UFC champ Conor McGregor's horse-jockey training isn't going well

UFC champion Conor McGregor’s new career as a horse jockey is off to a rough start.

The MMA superstar recently teamed up with the $12 Million Pegasus World Cup Invitational, which bills itself as “the world’s richest Thoroughbred horse race,” and actor/comedian actor Jon Lovitz for a series of digital comedy shorts.

Pegasus takes place Jan. 28 and airs on NBC from Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. McGregor will be featured as the honorary “13th jockey” for the 12-horse race. He’s teamed up with Lovitz for a four-part comedy series, with new episodes debuting weekly.

McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) recently won his second UFC belt (though he was stripped of the first), and he’s expected to be out of action for the next 10 months, according to UFC President Dana White. However, the 28-year-old Irishman is keeping busy with side gigs, including some comedic acting for the Pegasus race.

Check out the second short, which focuses on McGregor’s preparations as a horse jockey, above.

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