IT’S an understatement that Nikola Jokic has had success, both on-and-off the court.

The 28-year-old superstar guided the Denver Nuggets to their first NBA championship in 2023 but also recently won a horse racing title in his home country Serbia.

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NBA star Nikola Jokic is a two-time MVP and recently won Finals MVPCredit: Getty

The Nuggets superstar is also a horseman and recently went viral for celebrating a horse race victory back in his home country SerbiaCredit: Twitter/TheNBACentral
The five-time All-Star Jokic won MVPs in back-to-back years (2021 and 2022).

He was given 2023 Finals MVP for his series performance against the Miami Heat after averaging 30.2 points, 14 rebounds, and 7.2 assists.

This week, Jokic’s reaction to winning a horse race went viral on social media.

The Nuggets’ big man was seen dancing and celebrating with his trophy while singing with his fellow Serbian comrades.

Jokic owns a stable full of “more than half a dozen” horses in Serbia, according to The Athletic.

The 6-foot-11, 284-pound specimen doesn’t ride horses, but his passion to train racehorses stems from his childhood.

“At some point in my life I started to go into horse racing,” Nikola said SlamMagazine in 2016.

“I just fell in love with horses and their beauty and elegance.

“It was like a hobby for me.”

Shortly after winning the championship in June, Jokic’s father, Branislav, told AP that there was a point, early on, his son was more interested in being a horseman than a basketball player.

“He 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 (being a horseman) those days,” Branislav said.

“He would say, ‘Dad, I want to become a horseman.’

“And I used to tell him: ‘Son, become a basketball player first, and you’ll become a great horseman later.”

Jokic and the Nuggets claimed the title victory on June 18.

And three days later, the 28-year-old made it back to Serbia for Sunday horse racing.

The Denver Nuggets big man made it to the hippodrome in his northern Serbian hometown of Sombor to see a harness race, per the AP.

As for basketball, Jokic has decided not to join Serbia for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup starting next month.

The 28-year-old superstar has earned $150million in his career.

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Jokic at one point was more interested in being a horseman instead of a basketball playerCredit: Getty