag-nikola-jokic-horse-racing","10":"tag-nikola-jokic-horse-stable","11":"tag-nikola-jokic-horses","12":"tag-nikola-jokic-nba-star","13":"tag-nikola-jokic-passion-for-horses","14":"tag-racing","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115402732017735326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}