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Attendees at Thoroughbred sales are used to familiar faces — the industry is a tight-knit circle comprised of people attending the same events. But the Keeneland September yearling sale brought a different type of familiar face to the sales pavilion Sept. 10.

Terry Bradshaw, the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers who for the last 30 years has come into homes as part of FOX’s NFL Sunday crew, was in Lexington Tuesday.

Swift Delivery may have finished second in his stakes debut, the Aug. 31 Toronto Cup Stakes at Woodbine, but that has not dampened the spirit of National Football League superstar and part-owner Travis Kelce.

“We still have a lot of faith in him,” Kelce said during a Sept. 4 episode of the “New Heights Podcast” that he co-hosts alongside his brother and fellow Super Bowl champion, Jason.

When you access your favorite streaming service such as Netflix or Hulu, you expect to find a blockbuster movie like “Barbie” or “Twister.”

Mega stars like Tom Cruise or Meryl Streep. Maybe “The Rock.”

But coming soon to your television or streaming device may be ... Mike Repole?

Swifties, football fans, and horse racing fans learned Aug. 27 that Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro Travis Kelce became a part-owner of a 3-year-old racehorse named Swift Delivery.

Barry Irwin, founder and CEO of Team Valor International, announced Aug. 27 that the Zoldan Family, owners of Phantom Fireworks, alongside Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl-winning tight end Travis Kelce, have recently acquired a significant share of Team Valor’s interest in the 3-year-old gelding Swift Delivery, which Team Valor owns with Gary Barber.

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