Earlier today, ABC announced that they would be releasing the name of the second cast member for this upcoming season of "Dancing With The Stars" on tonight's episode of ESPN2's "Sports Nation." All we knew was that it would be an athlete of some sort and it turns out the newest celebrity to join the hit show is Triple Crown Winning jockey Victor Espinoza!
"Welcome Triple Crown Winner @EspinozasVictor to #DWTS!" the show posted on its official Twitter.
Espinoza accomplished so much when he and his speedy horse American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness and The Belmont Stakes earlier this year, according to ABC. He proudly rode American Pharaoh, accomplishing something that hadn't been done in 37 years. He was also the first hispanic jockey to ever win the Triple Crown.
He's been quite successful before this achievement, as well. He has won over 3,000 races in his entire career. As if this isn't amazing enough, he also donates 10 percent of all his winnings to The City of Hope, which supports childhood cancer research.
Just yesterday, "DWTS" and ABC announced the first star, Bindi Irwin, who is the daughter of the late Steve Irwin. We're looking forward to seeing what these two have in store for us on the dance floor! HNGN will keep you updated with the stars as the announcements are made.
Tune into "Good Morning America" on Sept. 2 to find out the complete list of stars and which pro they're being paired with for Season 21, which airs Sept. 14.
Welcome Triple Crown Winner @EspinozasVictor to #DWTS! pic.twitter.com/hMCEOu0KKR
— Official DWTS (@DancingABC) August 25, 2015
A video posted by Dancing with the Stars (@dancingabc) on Aug 25, 2015 at 4:10pm PDT
