Alex Bregman's Cubs Teammates Cheer His Horse At Churchill Downs

Alex Bregman signed his $175 million deal with the Cubs back in January, and it turns out the man comes with a side hustle attached. Bregman owns racehorses through Bregman Family Racing, and on Wednesday night a pack of his new teammates showed up at Churchill Downs to watch one of them cross the wire first.

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The Cubs all showed up to watch Alex Bregman’s horse win at Churchill Downs

This is not some rookie-year fluke of a hobby, either. Bregman and his wife Reagan bought into thoroughbred racing in 2023, and their stable has campaigned horses like No Nay Mets, Cadillac Candy and Goldblooded across tracks from West Virginia to California. The Bregmans were even named co-2023 New Owner of the Year. And this isn't the first time a big-league roster has piled in to watch him win one, either — when his stable's first horse ever ran, more than a dozen of his old Astros teammates reportedly gathered to watch from the clubhouse at Globe Life Field.

Big Cat was in the mix trackside too, posting his own angle of the same celebration with the caption 'Dudes Rock' — a group of grown men in a tight circle losing it over a horse race is exactly the kind of chaos Barstool lives for. A few hours later, though, Big Cat had a different post up entirely, just two words: 'Cursed image.'

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Cursed image

No further explanation given, and honestly none needed — anyone who has scrolled Barstool at 2 a.m. knows a caption like that speaks for itself. Read into it what you want.

The bigger picture here is a Cubs clubhouse that's clearly gelled fast around its new $35 million-a-year third baseman. Teams that win in October tend to be the ones who'll show up for each other's weird side quests in September, and a mob of players cheering their teammate's horse at Churchill Downs is about as good a sign of chemistry as any stat line.