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Eurohoops: 😍🏇Nikola Jokic loves his horses so much that he has pictures of them in his locker room!

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Harrison Wind: Michael Malone: "Nikola had a great summer with his horses. His stable is getting bigger and bigger and bigger. He's got horses everywhere now. I asked him, 'When I'm done coaching, maybe I can clean the stables out and have a job.' He said, 'Maybe. We'll see.'"

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While his horses are quick, Parker's time in the sport certainly isn't going to be. The four-time NBA champion said: "I'm here for a long time. When I decided to invest in the horse world, it was to last. I was waiting for this moment after having spent 20 years of my life in Texas, where I was surrounded by horses and raches."

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After moving to Vancouver, British Columbia, at the age of 7, Robert Sacre lost touch with horses completely. Embracing the city life and basketball, he didn’t touch a horse until coming to Spokane to play basketball for GU. Eventually, he met people with horses and found his way back to the animals from his youth. Now, he has two horses of his own and has sold a couple of race horses. Biggie, a quarter horse and thoroughbred cross, stands at about 17 hands. His other horse, Swingtime, is slightly smaller at about 16.3 hands and is a Tennessee Walker.

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Despite the fun they had on their trip, Sacre is taking some time off from the breeding world until November. During the break and with the energy he has from not playing basketball, he plans on getting his excavation business going and spending time with his family. Currently, his horses are staying on a farm in Montana. In a of couple months, he’ll bring them back to Spokane and will help his 5-year-old daughter start training for rodeo this summer. All three of his kids love dirt and being around horses.

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Now on a break and owning enough land for two horses outside of Spokane, Sacre focuses his energy on what makes him happy: that meditative state found in the backcountry and being with horses. “That's why I love my horses so much, because it puts you in that moment where you're in that flow state,” Sacre said. “Most of our depression, anxiety, being upset and all that type of stuff comes from thinking about the past… from thinking about the future and what we need to do. But when you're in that moment, that's all you're focused on. And that's the closest thing to enlightenment you can be in.”

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Katy Winge: Me: “what is it about the horses that is so soothing to you?” Jokić: "I like the smell of them. The best feeling ever is when you feed them. The sound of them eating in the stable is the best sound you can ever hear. It's just something that I think just a horseman can feel." pic.twitter.com/7SWebZEhW4

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Harrison Wind: Nikola Jokic on his horses: "I like the smell of them. The best feeling ever is when you feed them. The sound of them eating in the stable is the best sound you can ever hear. It's just something that I think just a horseman can feel."

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“Knicks Go” is the hottest racehorse on the planet, but, unfortunately, his name has nothing to do with the New York basketball team. The 5-year-old grey colt rolled to his fourth consecutive victory Saturday in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, just three months after he romped in the Breeders Cup dirt mile. Tom Thibodeau would be proud. However, the Korean owner explained the horse was actually named “K-Nicks,” and “Kicks” just became the common pronunciation.

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Boban Marjanovic: I got my horses in the back..... @LilNasX

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Kobe Bryant may still be a ways off from recovering from a torn Achilles tendon, but a horse is picking up the slack. According to the Los Angeles Times, Lee Searing’s two-year-old colt Kobe’s Back was given its name after Bryant’s injury in April. And so far, Kobe Bryant’s winning ways have translated from the court to the track. Kobe’s Back took first place and a $100,000 prize in Hollywood’s Willard Proctor Memorial horse race.

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Bryant and Gasol bid against each other for an ownership stake in a 4-year-old gelding named Siempre Mio as part of a Lakers Foundation fundraiser at Riviera Country Club on Tuesday night. Santa Anita Park chief executive officer Mark Verge donated a 25% stake in the gelding along with a day at the races as part of a live auction. "Pao Gasol bid first, but then he and Kobe got into a little bit of a bidding war. Kobe won the bidding at $8,000," Doug O'Neill, who trains the gelding, said Wednesday. Verge then offered Gasol a chance to buy a 25% interest in the horse in exchange for a donation to the Lakers Foundation. Part of the deal was that the new owners pay no expenses in the horse's care and training.

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