Mike, Louis, & Megan breakdown the dwindling field for the Belmont Stakes, impressive performances from last weekend, and preview the Ogden Phipps Stakes, The Louisville, The Thor’s Echo Handicap, and The Angels Flight.
Maxfield…Noooooooooooo
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I think naughty thoughts. I'm sure there's a market for
that. Okay, she's too young to know
that reference keep. All right, this is the horse
racing happy hour. This is Mark.
Know, Mike? Gandolfo Gan, DOL fo the
fabulous Devon. I thought you're going to say
Louis naughty thoughts Robo. Like, that's what I thought he
was now. Now that was so that was that
that was his name. Can you play that one more time?
Yes I can play with the Fab because what was great about
that is just the the way you delivered it was fantastic.
I think it's perfect. I'm sure there's a market for
that. She's just like our own little
out of context and by the way, I want to let you know like I
threw that together real quick in there could have been a lot
more that we can. That's what happens when I try
to produce a show of myself. All right.
I could have, we could have had a lot more references to make a
whole little Montage of just like all the other horses.
Oh, we will, it's still in existence.
Oh, absolutely. It was only later that most
important things first Megan. What are you drinking today?
I am her and obviously so I'm going to be.
Is it the same one again? I mean about she's got 10
seconds. Look at that.
See how much is left? Hardly any, you know what that
means is that this this is the end of this bottle.
Probably this week, this show right here.
So I mean, someone sponsors to sponsors your friends to send me
some alcohol, continue to do my job.
It's great, actually, I like many out.
I mean, but most of these places are owned by, you know,
conglomerates that have silver different brands.
We don't have to just have their bourbon on here, you know, could
be write whatever they want. Yeah, yeah, that's fine.
And you need a drink heavily today because Maxfield other
Derby A strong for. How did you handle the Maxfield?
Note news. Are you okay?
I'm so sad. I'm so sad because I thought he
was the worst for sure this year, but I'm also really sad
for the connections because they're just Brendan and I
mentioned his assistant Paul that I used to ride with like
are just such great people in the connection the owners to
everybody that's involved with the horse and just to have a
horse that's so talented and to be.
So unlucky in the biggest Spa Pots in our sport is just
terrible. So I'm glad that horse is gonna
be okay. Number one that's first and
foremost, but I mean bad luck, man, bad luck.
What's your sense? Megan after a surgery like that,
you know, they seem to be pretty pleased with the outcome of the
surgery, You know? Despite the injury can a horse
run with after that surgery. Yeah.
Depending on how it goes, which for him and they said it went
pretty well. They're a couple screws, put any
came out of it while he was standing.
So, with a little bit of rest, they can race again, but with a
horse that's so valuable. Usually we see them go to stud,
so I don't know, you know what's going to happen with them.
That's for them to decide. I hope he comes back when we get
to see him race as a four-year-old.
But just so so disappointing, not impossible but I think also
not likely in a lot of ways. Well and it's just crazy to me
about how much the Derby picture has changed in the last two
weeks. Yeah I mean no charlatan or
doesn't look like Charlton. I mean, and now this charlatan
say hmm. Yeah, right.
Maybe ride, you know, authentic look it got beat you.
No no. Throw that Phillies in there, I
think Swiss skydiver should go. I'm just saying to me and I
mean, why wouldn't she Gamble's gonna be the favorite by
default? So thank you are my friend of
the show kinky or I'm gonna need so much more alcohol for him to
be the favorite. Oh, I loved it because, you
know, backfield, you know, goes on the on the disabled list.
And then we immediately see something on Twitter about how
kinky or most time in the derby would be right behind his Ilan.
I'm like, give me all A king Guillermo propaganda.
I want all of that's gonna give me some gear.
Mama, I mean, I don't know why we haven't contacted them for a
sponsorship. Yeah.
Like I don't know why you guys aren't wearing t-shirts and hats
that they can Guillermo like Victor Martinez on the shame
that we have to. It's gonna know it's going to
happen for sure. So, speaking of that, though, is
on the same kind of like, you know, so Volante runs pretty big
race on Wednesday. He looked terrific.
Eat he did all hold up, isn't that a drinking rule?
Don't you have to drink when you say, saw The Lawns?
Are you not allowed to talk about him anymore?
Go on. I am the real keeper.
Yes, I guess I'm just a bad influence.
Something I've learned from Megan very quickly.
In our four shows together. Is that she's obsessed with
class like I am, okay. And it's like social class.
It's so, but so Volante, everything he did in that race
was, right. But it wasn't against Great
horses, right? So, you know, right speed
figures, right? You know, the the running
Styles, right? All those things but how much do
we give them credit for it? And so I also Megan some of this
talk like that. Talk at the Belmont.
That's a ten day layoff from Milan and 8th.
I just don't and in a ship and it's yeah.
I just don't see ya. Are you a lot?
Yeah, I am on the same page. I think it's a lot.
I mean but but to what you just said because the field has
dwindled so much. You know, why not?
Yeah, I gotta call my field was looking Awesome.
And then now it's like yeah look I made plenty of horses.
Have you know, made her career running second and third in big
spots. So there's that mind set to no
question. Absolutely Megan's.
Maiden might be in the Belmont. Who knows?
Maybe I don't think so cuz it's a turquoise but let's talk
about, you know, speaking of big hits.
If you listen to the show last week, why are you have that to
playback? Why don't I pray that, you know
we should have actually we definitely should because nicest
people are deleted on Twitter expecting it.
It definitely should have been the the playback because Megan
totally totally killed it with her long shot.
You know stole Louise long shot. First off that's that's awesome.
Second show done Joe. Actually, I'm thinking of
changing the name to Megan's moneymakers part is that Louis
came with two like 821 long shots just like are these really
long shots and then Megan's like, you know, let me show you
what a long shot is by the way, a mobile.
My horses last week wafted on that last.
I was like, hold my bourbon. No.
But, I mean, the more important thing is that Megan didn't even
bother to bet the horse know and we need.
So, like, how much, how smart are you to give a horse out.
But not bet it. That's a different conversation.
Not not very, very small. My have honestly, I've lost
sleep over. It, it's been a whole either.
I hold it against my dogs because I was at the dog beach
and there's no service there. I haven't fed them and days.
Don't say that Deli counter. I think a lot of people did see
that I saw Jean from the Thoroughbred society today
before anything else. He said, boy get Megan on the
show, she's giving out. It wasn't a 91 dog was a 21 or
20 hours and then, you know, for whatever reason I didn't know
there was enough horses running at Santa Anita for something to
go down to 91 from 21. Well, and I think that was part
of it, too. Is why the horse got the trip
that it did? Because the rest of the Riders
are like, oh no, this thing's gonna burn out, you know, and
then, and then it did it. So nobody went to go catch it.
So you got a, you know, Lonesome situation with perfect?
Yep. Yeah.
And then in our match race, Megan's horse.
This cruise, and I mean cruise home, never left.
The rail with the BET was for Aces.
What was the horse's name was for grace, for grace, for Grace
has. Yes, was that naughty thoughts
house, the night, hot race. That wasn't that wasn't naughty
thoughts race. Yeah.
And you know, it just, I won. So, like I said, if you ain't
first, you're last. She's gone.
You were last, even if you had Edge way.
Right came in second but we're still lost.
So basically this whole thing is about how last week making
dominated. There it is.
Yeah, the one that I did bet not so great.
Exactly. So I gotta give it back her a
little bit. I might, I might have to like
switch my focus for my second. Yeah.
All right. So what one, last little thing
about especially, since we were talking about the Derby Trail,
we did see. We did see, authentic Get beat
about honor. EP, what do you take away from
Monterey piece big race? Gosh, I can't, I really want to
not like that horse. So my dog just didn't we all
know? Yeah, I mean, does he look
uncomfortable when he runs? He's just he's not uncomfortable
per se. He's just he just has an
inefficient running style. I think in a lot of ways and
like, but there have been worse, is that a run like that?
Like I said, the other week more spirit and Royal Delta R.
And that way, they're just kind of Long, slow running types of
horses. But I did think that there was
something to be said for authentic strip, you know, I
mean, the horse broke way to the right as soon as the gates
opened and then had to be hustled up hydrated.
And once you do that, it's not just like you can take your foot
off the gas. Like you gotta, then ran the
horseback. And so, you're losing all this
momentum and all this energy by bursting, you know, with speed
to try to catch up to the group and then you got to write
yourself back a little and you can see he was really keen and
he was also Chasing stupid, long shots that were setting some
fast fractions. So it was like, I don't know why
and I think greater degree Rider but I don't know why he hustled
and then he chased and it's like just sit you don't need to chase
these rabbits you know and that was the case and honorary Pete
honestly just at the perfect trip and and so I thought he
looked uncomfortable in authentic looked uncomfortable
in the stretch a little just because he had used himself up
so much but it was just a matter of perfect drug but I had a good
horse. So what does that do for your?
I mean you were pretty high in authentic.
So what does that do for your view of authentic?
I would not be See a rider change, I don't know and we'll
see where he. Well that's the tough part
though. Is because Mike's on honor AP,
right? So if they show up in the same
spot again I wouldn't be surprised to see Joel Rosario
you know be floated to be on him.
Somebody like that I mean Castellanos gotten some mounts
from baffert before so I I just think that we'll see a change in
the horse. Does able ever ride for Bob
baffert? No.
Okay that I know of he's just out there.
That's some yeah yeah, yeah. But I thought Thought, so, we
put on a Twitter poll, we got a ton of reaction to really
appreciate people checking it out, but I asked, essentially,
you know, who caught your eye? That's all, that's all I asked.
I didn't ask, who is the most impressive or the master
whatever, good, just who caught your eye away and honor EP was
the the horse akan. Everyone's, I the one that
caught my eye was volatile. I did that one, that's what?
Yeah, Churchill Downs. And this is when if a trainer
has bread and butter boy, a six Furlong spreader for Steve asked
me said, is right in that wheelhouse and I just, I love
What are the things I love about horse racing is when a horse
gets around the turn and just shoots out of a cannon.
Hmm. And that was the perfect
example, right? Mrs. The track record by two
one-hundredths of a second at Churchill Downs, which it's
those small potatoes, they run a lot of a log races there.
And so it was really fun to watch that.
That was actually Megan and I gave that one out as a single in
the late. Yeah, the late bats but I
thought yeah, I thought volatile was the most important resources
and what's weird - maybe I'm being crazy.
I think he can get better. Her.
No I know. That's exactly what I was just
going to say because in watching the replay Ricardo didn't even
move on the horse. So when you're talking about
like came out like a slingshot around that turn I mean that was
under just natural power and then when he did ask the horse
to go, what I thought was interesting about him a super
game on the turnkey actually switch back to his left sleeve
so horses. Come around the turn on their
left lead. Then they switch over to the
right onto the fresh leg on in the stretch but the horse
actually switch. Back over to the left and then
Ricardo had him switch back over to the right and what that tells
me He's just still has a little bit to learn.
He's, it's just that he's still green.
Sometimes they do that because they're tired or for whatever
the reason. But in my opinion, it was just a
horse that was really ready to, you know, was excited for the
cue to go and he's just has a little bit more to learn.
So if that's, you know, the starting point for this horse,
absolutely. He's gonna get better.
Yeah, I think we saw Breeders Cup winner on Saturday so that
was exciting. I do.
Yeah. All right, so we got some so
let's talk about the other horses in that poll real quick
because probable looks good too. I totally, I was Bull actually
of the California other than Swiss skydiver who I thought was
terrific, but I think all of us saw that coming.
Yes. Field was short and she would
never wasn't very impressed by him probable.
Okay skydiver though. No, yes, Swiss guy, they were
absolutely, you call, it wasn't, it wasn't, it wasn't a good
field, though. Like I think the word is great
but she was never Helen, right? She was never not one single for
sure. Yep.
And so will tell us about improbable what was not About a
moment here. You all go.
Are you doing? That's what I want to see you.
A fight fight. Fight.
We're gonna set up some sort of virtual ring for that.
I gotta, I gotta make a graphic. It's gonna take a little bit of
time. I'm more of a Greco-Roman
wrestler. It's not that I wasn't terrible.
You know, he won. He won well but again, it was a
really bad guilt. The fact that that was a grade
one. I got was sad.
I didn't think that was a great one quality at all.
I mean, it was short field nonetheless.
The horse was still fussy and the gate that's been his
Achilles heel, since the beginning, he's at his home,
track didn't have to ship anywhere, he obviously can't
ship anywhere. He doesn't do as well.
I mean he still had some good races throughout his career at
other tracks but he's comfortable here, you know, you
just didn't need a whole lot. And I just thought he, you know,
it's just, he was supposed to win that race.
So as far as it being impressed by him and thinking, he took a
step forward, I just think that's, you know, he needed to
win the race. If he didn't win that race, that
would have been a much bigger story.
I guess I should rephrase. I guess.
I think it was fine, right? I think this so what's
interesting? In two weeks we're going to
talk. Stephen Foster.
Yeah, and The Fosters a grade 2 and this was a great one.
Excuse me. I mean like oh the great.
The Stephen Foster is going to be so much more comfortable and
they dropped it from a grade 1 to grade to last year and all
those kind of looked around like what are we doing?
Like right now, what do we what do we point out here?
No it's just this was a great too.
I think that's probably right. Maybe a high grade 3 and some of
them. Yeah.
But um but no I agree with you. Megan thought he was supposed to
win here. I just didn't expect him to win
as impressively as he did, how's that?
And So, maybe I'm reacting to being surprised rather.
That's fine. I didn't expect the rest of the
field to lose as tomato tomahto. Like I said, I really appreciate
people followed on the pole. It was uttering P, first
volatile, second improbable third.
And then Saison, fourth Mega, did you see anything with
Saison? That makes you think?
There could be something here? Is he going to be a six?
Furlong type horse? What's your sense of him?
I mean, he better there better be something there for us.
Three point six, five million dollar purchase.
There should be something there with Instagram and there's
nothing there. So I mean, I never liked that
horse. Sorry, Cherry Birch know, I, you
know, I like Suzanne say Zhong, I say it, but Linguistics,
Professor here is this stays on, so that's what I'm going with
his haul Cezanne, you gotta pronounce some sense.
There's two ends and I would have had wine if I knew we were
going to I think the horse looks like a first-time start.
I thought it was impressive but he definitely looks like he will
move forward. As far as Fitness is concerned
at this. He's got a huge stride.
I mean he covers like one and a half times the amount of ground
as everybody else. Just watching him when he's up
against other worse has. So I saw an Apple Watch of
actually. Yeah.
Yeah. Is it easy stride?
It was fun, but he didn't have a lot of acceleration and to be
fair, he wasn't asked that hard but he just kind of was he was
fast and he covers a lot of ground, but he was a little bit
like one case I would have maybe you'd like to see in him.
You know, Gallop out a little bit more just, just give
something to it. You just this very casual with
it and maybe they're just saving them for another day.
But I think he looks like he will move forward because he
needs the fitness. And because, you know, hopefully
he's going to move to a bigger spot and do a little bit, right?
I think we'll see him at Del Mar this summer or something like
that. Maybe the yeah, you know, six
Furlong grade 3 or something and you know, just try to figure out
where he's ahead and ya think he I definitely think you can
stretch out though, for sure. Interesting based off of that
extra job to him on a quarter by September.
With us weak field. I don't know but it's funny.
It's Babu knows it's also been offered, right?
I mean that's are off the table now.
I mean, I just don't know what we're going to see right now.
Honestly, like so. Alright, one last and this was
not necessary on our notes. So I'm going off script a little
bit. It know you're going to be fine.
We saw, we saw McCain. Thank you, Mark.
There's always that only that's just last episode.
I'm not allowed to do it. No, if you do whatever you want
and, you know, old just keep on beating that for the first time
since the Saudi cup, where he was not very impressive in, you
know, in the Middle East. But would you think about
MacKenzie's return to the track over the weekend either?
Louis, he supposed to win in that company.
Sure, I think, I think I feel about Mackenzie, How mehgan
feels about him, perhaps a great to.
Also that's fair. Is that, is that fair to say?
I think so. Okay.
Yeah, I mean agreed. He's super, he's a classy horse.
And there's McKenzie Breeders Cup, Classic Contender.
Come the fall? No, is he in the race?
Yes. Okay, it's like asking a
proposal is going to be in the race.
Yes, they're going to pay for Bravo's.
Another ACS provides about the age of 90.
He's gonna be 33. He's going to be right, I guess.
You Wayne's last big hope. Well, anything else that starts
you off from the week or anything newswise that we really
need to touch on. I mean, just that no one's going
to the Belmont. And yeah, like even about right
now Tis, the laws like three to five in Vegas.
Yeah, really. Yeah.
He's like plus he's a huge plus number.
I mean like a huge net - never sees me.
And so like yeah like my just takes the fun out of it, you
know? I mean especially with these The
Graces and, and I think it's actually great for when the
general public tunes into because you can actually get a
price on the horse and even with the favorite.
If you're, you know, if your fields are really competitive,
you might still have a two to one or, you know, maybe even 65
whatever, but at least it's something.
So, even if you have, you know, the regular Joe's and James that
are betting on the favorite, they're still going to see a
little bit of a return but having no competition, having no
fields and these prices be so short.
Like, first of all, not fun for the horse player, but it's not
even fun for like just your average racing.
Anzu mean, it's like, almost was getting ready starting to do
practice again, to get ready for Belmont, you know, next week and
I thought, boy, he's gonna come back and he's gonna glorified
allowance race. The poor guy.
It's just like the, like, how much practice do you need for
five horses? Yeah, right.
Yeah, it's not good. I mean, I don't know.
And I, hopefully, come on King Guillermo, get up to New York.
Let's go. Yeah, let's go King.
Here we come on, let's get it out.
Well Victor get them up there. Let's go gang gear.
Even nuggets like please get kinky.
Obviously again at this point we are just desperate for a long as
we're going to see it. We're going to see a big
performance may be out of basin or Farmington Road and they're
going to be telling, you know, talked about again.
So yeah, I mean, it's kind of open it up for that, maybe, I
don't know. It's the whole thing though.
For me is like, are we going to have 20 quality horses that hit
the first Saturday in September or not?
You know, No. I mean I think we're going to
have a pretty full field, I don't sure.
I worry about the depth at the end of that field, I think the
the Belmont Story shows that people are pointing toward the
Derby more than they are the Belmont.
Right? And so yeah we're talking about
things like the Bluegrass because the Bluegrass is more of
a prep in their mind for the Derby than the than the Belmont
is. But Keeneland, hasn't translate
fine? But it's 2020 and their double
sure. And I get that and then that's
what I mean. That's my biggest thing.
Is that in we're that's why we're going to see horses, like,
so Volante win in a row running. An allowance will race on a
Wednesday. Because we've got to give I mean
we have three months to figure this out and so and there's
nothing really for these horses to run in.
There's not enough races for these horses running against the
competition. So the picture is going to be
very cloudy, it's going to be, I mean we've kids law stays
healthy, you know, right now because everyone else is
dropping out that he's going to go off at a very short price,
right? But the rest of that field is
going to be very, very cloudy. Yeah, I agree.
I think we all agree. All right, let's take our first
break. We will be back.
Back to break down some handicapping here on the horse
racing. Happy hour,
don't say breakdown. I'm rich, but I damn sure won't
be. Alright, welcome back to the
horse racing, happy hour. Mike making a movie having a
good time. Sitting around the bar talking
horses. It doesn't get any banking.
Bourbon, drinking bourbon. Put some hair on her chest.
I'll check it righted a yeah. Oh yeah.
What a self I am drinking. This is just the wild turkey
Rye, the 101. One of my favorite everyday
Bourbons rise. I guess.
In this case, you can get a bottle for low 20s.
All right, so yeah, just I'm a big watch people drink but yeah,
we are wild turkey fans for sure.
Sure. True fan.
I had a Russell's Reserve hat on for our family walk last night.
Oh, that's very nice. I'm drinking something from Wild
Turkey. Families will Kentucky Spirit.
The news is actually a pic from the local bourbon Society.
They go Joe, you got that, you got the glass and everything oh
he's crowned. Have you not gotten your care?
No you don't mess around. You got stuff coming to you.
I mean mine is like a little like it that's a bourbon glass
it is but you just like you got some Broken Glass is coming your
way ever so much pity when you just not even - hey Megan wait.
Look at look at Mike and then and listen for a second you have
better. Bergen bourbon glasses, coming
your way, I love gifts, we do very well.
I've only said it every show like I'm surprised you got to do
if it took you this long to send me gifts.
We actually have, what is traditionally in the horse
racing calendar. A really big race.
Yeah, I don't know if again, this is going back to your point
about do these fields. Justify the race that they are,
you know, I don't know if this field lives up to me.
This is the augen Phipps is the is a grade one out at Belmont,
this weekend. I mean, the last three winners
of this race Midnight Beast. You.
I know Songbird wanted three years ago and trying to remember
off the top of my head and not my girl.
No no I don't think so. Hold on.
I'll pull it out. It was midnight BC was last year
Songbird was three years ago. Another big horse wanted two
years ago. I'm pulling up over talk.
But, I mean, this is this is a big race.
I mean, this is as far as gray ones goes for Phillies.
This is about as big as big as it gets, especially for the
older horses. So what are you, what are you
looking at here? Because we This is and I say
it's not a great feel of me but there's definitely some, there's
some names here. There was going to know the most
horseplayers going to recognize. Yeah.
I mean it's a short field for sure.
And that's kind of unfortunate because you're right.
It is such a historic and such a table cash stages race.
Yeah. Yeah.
So but that being said, I feel like it's actually maybe a
little more competitive than what it seems like at first
glance. Okay?
Because these horses are so evenly matched, I guess and tell
us very well and we don't have a standout start, like we don't
have a midnight kizu, we don't have a songbird in here, you
know. That it actually does make it a
little bit better of a betting race.
I mean, I still have the two point of Honor on top who's to
21. So I did take the favorite in
there or or second choice second choice but you always very
close. Yeah, really good.
Yeah. But um, but yeah, I think that
they're because they're so evenly matched.
We might see it be a bit more competitive than what it you
might originally think. Well, that's what I'm saying.
Like, you know, all these candy right now?
Morning Line Odds at 4:52 that hot that horse to me has a lot
of floss to be 825. II didn't?
Yeah, I agree with you there. All right.
I don't take that. I'm looking at prices and you
know all these candy hasn't won since July of 2019, a Del Mar.
And and that's gotten beat by Paradise Woods.
Which I don't know if Paradise Woods is beat anybody.
So I mean in an 825 price on that and then with point of
Honor he's definitely going to want to try to come off the pace
and close. I don't know.
I just don't know if there's any enough speed up front to really
just set that pace for her to close.
And so yeah, You know, I don't know.
I think this this race could be a little bit more wide open than
that. I mean, we saw she's the Julie,
she's a Julie, not that long ago and looked did not look like
she's Julie. I that.
Yeah, but I actually I kind of like that though, like I'm
taking the Australian approach, I guess.
In that that it s up like she's a Julie, I think I went I went
back and I watched the Replay for her.
She totally broken near miss the start like like the comment line
says it's valid. It and then Ricardo actually
wrapped up on her. So she was competitive in the
turn so much. So that I'm looking at the
result is a sixteen by 13 lengths, and I look back at the
replay and they're not even in the stretch yet.
I'm like, how is this horse going to be beaten by 13 likes
at this point? But what I thought was
interesting is that Ricardo knows this mayor so well, and he
wrapped up on her early, like, he felt that she was giving it
her. All she was all out on that
turn. He's like, you know what?
I got nothing. I'm not going to try and he
wrapped up on her, and you can see that very visibly.
So, I actually like the way that that happened because it
potentially leaves more for this and now she's gotten a race
under her belt. You know, she should be a little
bit more fit, s start off the layoff, then she was coming back
from an October 2019 you know into May of this year when she
was coming back and granted it was just a list of sanctuary so
it should have been much easier company but it was also done
borrowed that race was more like a grade one with the company
then some of the other races that we're seeing.
That's right. No I mean I hate to one If she
goes off any more closely to one that's a really good price on
that. That's a wind plays better like
that works a lot. Yeah.
What are we doing? I'll be drinking.
No no. I like pink saying for this race
by dragging. This one won.
The last two times out in grade 2, grade 3 company, I think is
an improving horse and I'm at 12:54 this horse has never
missed the board at Belmont, so, I don't know, kind of an
across-the-board bed here with Pink Sands.
Also, never want to Belmont. I'll totally understand.
By the way, I don't think a single This field is one at
Belmont. Oh, excuse me, golden award.
The six is one of Belmont otherwise known as and so I'm
not going to hold, not winning at Belmont against her, you
know, I'm just just point out. And by the way, the last time
she ran at Belmont was in May of 2019 on what appears to be Derby
Day in the Ruffians so sloppy track to sloppy track.
Right? So, who knows?
But yeah, so, I just, I'm with you Megan.
I think, looking at longer numbers.
Here can be a really good play. I don't know that I trust myself
to Try to figure out a trifecta or something here.
So those pink science. The fact that, you know, the
last three races have been a seven for a long, a mile and a
seven for a long. And now she's yes to go home on
a 16th. Is that a concern for you?
It should be. Yeah, and one of them iolite, I
don't consider going from a mile to a mile on a 60.
I'm going to be the contrarian like because I just don't know
as much as you guys which I'm okay, admitting but I'm just
gonna be the contrarian like okay if I already other day on
the radio every day HorsePlayer. Why would I why would I overcome
the fact that you know seven furlongs One mile and seven
furlongs. In the last time she lost was
when she tried to go a mile down, the track at Gulfstream is
totally different than the track of Belmont.
So yes, it might not try. It might not might not work out
here, but I, her workouts abominable good.
So, so I'm not worried about that.
And yeah, I just yeah, I just, I'm trying to, I'm trying to
find a price play here. I was so turned off by.
She's a jewel in the last race and maybe like Megan.
I need to go watch it again and actually watch what Megan's
talking about. Rather than just oh my gosh, it
was on the turn and it just didn't work out.
How did how did Uh yeah 1000 feet.
You know something like that. Megan's maybe yeah maybe I'm
wrong on that. I just tried to go through like
we talked about class the beginning of the show and I
think this is a good race to go through and really qualify what
you think is class. Like I think I use my own scale
I guess when it comes to that. So some of those yes Ali's candy
was in grade. 1 grade 2 races but a lot of those and the field
that was in it. I actually took down a couple of
notches. So when you do that, the horse
doesn't become as much of a favorite when you're talking
about some of these others that were in like you know, great.
To, you know, gray threes or whatever.
Like, I think the grade 1 races that point of Honor was in are
much more grade 1 races than the great ones that all these candy
with sure. All right.
Well then you talk to me. She's a Julie because I like
that price point. I like, no, I'm gonna, I'm gonna
do an exact of there with the two and the three for sure that
I get some value to 3 exact. And from from it.
Do you like it enough to go to three all know?
There's not enough, there's not enough money for a long shot to
come in. Third for a magical touch, just
go to Italy, not and box. As I think yeah I think if the
five I think the I went to 356 was how I qualified like my top
3 and the 6 even a kind of Throne there's like I guess like
if you don't even know if you'll have a super effective yeah you
got super metroid drinking here but we're doing six horses.
Yeah I don't know it just two dollars and seventy cents back
on your two dollars and forty cents a that won't even buy me
another drink. There it is.
All right, we're gonna go to Santa Anita now, where the
fields are deep, not Now, to stakes races at Santa Anita,
both with five horses, low take out rates to, oh my God, we go.
I mean, and I think the Fate while he was in California by
the beach, the thing is the best way is there to like Kentucky's
beautiful. Kentucky is beautiful and I love
it there and I hope to be back there at some point.
Just maybe not like, when it's really hot and humid her super
cold so like spring and Ball. But anyways, for the month of
October, she'll be here, I'm still here for three weeks here,
makinen. Really works for my schedule,
you know, I was like I'm not gonna let you know because they
punted on the world keep going. Yeah, no I moved to the beach
because because nothing near the track was very interesting to
me. Nor the fields very interesting
to me. So I was like, let me get
towards the beach where I like to be and then handicap Hill.
It's kind of a tactic that I took.
So the first, we got to the first Stakes race is the Thor's
Echo, handicap. It's a hundred thousand dollar
race for and three-year-olds, huh?
Cameron Cal bread, three-year-old calibrate.
Now I'm actually, you know, again, I'll give you my novice
HorsePlayer thing, but I'm really liking the five right
now. The principal Carl.
Oh, really? That's who I, that's you kind of
stood out to me. I really liked the fact that he
was. He's got a lot of, you know,
seven start to see Anita's hit at the board six times and 13 of
those races to me, just felt like this is a horse who's had
two solid outing so far this year.
And I didn't really like, I didn't love the rest of this
field. And so I was like, you know
what? Let's take a, you know, desert
laws going to get a pretty big number.
I haven't seen the odds on this yet.
I know they just came out at, but a handicap this without the
odds, by the way. Three, two one.
He's three, two one is issue principi Carla.
Yes, what it's desert law 625 and there's there's your horse
right there that has Recent July, 2019 to huge, speed
numbers. But, you know, I'm just like,
yeah, I'm gonna go against that and, and see if I can get a
little bit of a low with, okay? All right.
Y'all push, I have the 5 as my number three, horse in this
race. Okay, it's my third choice.
I should say I think desert law wins here.
I think he's the best horse in this race flavorings.
On are not been of Levi and flavians there.
I'm also looking literally wings at 26%.
What is wrong with you? People.
So obviously I think, you know, ransack and in the end, the big
Crosby last year. That's a massive race.
And so, you know, I've been to the Bing Crosby, I'm Greg
humblebrag, I'll go grab the first one of the show.
That's a a while to get to the first one.
Yeah because you're not bragging today Megan and yeah what what
what she's it's so I also I checked out the workouts for for
Desert law. I think the horse looks good and
and Carla Gaines is Archer is training.
Desert law, how's it working out at six?
Furlongs it so obviously she thinks that this horse is ready
to go and that this was the spot to Him into racing and so Megan.
It my crazy to like, does it law in this race?
Louis, I'm really proud of you that you've been like resorting
to workout stuff. I'm your son.
I can't. You're speaking my language.
This is so exciting. They're speaking, Spanish, we're
learning. I mean, you really you love.
I mean, people need to know you love this workout stuff.
So, and taller by you, you watch the workouts and XP TV.
Is that it? Can anybody do that?
Anybody can do it. Yeah.
Anybody in the work, you know, give it a chance.
You've got a problem. You can watch workouts and XB
TV, okay? Everybody, anybody can do it.
If you want to take your hand to get me to the next level then
you are sorry. I will admit, I will admit last
Saturday was did you watch a video sleep personally?
Embarrassing about how badly Mega just whooped me or you
start watching? So I started watching right now
you can adapt it. He's like I'm not gonna let this
happen again. I just don't know if I'm going
to lose. I just want to lose because I'm
picking the wrong things rather than that and not inform.
All right. So tell me how it works.
Can you just go on there and like just like Google horse and
get more XP TV. Works.
It's almost like baseball-reference.
We're United player stats horses.
They have a great photography. They have a great Twitter feed.
Yeah yeah yeah available it's available.
Yeah I agree with you Louis. I actually like desert was
workouts as well as referring to my notes here.
He worked off of lesser company and I thought he said, That off
of the company really well. And then he headed him at the
wire and he galloped out really well.
So, I was impressed by how fit he looked for coming off that
laughs, because that's the thing.
And that's, that's where workouts come into effect here
is like you want to look and see.
Okay, yes, sources has agree since July of 2019, but how does
he looks? He looks like he's like a little
slow or carrying some extra weight or whatever and he didn't
and that's important. And then on the same token, I
liked a horse. I guess it's a long shot here,
but the For loudmouth is five to one on the morning line.
Is this your mousse inside of the day?
This is my, but like, it's just, it's like to show you now, is
bag Andre. Don't how much he sucks?
I didn't say, he's awesome. Oh, I like reading quite a bit
but what I think what I liked about this source is that he he
did accelerate in this direction.
He really responded. He tries hard, he stretches out
nicely. So I mean, on paper, he looks
like class. Wise like he's a step below but
if you're looking for something underneath to spice up some of
those vets, he's 52 on the morning.
Like I think he's going to be much greater than that when they
get to post. Okay, so why?
So, here's my, here's my, my novice because I like the other
horse. I like, I like the I did have
the one if I was going to play a trifecta bet in this business, I
was going to go with the five and one in first place.
And then basically box 1 2 and 5 per second third, because the
tiger tiger dad, which will definitely get some of my money
because The st. Nick's reference tiger dad.
You're gonna say tiger thing. No tiger.
See you next time your snow cones.
You know, I hung out with the tiger thing people.
Yeah, yes, Megan. We're not going to tell the rest
that story. Again, I think she told the rest
of it off are so we're just like I think I did too.
It was all there. Yeah.
All my fault. I'm gonna guess.
What Mike likes about tiger dad? Just from hanging out with you.
Well, I'm gonna be a tiger dad really soon.
All right, that's tricky. Yeah, he's never missed the
board of Santa Anita. That's correct.
He's 44 this year. Hitting the board.
Yes, you like a speed figures. I do like to betray you like
Victor Espinoza. How do you like Victor Espinoza?
Is that the reason you like that horse?
Yeah. But I also didn't like them to
win. Like I, he's the one I showed
you is not going to win God, but he's gonna hit the board.
Yeah, sure. Okay, yeah, such a cute like old
married couple. You just you just know
everything about each other. I've been around enough to know
his I mean racing right? We're gonna go to a state which
is the other by the way that starts the late pick for its
Santa Anita. I don't know.
If Megan feels as strongly as I do.
I would be kind of comfortable trying to single desert law in
that race just to keep the cost down.
Oh mate, yeah, maybe these are not deep field so you could have
a pretty cheap pick for ticket and I don't know how well it's
going to pay and by the way if you want if you want our pick
for ticket, they're willing, you will put a pic for out for this.
I've got to put out a pig farms or Twitter account because I
Churchill Downs. Look me straight in the ass this
week and so this cubby clear explicit.
It's not explicit. All right?
All right. I didn't drop and drop an s or
an F bomb or crapshoot. You did not drop a crapshoot
which is good a see bomb. Whoa, whoa.
Whoa, whoa. Wow.
All right. Do we need to go to break?
I don't know. Yeah, I just this is strong for
The so, you know it back it's going to be later.
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Happy hour. Not, yes, that's right at horse
have your, no, it doesn't keep going.
Yeah, race eight, at CNN. He does a six-and-a-half
furlong. It's the Angels Flight 75,000
dollar freaking Stakes race? I mean, so California.
Breads, Phillies three years old in.
So, Phillies at three years old. Is this a 6 and a long race?
Is this? Look maybe where we could see a
light starter who may be jumps up to like an ox quality?
Or is this? They're just not going to go
that distance. You all tell me.
Probably not Oakes starter. No, no.
These are sprinters, they're all okay.
But if she's thinking, like, I'm thinking this one's chalky to.
Well, if its chalky, let me tell you I picked without the, the
odds. Oh great.
Okay. Actually, don't hate this game.
I know you don't because we did, we did it really well before
settle. And I bet inflating, by the way,
been studying her is the horse that I liked flavians horse 25,
It's 925 925. Okay, this is where I would
single if I was gonna say I was single dish, horse way before.
I would, single cover, lock does real.
Aw, okay, I mean, am I wrong here?
Yes. And why is that?
Tell me why I'm wrong because she likes Mike Smith in this
race. I do like Mike Smith in this
race. However, I'm a little leery of
this back that this Philly has never sprinted before, right?
She's only gone long. That being said she is the
classiest of the bunch actually. Yes.
She's never sprinted before. But I originally wrote, I tend
to classify my horses for what position, they like to be in the
race to try to get that pace projection.
So I wrote R /c, which means rate per close, but then I look
deeper into her past performances and she actually
has had the lead in some of her races before been close to it.
So I don't think that she is a but I like to call a need the
lead type or necessarily one that needs space to run and I
think she's pretty versatile. So I think that's a strong suit
of hers. I thought her workout Looked
good game worked with holding the loot, who's an under a
scouting from the baffert barn. She looked competitive and
wasn't being asked for her time on June 6, so I thought that was
pretty good. However, I do have kind of a
personal connection in this one, the two horse baby Duke and
grider's a great friend of mine. And this person has been so
unlucky. They actually, she's so quick.
Like, you can watch her on XP TV and she's quick and Sassy.
She is a tiny, tiny, tiny little horse, but she is fast.
And the rider actually can't really hold her.
Like you kind of fights with their most of the time and Aaron
has such soft hands. He's able to get along with her.
So well, when she ran at Santa Anita, she finished second by
half a length to a decent field and allowance optional, claiming
it was a good race and she's actually had good performances
but then she goes solo Sal. She was disqualified from first.
That was a BS call by the stewards.
If I have ever seen one, I mean there was like Twitter fire
happening. There were Twitter riots
happening. That's About of a call.
It was then she comes back that that handicap race or that on
April 18th at La. Salle there were a couple of
really Speedy quarter horses in there and she is a horse that
does kind of be the lead and it just you can't compete with that
87 yards with horses, you can't do it.
So then the fact that she was able to come back to Santa
Anita, to Sprint and win tells me that her class carried over.
So a lot of times we look at Los Alamos.
A well, it's a step below. You know, you kind of knock a
horse for that, but in fact, she can hold her own.
Against the fields at Santa Anita.
So there's so many closers in this race.
I think that it almost sets up for a horse like her.
If you're looking for a price, she's 41 and she'll probably be
higher. That's that's what I was.
Just, I really like her. Like, I'd like to search for a
long time and I know, Aaron's, like, guarantees.
He's fought really hard to stay on her.
Now, she's trained by Doug O'Neill.
She was trained by Andrew learner, but I got to tell you,
she is a speedy thing. So include for Value, third
trainer, by the way, for this horse and third owner as Bob,
okay with that. Yeah, but that just means that
they like her, what do you know? I mean, for a claimer that just
means that she's a good runner and they want her in a bar
because she wins. So I can start with that a
second star with Doug O'Neill. So, you know, something else.
First first are, is the first time now.
Yeah. She was cleaned out of that lens
right. Excuse me.
Yes, so now it's for stomach pain, which Doug O'Neill wins at
21%. There it is.
On the first claimers or first engine.
Yeah. First off the claim.
So and so that's, that's always interesting to kind of play
though. I mean, how you read those kind
of things and what the change in trainer and is it unusual for
them to change trainers and maintain Riders?
Sometimes. Yes, yes, because trainers have
their specific riders that they go to and Aaron doesn't really
ride for the Doug, O'Neill, Barn.
So the fact that he is staying on this horse, I think is really
important because again, she's one of those you just get
Phillies that are real flighty and real sensitive and real,
they just have attitude and she's kind of one of those, but
the fact that Aaron gets along. So well with her, that's
important for a horse like her, who, so spastic she needs a nice
calm hand and that's what you got.
So I think it speaks volumes. Fact that he's still on this
horse? What?
So Louis have you like? I like getting him in this race.
The one horse of Mike Smith and just because of been in this
class, was not great last time out, but ran right behind
Venetian Harbor in February. And I just, you know, never
misses the board, it's a tiny table.
Just, you know, at 1:55, I was just trying to get better than
nine to five. And I think, with flavian on
been studying her, it's I think that always goes off at 325 or
something. And so, I agree with you Megan.
By the way that Betty Duke is probably going to be 7 to 1,
Post Time, something like that. And so, yeah, you could probably
really nice value there. And yeah, Megan, yeah.
You know, what time it is? What time is it?
It's time for lose long shot ladies.
Why shot take it away from you this time?
So who is this? So going back.
Erase actually at Santa Anita in the seventh race.
I like a A horse named handsome cat.
And I am a of the wind 12:48 at Santa Anita that's like 601 and
the longest odds in this race. So actually it's a legitimate,
long shot and so there are six horses in this field.
This is the two handsome cat and ra7.
This is it. I like horses that are on the
Improvement Route and then I like them when they show up and
races and I can look away from workouts.
And just look at results and be obsessed with with results.
And so handsome cat is moving up and moving up in class actually
or say, excuse me, staying in their class.
And I think this is a spot where something like, handsome cat at
five and a half, furlongs can get a good break, jump up.
I don't think 12 to one's going to be the number.
I think it's going to be like 15 or 16 and so I like handsome cat
as my long shot of the week here.
Improving speed figure. You keep the jockey.
I'm really hopeful that he'll come through for me.
Here I'll play it. Play it when place like we have
been on handsome, catch-all to 12 in the seven races at Santa
Anita Megan. Why is that a terrible pick?
So many reasons, first of all, the horses going first, time
versus winners. So now you're stepping out of
the maiden Rings into the allowance rings from it.
Either way it's a child ounce today.
Boom, winner that exact scenario racex.
Keep great. Okay.
No, it happens. But you're also going from Cal
bread to 0 Open company. So not only re setting up first
time against winners. Now, you're going against open
company, much tougher. And you're trying, you're going
back to the turf, which is the worst results for this horse.
Once, there's do things that I don't like this heart.
Let's go 12:45 at both. Sides is what is going to be 20
to 1 at Louise. 92 1. Let's go.
What the one horse win this race, right?
Yeah. Yeah.
Pepper in the board. Are we gonna get another the,
the Richard bosses? And the the Peter Miller
dropping from a grade 3. Like there's is too much quality
here for that hook for this Blues.
There's a lot more to look at it here.
Listen, I'm Louie, that's how much I don't like this.
Let's try that again. This is the horse racing.
Happy hour. Alright, welcome back to the
horse racing happy. I feel like that's the music is
really low today, I don't know. Maybe, maybe it's just me.
That was California. Gurls by Katy Perry, Perry on,
that's for me. It is for you has she?
I can't claim California, though.
I am a New York, girl, you know, like as much as I live in
California. Dogs is, um, is the worst joke
in horse racing? Cast referring to you, wherever
you're from, as being, like, a New York bread or an Illinois
bread or badge. Okay, there it is.
Yeah, that makes a terrible. There we go.
No, because when I say, why doesn't he terrible?
I have a great sense of humor. No, what it is, is I usually say
I'm in New York friend. I broke my made in Kentucky and
then I shipped out to California.
So that's a terrible joke. Why?
It's great, my dogs just found this week, he dies.
I tried to hide them. I am not.
Ok. We're going to the whole biology
lesson that we had last week with the person, the beach right
version of. He's a church.
It's a great day at Churchill Downs, by the way.
But this Stakes race to me is, is really going to be pretty
awesome. It's a great three Louisville,
and it's a mile and a half on the turf, which is the Mana have
phrases on the curvature, Joe Louis.
Now we're talking about this off are are just so much fun.
Watch because there are three turns.
I mean what an incredible race to kind of to kind of see what
tactics and yeah absolutely. Yeah and we got a really deep
field in this. In this little for this great
three. I mean this to me is a true if
the true great three and I know it made it really hard to
handicap. So right off the bat, I'm going
to steal bloo's Thunder because I know he was going to ask you
this Megan but we have a horse. We have actually two horses in
this race that are shipping, but one has also has race in North
America. How do you look at like a horse
like the One horse here, who has not raised the United States.
And how do you compare those to the rest of the horses?
How do you handicapped those horses?
I really don't got it. I don't think it has a shot, but
I look at it in the way. It's hard to compare apples
apples because a lot of those tracks in Ireland have Hills.
Yeah, they're not straight. Well, it's not, it's not even
about the direction though. It's and this horse is gone both
ways. But, what matters to me is more,
the undulation of the course? Because that What the horse is
gone, both ways, keep going to each their own, but I think
what's important to me is I look at the time and you know this
worse, let's see the best result at a mile and a half was 2
minutes and 42 seconds and then you go to some of these other
horses who have done well, like take even the, I know even a
second but even the three verses.
The first one, I got two, when I scrolled, he went a mile and a
half at Keeneland, the time for the winner was Two minutes and
28 seconds, right? It's like a 20 second
difference. So, it matters to me and how
fast this horse is used to going.
And similarly, the Four Keys. No, lemon like to 29, so the
times are the distances are the same.
The courses are different, the times are completely different
and that's just a matter of how these races are run because they
save a lot of grounds in the beginning over there, I feel
like and here we pace is much more.
It's just a lot different. So why don't why spend the money
to ship them? I'm sure he'll adjust here at
some point, but I just don't think that this is the one.
I don't think that this race is going to be his sure.
I was also a six-year-old horse and I just I feel like he's a
little bit of a platter also he hasn't won since August of 2019
and a handicap. That's what I'm trying to say
though. Like do you just have so much
money that you just don't care? Like yeah we'll just shift this
horse Over America space new ownership right now.
It's yeah I mean I don't know. Trainer, I mean that's that's
what is kind of crazy to me. It's like, that's not easy.
It's not a cheap feet ship, a horse over and have them running
and a different country and especially in the midst of the
coronavirus and all that stuff. I don't know how long he's been
over here. But yeah, I mean, he's at least
been over here since April because he is working at Payson
but I don't know. I mean this is a specialty kind
of distance that these long-term drought races and this horse
obviously he's used to doing that from overseas.
So you ship them in and hope that they can adjust to it, but
I just don't think the first time in the u.s. is going to
It's time, right? That's just, you know, we never
go to the UAE horse, right? And the Derby, right?
Yeah. So what's interesting is that
there is a horse running in this race, random Mile and three
quarters. Also recently shipped from over
in Europe, the 10 fearsome actually showed up pretty well
in that race. Megan, did you do you have the
10 as part of any of your tickets?
Nope. And what's interesting about
this horse is that this trainer does not, he really doesn't send
horses here. You really don't have a lot of
horses here, so I think a completely different story
whereas you know you have a horse like the one who's now
with rather at field who's a trainer that's based here in the
US or at least in North America? So no, I did not have the horse
but you're free to like them and then be yelled at by begging for
like animals out here. A long shot in this race is
really like and now this, this field is crazy deep.
And so just maybe just even to hit the board.
But I think the three horse appreciative as a horse that I
like to potentially just be in the picture when it comes time
to hit the board. Both times at Churchill Downs,
has raised him on a half plenty of times which was speed.
So appreciate O's can just kind of a long shot play if I'm
looking for a little bit of a value here.
That was something I really like, but our clothes.
For sure, the class of this race.
Is that not? Oh yeah, no.
He is and, and especially the horsey face to it because he
didn't finish as well. He did really well at the
Kentucky Downs, Turf cup, which is a strange course in itself,
but then he followed that up with a really good effort at
Belmont. Going a mile and a half, the
Breeders Cup turf was rough for him and bricks and mortar.
Nobody was going to beat that horse that day.
Then he comes back in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational.
Yeah. And he finished behind you
without the who was a horse, who he, you know, had faced before,
in, in the gray, prevent it. Because I could down that is
Megan's gone, it's not professional.
Hello, we are. Again, we just lost Megan.
All right P. This is my 11 year old daughter
who never does anything here and sleep.
And now she decides, she's going to be playful.
All right, there's a horse that I don't that.
I think's getting a lot of love that.
I don't necessarily like a whole lot and that's a mission office
at that, do the horse, you know, maybe again to hit the board,
has hit the board and came in, you know, third twice at
Churchill Downs, which is a big thing for me, by the way,
especially in the dirt. But this is a horse here that
I'm, you know, I don't know what it is.
Maybe it's because it's stretching out a little bit more
on distance. It has gone, a mile and a half
before, but it's been a long time, but just didn't really do
a whole lot for me, really hasn't?
It hasn't won a race. And over a year.
So how did you look at a mission office?
You know, I actually didn't as much as I wish I had.
I'm glad you brought that horse up because I think that he's run
some really valid minor placings and some really big spots, so I
think he deserves some credit. It's just a matter of.
Will he be able to get the distance?
He finished second on it before, but it's not really been his
specialty. Like it has been for arklow or
even really like the, the four horse in here as well.
He's no lemon for some value. If what do I have written right
there? You took Louise horse.
That was my long shot. 5646. Well, I have I have LS written
next to. He's no lemon the for I can
because I think I think there's tremendous value in that.
See, I should have picked this as my long shot of the day.
She would have yelled at me and you're ruining the show.
She needs to yell at you horse race.
The only once in a while Megan. And I think the answer is like
zero or like maybe one out of 100 for you here.
But I happen to like, Julia Peru on the Turf course at Churchill
Downs and two turns. Do you ever think like that when
you're handicapping know? There it is.
This is 0 there. I gave it a while.
I'm sorry, I give it one. He's too specific.
I mean, I think like certain writers might do well on the
turf course, fine. But to say, two-thirds of
figuring out, this is three turds, right?
It's a lot. That would be the only reason I
would like admission office because otherwise, you're hoping
that his second in February at Gulfstream is His form.
Write something like that but he's, he seems to be a horse.
That's better. S start off the layoffs to be
fair. Okay, at least last time, so I
don't know, I think, I think I think marks got something.
There we go. Alright yeah if you like the
four horse, he's in the lemon. Why would you not like to eat
horse J Solitude at a higher price at a higher number of J
Solitude with a win over with the win over?
He's no lemon in, it beat him in a thirty two thousand dollar
optional claimer and still beat this horse in a, you know, that
was it. Beat this horse at a Stakes
race. How long ya and to in September,
okay, and I'm on a half, they go on the turf, they go 20, 21,
there, it is. Now we're gonna have a, we're
going to have can we have a big number hitting this?
You know the be there is a be fair though.
He was also coming off a little bit of a freshening for that
particular day. So what's the different of
freshening a layoff? Freshening is a shorter?
Lay off. Okay.
I going to the spa. All right, so I mean there's
there's a chance here that two months, you know, like it's not
that, it's not like he was away from the track.
But if there's a serious chance here, that you could take Car
Clark low, and then maybe make some money with an exotic play.
And having some bigger shot bigger numbers.
There will be one big number that he comes in either second
or third in this race. Yeah, I think so.
That's a that was the favorite play of the show last year.
Megan by the way, was to take bricks and mortar, all all in
all the races he was in. Yeah, because it is these long
long Turf races. You would get the 50 to 1 or the
42 one, just kind of creeping up a crowd.
So and I think we've mentioned a number, we haven't mentioned the
horse, the sixth is a slam is an absolute mile-and-a-half
specialist and has deserved to be involved in the conversation.
He's a horse that has a lot of speed.
He 722. I think he might even have some
more value. He is a Solid graded Stakes
Contender. So I don't do not lie.
Do not sleep on a horse for sure.
All right, so we gotta hang on, hang on.
We talked about every horse in the race so we should probably
qualify which ones we think are the best.
I'm on the 5 and the 4 in this race are Chloe and he's no
lemon. I am totally fascinated by
fearsome but I don't think he's gonna hit here because he's
coming off the dirt and I don't really yeah, I'll Trust it.
Four, five, six or five, come in first.
But, you know, another five and then 46 and I do.
I do, if you want to play a little bit deeper I actually
like you're 12 admission office, like mentioned?
Yeah. Okay.
All right, all right. Yeah.
And I like 25 in the three so there.
Yeah. Alright, so we have not done
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Very easy. Um, so For Megan's Maiden.
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Was it not explicit? Still you can actually say that
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Downs, race. And before it is, in fact, a
maiden special weight race, police pulled it up so that I
can make fun of her because it's picking a five and a half for a
long race. Do you know how fast those
horses are going into the turn and a five and a half for a long
race? I thought the mean?
I don't know why. Churchill doesn't just reopen
the downhill course. Go ahead though, I'm still a
little bit fumed. Like I'm still Iran's.
I hope goes on. Should understands what?
Just did there. I don't know.
I hope one person if they are a loyal follower of the show then
they will understand. So we are going five-and-a-half
her lungs on the chart course. I am gonna go by way of the 11
horse healthful who is whose 12:48 on the morning line?
It's Megan's moneymaker and made and yes I think that this this
race is really devoid of a good favorite Tommy Miss as a horse.
In there who has printed on the turf before.
That's Millennium Force, 25 is 5 to 2, but I feel like this Filly
is a little bit inconsistent. They took her off the turf,
tried the main track. Now, they're putting your back.
I just think we're probably going to be some value in the
11, the workouts look fan-freaking-tastic at Keeneland
and before that at the third of a training center, but the
Bloodlines are really what attracted me to this silly as
well. Trained by Brian kohlberg, who's
a great great trainer, corollary aboard, she is by summer front,
who was a multiple graded Stakes Carolyn easily.
Goodbye. By summer front means you
understand. That's the guy that's the guy.
Yeah, that's the guy. Yeah, I guess he ran over a
million dollars. It made multiple grants takes
one or the surf and this Filly is out of the mom, what does
that mean lady? That's the girl, you got that
right? All right, Perfect.
All right, biofuel, who is a two-time grade 3 winner on
synthetic and multiple greatest takes place to meet over seven
hundred thousand dollars. And she was the horse be year in
Canada to 2010 and jpg or fill a champion three-year-old.
Early. So she has only produced one out
of three winners for her folds so far, but she's do.
I just feel like this silly has the right breeding, and the
workouts have been so good. I know Ben Holbrook is only 6%
with his first time starters, but I got to tell you, I felt
like this field was really weak and and she could pop up here.
All right, Kari. Why should we hate Megan's pick?
I wish I knew things about that is too much research for you to
wake you. I would so deep in the books you
can't even hate asking me to. You're asking me to hate a horse
that's being written by Corey later and I can't do it.
The, the other thing is you've got, I really like Cory landing
and the Tariff was one turn on a Tuesday.
When the winds blowing from east to west miles per hour, there
are other horses. Color blue.
He just doesn't look so good. Oh God, you know, Trey there's
no jog. You better 27-hole.
The coil and hurry. Actually, could you have another
one caveat? I would have said that don't
have anywhere to be. No um, no.
I think some other horses in this race are going to attract
more money and so because of who the trainer is right and so
people are going to look away from Ben Colebrook.
So no I there's a good chance at 12:40 on this horse.
It's awesome. Yeah that's where you could be
at in that then that's an easy across-the-board plane you can
feel really good about it. There you go, there's a bunch of
bullet Works, listening for that whole line.
This horse is missing the board just like all of our other
Megan's other made in pixels. That that is the truth.
Right there you go. Did you hear that?
I heard so maybe Megan. This is Megan second.
It just sucks that it here we are.
So what really stuck in my own segment but I'm great at yours
about a winner in this race. So that would be the crapshoot
of all crap, shoots fire truck with this giant crab here.
That's exactly what has to happen and in this segment.
And plus you all just need to adopt a my handicapping
strategy, which really worked out really well last weekend.
Uh-huh. If you pick a horse named after
Darth Vader, you came in the money twice last weekend.
Okay? Including a big way across the
board at Golden Gate. So many Star Wars fans out
there. You are golden.
And absolutely the Star Wars force.
Yeah. It's always do you know?
Well, you know, last weekend that's all until next month
fans. Everyone knows I'm a nerd.
Now, by the way, I'd like to point out that there are there's
a seventy five thousand dollar Stakes at Santa Anita.
This is a seventy nine. Thousand dollar Maiden special
weight would more than five horses.
It's not biased or Kentucky. Y'all.
Now the track wide enough at Santa Anita for more than five
horses? Yeah.
Okay. Just one, well, you know, with
five horses as you pointed out before, my know, they'd be like
stagger the start or how that works.
No, no, it's not actually do a rolling.
Start like it's the hardest race.
Yeah. Did you like a track?
My God. Like many other thing are you
sure? No.
Yeah. I'm feeling super confident.
Not Louise, pigs. Not believe there was another
horse that I really loved. Well, I mean, we believe they
need, they need to check us out on social media.
They want those pics. That's right.
Yeah, and so sure you working at will have things released
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There's some fun stuff that we put on Instagram.
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All right, so the other thing Is like last week we kind of Hint
it a little bit about. We could have some big
announcements we could and we were hoping to have those big
announcements right for this week.
Let's just say though. It's fair to say we have made
significant progress with both big announcements.
We are off of the dirt and onto the turf at Santa Anita.
Get a finding on the hill, is that a, is that a good thing?
And a five and a half for a long race.
And now we got to go really, really fast to get to the Finish
Line. Yeah, I mean, I'm really now I'm
insecure about the progress we've made.
What's happening? Is there something you need to
know? You lied to me.
Hopefully hopefully Louise lie of the week.
We're going to have some big announcements to kind of put out
on the show and in the meantime like, you know, we are looking
for to pick up some sponsorships and I think right now would be
the time to get on board and so let's just put it that way.
This is it? Yeah, so alright, let's wrap it
up. Let's pay the tab.
Let's get out of here. It is.
Time to get out of here. This is the end.
Well, not the end. The end of this episode.
We're going to keep going until next.
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