After quietly arriving in town, Nikola Jokic was spotted, recognized, and photographed by several basketball fans. The Serbian player and star of the Denver Nuggets, who was awarded the Most Valuable Player award this season, certainly did not go unnoticed at 2m 11cm tall.

Currently on vacation—his Nuggets were eliminated by the Phoenix Suns in the second round of the playoffs, and Serbia lost its playoff to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics against Italy—he visited Ferrara yesterday due to his passion for horses. His real destination was the Zenzalino stables, about thirty kilometers from Este, where Varenne, perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time, was born 26 years ago, winning numerous prizes, including two Prix d’Ameriques and three Gran Premio Lotterias.

The basketball champion, who was “caught” on the streets and in a downtown store while buying a beer, spent the night at the Hotel Annunziata in Ferrara. The question now is whether, with a contract worth $29 million a season, he intends to buy a racehorse. Fans are excited about Nikola Jokic’s sighting after the Paris Olympics.