Indiana Champions Day | Racing Rachel

Big day at Horseshoe Indianapolis tomorrow we welcome

in Rachie Racing Rachel at racing Rachel M on the socials

are usual Friday horse racing spot heads N Rachel, when you

started there did you see a quarter $1,000,000 Indiana Derby

on your bingo card? Was that something you thought

would be happening in 2025? No.

And just so everyone knows that I have been at this property for

like 12 years and when I first started it was like 6:00 every

night. We weren't done until 11.

It was kind of like build it and they'll come.

And now it's it's been elevated to such.

I'm so proud of it, to be a part of it, to be honest with you.

Yeah, it's an incredible card tomorrow if you are especially I

think a a race to race kind of player, if you're an exacto

trifecta player, just with the size of the fields.

Rachel. Yeah, the size of the fields are

amazing and it's also got a little bit of everything.

Me and Louis dabble in some Quarter Horse betting as well.

I'll have everyone know we do. I think you and I do pretty good

on on the quarter. So it's 7 thoroughbred race

races and then we switched gears to Quarter horse for the last

five and yeah, just handicap after handicap, steak after

steak. All the races are are just came

up amazing. And I always tell the local

people here that, you know, the Kentucky Derby is horses from

all across the country. But you know, this is all of our

premium Indiana breads here today, tomorrow.

No, that's right. I, I always get excited for this

day just because it's, you know, as a guy who follows the

circuit, it's all the horses that I know and those sorts of

things. I'm sure for, you know, track

announcer John Dooley, it's one of those days where, oh, I know

that horse. Oh, I know the connections, oh,

I know the jockey. That sort of thing.

Makes it at least a little bit easier than that.

You do have a pick 5 early in the card here that starts in

race 3. But if people are interested,

you know, I hear all the time, Rachel, I need bigger fields and

I need lower takeouts. Well, great news.

Indiana has both. The Lady Foghorn Handicap is

race 3. Philly's three years old, so

this is their Oaks up there as well.

Going a mile 70 yards there for $200,000.

Couple of favorites in here. Did you lay?

Not a favorite. I keep wanting Molly's potion to

run better just because I love Don Fontenot.

She's a been around forever and she showed so much promise last

year and she just kind of is bouncing a little bit.

I don't know what what's going on, but I just I keep rooting

for her. I don't know that she's going to

win that one, but I you know, the 9 is the 8:00 to 5:00

morning line favorite, which shows you kind of how open this

is. But I think I'm going to end up

going with in his in his three last because, you know, I just

love John Heron, the Irishness and that reminds me of Sassanac

from for all you Outlander fans out there.

She's 3 for eight this year. Women that are listening today,

those are the only ones are going to get that.

It's it's a a bigger part of our crowd than I thought.

It's one point, Rachel. But yeah, the the market

research shows that we have a fair number of women that do

listen to this show. Don't don't worry.

You ever settle down up there in Indianapolis, in Shelbyville,

wherever the hell you are right now?

You are definitely a a wonderful ally to us women folk.

Well, there you go. I appreciate that very much.

The Indiana Stallion is up next. More more speaking to the

ladies. More ladies. 2 year old Phillies

here in this 100,000 on the line as well.

We're going 6 furlongs on the dirt course there.

Have you shut down the turf course for the year now?

Are we at that point? No, you know, Roy used to do

that. But Tony, Tony doesn't he, he's

rolled it. He rolled it from Thursday on

until this week. You know, it's obviously a

little soft, but these are just the way that these are written.

None of these states have ever been turf, so we just don't have

turf that day. But yeah, he's going to try to

keep it open as long as he can. But the reality of it is, you

know, it's not growing right now.

The grass is dying. So it's kind of like we're

trying to salvage what we have left of it.

But yeah, this. I don't know what to do in here.

Louis. I'm not even going to lie to

you, man. Like, Oh yeah.

I mean, do you have you have spirited justice in here?

Who is, you know, 3 for, you know, 3 for her last three

obviously from Greg Justice Farm, the leading trainer in in

leading a breeder, excuse me, in Indiana the last couple years,

Louie Contreras rides. If you wanted to get simple you

could use her, but I mean 12 horse field, gosh anything could

happen here. I know 2 year olds and a full.

I was literally going to say the exact same thing.

John Langmeyers L change looks good and he he's had a really

good year and you know, I interviewed him for this and and

another horse he has and and he's, you know, just so thankful

for the Indiana program and he loves how these have come up.

So I know he has big plans for her.

The seven Gosh, you really could make a case for all of my look.

Let me look at the 9 Imperial Merlo.

I agree with you. That was what I was going.

To ask you 7 and it's 15 to 1 and what's the better favorite

and his reign against Lt. and Theravati spirited justice.

I mean all most of these. So this is just a wide open race

and depending on how you do your ticket, if you find a single

later you might include half a field in this leg in my opinion.

Yeah, well, you definitely, if you're playing an exact

trifecta, got to throw Imperial Merlot and there she's been in

the trifecta three of her four career races racing Rachel with

us from up there at Horseshoe Indianapolis.

It is their state bread day. What is the official name of

tomorrow? We're doing Empire Showcase Day

up at Aqueduct. What's the official one of

yours? Champions Day.

It is. Indiana Champions Day Saturday.

We're starting early and you know how I love to get up early.

11:00 AM, first race goes off. So yeah, I'm just tickled to

dust. I'm sure your hair will look

great. The crowd ambassador has raced

5-6 furlogs here, keeping it with the Indiana breads, of

course. 2 year old race again. But on the boys side of things

here, a lot of interesting runners.

I love the inside. Silver scion here for Tony

Cunningham. Joe Ramos gets them out here 5

to 1. Where'd you land in this one?

Yeah. I like silver.

I like silver spine. I'm not going to lie to you

being on Fox Sports last two days.

I've looked at this last night in preparation for you and

literally that's all I've done. So I haven't even really

narrowed it down to for sure. But I do have the interest.

The ones that interest me are Mr. T, I'm definitely going to

include. And then Dahmer, which is just,

I truly on the Jeffrey Dahmer angle.

I cannot deal with the fact that thinking this was Dahmer.

And then, yeah, I think those two interest me.

And honestly, not even the name. Look at that last win.

He he came over some stuff to get through that and dueled and

battled for that win. Like I was super impressed with

how hard fought he got that one. So even though he's 20 to 1, I I

wouldn't put him on top, but I think I'm going to mix him in

and probably obviously the the favorite, the five Q's top notch

2 states, you know, even went to Prairie Meadows and tried didn't

do anything. But still that that shows you

what Gennaro, thank you. And Bruce, think of that guy.

Yeah. Jenny Garcia there on the

training job. Race 6 is the Kim Hammond

Overnight Handicap. I'm going to put you in a

potentially terrible spot. Who is Kim Hammond?

Kim Hammond was a horse woman for years and years and years.

I mean, like since I was an intern, she had already been

there for 20 years. An incredible horse woman.

She just I actually inducted her at the thing.

So you didn't put me in a terrible spot to let me tell you

something about Kim Hammond, that woman.

You thought she hated you, right?

Like she was one of those women that like you, you RBF, you know

what I mean? Like unapproachable, but you, I

was, you know, me, I go up and talk to anybody.

So I would just go right up to her and she'd make her laugh.

And I got her out of any live interview.

So she loved me because I never made her talk.

So she like, I was like the only person.

No, she liked plenty of people, but you know what I mean, Like

TV wise. She you would have thought she

hated me, but she was just wonderful.

And her family and her had been in racing forever.

She retired and she lives in a farm in Florida now, but she was

a big part of Indiana racing. Kim Hammond.

Spectacular. Well, her race is race.

So did I say 6? It is race 6.

How about that? Six furlongs on the dirt here.

Back to the Phillies and mares here. 3 and up in this one.

Not a minor race. Frankly, 55,000 is a lot of

money. A little chin in class up here,

my friends. At 514 Racing, I'm sure the

eight to one has no chance of standing up.

What would you land on in this? Yeah.

This is a tough one too. It seems like good horses have

had in most of these. It seems like they're on the

outside and I'm like on the inside right now.

So I'm God, I'm rooting for. And I know Tiana is one of my

friends too. Like, you know, you work in the

same state since you're 21 years old and it's like, you know,

these people for 10 years. I'm just so excited that Tiana

finally had some nice young horses.

Hot Middles, It's just a beast. And her and Hannah together have

been having some really good success.

She's had trouble getting the win lately, but a couple of nice

thirds in a similar handicap. It's the same level.

It was just, you know, a different named after a

different person. So I'm going to include her in

there. But gosh, work it, Wendy, those

E numbers, the speed number she's been putting up, man,

they're just they stand way out here.

So and maybe we should throw an E's magic for Eric since it was

his birthday yesterday. Our general manager, you guys,

this is his birthday. I'm just trying to get bounty

points and suck up at this point.

Yeah, he doesn't listen, so don't worry.

The I agree with just kidding. Imagine the moon's a fascinating

one in here as well. If we if we draw a line through

that handicap race last out, this rail horse has been really,

really good. And if there's any kind of

weather, obviously, imagine the moon a must, a must include here

for Antonio Duran. Yeah.

Don't you put that juju on me. You live in a rainforest.

What can I do? I can't.

I can't change that part. I started literally burning sage

and stuff in the offices and Eric literally almost fired me.

He's like, like, so seriously, that smells get out of here.

I'm trying to change this weather.

But yeah, you're right. He's got good form on and off

track. So of course that that has to be

the one you put money on if we get any kind of weather for

sure. I agree.

The Unreachable Star Handicap. I did some research for this.

Rachel, do you know how many state bread steaks the

Unreachable Star won in his career?

I believe it what I that was during my day when I first got

here. I retired unreachable star.

He loves watermelon and I want to say it was 9.

He won states 7 state bread of steaks in his career.

That's an uncool. Like first.

Death. It's an incredible number,

frankly. The Unreachable Star Handicap is

a race for three-year olds. A quarter, $1,000,000 is on the

line and they are going a mile, 70 yards there at Horseshoe

Indianapolis tomorrow. Who you got the big one?

This is the one. Where I kind?

Of went, I went back and I'm going back and forth between I

mean, it's obviously going to be the the top 2 favourites in the

morning line are the two best horses, right?

And after that I feel like you could maybe put something in,

but I cannot decide whether I want to go with rapid justice

the one, but I might because just because of the inside draw.

And let me tell you something about Gabe.

He liked we. I like Gabe.

I love Gabe. Gabe Tsai is the jockey, you

guys. But there's something going on

with our juju because that man, if he's on a live force and I

don't have him picked, he wins. He beats me every single time.

He makes me look like a fool on the simulcast.

And so, yeah, but I broke it yesterday because I picked him

and he had that winner. It was a it was a nice upset.

And so I've also got some some juju going with Gabe.

So I might have to get rapid justice with the Gabe thing.

And he he owes me some winners. You know what I mean?

Like that's how it's going right now.

Highly, highly technical. Pick the juju, yes.

The juju, yes. Hey, everybody knows you know

me. I I'm a woman.

I use intuition and and that that stuff gets gets a little

bit leg up over you can study all day long.

But if you had a feeling, you got a feeling.

You know what I mean, Lily. In these races, Rachel and I do

exactly I know what you're saying.

She's racing Rachel M by the way, on the socials.

Go find her there. The McAdoo in this race, Mitch

Merle having a really nice year frankly, and it's been a very

good move for him being more full time in Indiana.

I'm really happy for him frankly, that numbers are it's

spectacular for Greg Foley. So we see horses in the state

bred competitions, especially Rachel switch surfaces a lot

just because of condition book, right.

Just hey, I qualify for this. I got a three-year old cold.

He could run against other 3 year olds, etcetera.

Very very good on the turf recently has been McAdoo the

move back to the dirt. Do you think it can work just

even for once on Saturday? I mean he, I don't know, I

really don't think so. I just think he likes turf and

you made a really excellent point of why of, of something

that makes these races particularly so challenging.

And you and I have talked about this just us together.

But and in this meet, you guys, these Indiana trainers, they if

their horse is is, I'm not saying in like a bad way, but if

their horse is eligible for something and it lines up time

wise to where they can get a race in or they've got a shot at

all at that Indiana bred money, then that's they'll put them in

that, you know, and that's what makes these so challenging and

so fun to bet because, yeah, there's horses in here.

Like you said, he might, who knows, he might get in here and

just romp on the dirt. And that's what makes it fun to

handicap. I think that he's last well,

hard on me, but fun for the better.

Even these next few weeks. If you guys TuneIn like it's a

long shot after a long shot and you're looking at these races

and you're like, this horse fits this race, but what they put him

in there for and then he wins and it's like, whoa.

So it's really fun. Yeah, so for example, and why

these races are important for these programs, Sir Baji is the

three to one, one of the favorites.

He'll break from the 9. Marcelino Pedroza Junior gets

the ride for Gennaro Garcia. He was bred by Bruce and Lori

Murphy, who still have an ownership piece for $1500.

The horses made $151,000 this year and is running in a quarter

million. Dollars.

That's why these state programs really matter.

You're right, yeah. Yeah, and I, I just, I kind of

started a campaign to let people know that like just this CJ

Storm, I think she bought him for $2700 and he just won

$100,000 stake the other day at like 20 to 1.

So it's just, yeah, this Indiana bread program, I'm so proud of

it. It's such, it's, it's grown so

much and I, I think people are starting to realize, you know,

like they're affordable horses and you can make really good

money. So it's going to be a great day,

$1.7 million for grab them super soaked.

All right, well, enjoy the the quarter horse racing tomorrow.

Is Martha making the trip? And you didn't invite me even

though Martha's going to be there?

Oh, come on. Come on.

I can take you out, Martha. I'm so excited.

Did you not invite me back because I spoke Spanish in the

winner's circle last time and you're a little worried I'm

going to show you up in person, you know?

What? I never have ever felt upstaged

in my life. I have been on the TV with lots

of people. Do you know how many people when

I got back the next day were like and and I don't care what

Twitter says. I don't care what people.

I care what the people in my office say.

And they were all like, man, Louis, you girl, like he was.

Did the whole interview in Spanish.

I thought you did a little bit. I watched you did the whole

interview in Spanish. I am.

So I'm getting that, I'm getting that app and I'm I'm not going

to be outside on my home. Sheriff, you should, I think

actually, no, frankly, for especially for like, like Luna

Diaz, for example, who's the guy I did the interview with.

Like those young guys that are just just new to the United

States or whatever, don't have a lot of experience speaking

English, whatever. You know, they're still

insightful. You know, guys, they have things

they want to say. They are like three wins, three

wins in a day for a guy. He what is he, 1819, whatever.

I mean, like, that's an unbelievable day for a guy.

Yeah. And so like I wanted.

To I love that you did that. I I kid, I think that was

wonderful. And I always have someone

translate for them because I feel Spanish speaking people

that watch our signal that when you know, I let them, yeah,

translate. So I love that you did that.

I thought that was awesome, dude.

I got a bunch of those. I got a bunch of those like you

could tell guys who who who are Hispanophone were in the back

and like I just a couple of looks like either winks or like

nods at my in my direction. Not like I need to meet you or

anything, but rather just appreciate you doing that kind

of thing. Yeah, that way.

All right, racing Rachel M on the socials.

Go find her there. Have fun tomorrow, a big day and

tell Martha I say hey and that you didn't invite me.

Not that I'm not going to be there.

OK. OK, I will talk to you later.

Appreciate it. There you go, Race and

Graceland, the socials and of course up there at Horseshoe

Indianapolis for their big day tomorrow.

They start at 11. So if you're looking for an

earlier betting option before the games get going, go ahead

and check in with them. We'll talk to Dan Isel at 11:00.

Zach and I'll do our picks at 11:20 as well.

Some updates on the betting stuff that broke yesterday.

We'll talk about that next.