Former NFL QB Delhomme Scores With Touchuponastar
BH Interview: Jake Delhomme
Touchuponastar upset winner in the G2 New Orleans Classic Stakes. Hodges photography.
Former NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme of Breaux Bridge, La., celebrated his hometown-hero horse Touchuponastar 's first graded stakes win March 22 in the New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2), an upset victory over 2024 champion three-year-old male and Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Sierra Leone .
Touchuponastar was a $15,000 purchase by Delhomme at the 2020 Texas Thoroughbred Association Yearling and HORA Sale, and has now banked more than $1.4 million in career earnings with a record of 15-4-2 from 21 starts, never finishing off the board.
Delhomme played for the Carolina Panthers from 2003-09, leading them to the NFC championship in his first season. He set an NFL record for longest passing touchdown in a Super Bowl with an 85-yard pass to Muhsin Muhammad in Super Bowl XXXVIII and became the first quarterback in NFL history to achieve four consecutive postseason road victories. Delhomme was inducted into the Carolina Panthers Hall of Honor in 2019.
Now, along with his brother and trainer Jeff Delhomme and father Jerry Delhomme, they operate Set-Hut Stable, focusing mainly on Louisiana-bred horses. Although his focus has shifted primarily to horses, Delhomme still serves as a color analyst for the Panthers' radio team.