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New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton will be sporting special shoes at the Kentucky Derby.
(Photo courtesy of Tuna Seither)
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on May 06, 2016 at 11:43 AM, updated May 06, 2016 at 12:12 PM
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- It isn't hard to get swept up in the glitz and glamour of Kentucky Derby week.
Even racing neophyte Sean Payton is jumping into the fray.
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Watch Sean Payton talk about the Kentucky DerbyNew Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton talks about the Saints owners Tom and Gayle Benson and their two Kentucky Derby horses
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New Orleans Saints coach is attending his first Kentucky Derby this Saturday in support of Saints owners Tom and Gayle Bensons, who have two colts in the race.
The horses, Mo Tom and Tom's Ready, will be doing the heavy lifting. Payton is just along for the ride.
"It's out of my league," Payton said last week at the Zurich Classic. "I'm excited to be there and be a part of it for them. I don't know a whole lot. You hand me the Racing Guide, and other than the number of horses, that's about all I can read."
Payton has been in Louisville since Wednesday along with the Bensons and attended the Derby post position draw. Come Saturday, he'll be sporting some custom shoes to go along with his seersucker suit.
"My buddies never thought one day I would buy a seersucker (suit)," Payton said, "I only saw it in the movies."
New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton will be sporting special shoes at the 2016 Kentucky DerbyPhoto courtesy of Tuna Seither
Local artist Tuna Seither painted some new shoes for Payton in the white, gold and blue colors of GMB Racing. The GMB silks are painted on the top of each shoe to represent the two horses, while Mo Tom and Tom's Ready are written on the back.
"It's a great story," Payton said. "People spend their whole lives buying horses and looking at horses. Two of their first group are in this race. To some degree the city is behind it. It's one of their horses. It'll be exciting."