Back in the saddle again

All right. Welcome to a 2022.

Version of the horse-racing happy hour.

We're Back in the Saddle Again, back in the set.

Not all right. We'll do you can totally see ya.

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You're like muted? I don't know what.

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talk into the microphone. Don't turn real really good.

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throating. I'm going.

I'm going which way is the mic. I'm going old school.

You got the wired headphones wired in look ready for people

who are new to the show. I'm like Adolfo, I'm joined by

Bluebird. Bow and Megan Divine, who is a

gamer? Let me just talk.

Megan is a freaking gamer like 102 fever right now.

Oh yeah, no it no, you're sick. I can't decide if it's so hot in

here. She's giving everybody the farm

covid. You see me like sweating

profusely? It's because ideas like mean,

she's normally hot, but she's literally on fire right now.

Yeah, I'm coming and throat. Clearing, that might happen on

the show yesterday. I was laying in bed, and I was

just like, please don't die, please body.

We can do this. We are young.

Not yes, 30 year old. Old person I can do your Cameron

from Ferris. Bueller's Day Off.

I'm dying. Yeah, you know, you listen.

You watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

You get that in Ferris. Bueller's Day Off reference.

Oh my gosh. Once a month, Maybe.

Back after our little Hiatus, after our sabbatical, at least

Megan I had a sabbatical Louis just keeps on trying to put out

the content and whatever else and and yeah.

So we're here and what did you do over Christmas?

Break or holiday, break or sober nondenominational?

What did you do over the break? Megan, what exciting things that

you do? Well, I got sick.

So that was fun and I did I actually was sick on Christmas

and New Year's to so doing really well.

But I went, I found time in the, in the brief period that I was

healthy to go snowboarding. I went to Florida on like a

little mini Moon, you know, my with my hubby.

So that was good. That was fun.

We caught some fish pictures. Looked incredible.

Yeah. That looks like we're really

good at fishing. Yeah, yeah.

So that's that's pretty much it. And like, none of my animals

died and I am plus one cat now, plus one on the cat's.

Okay, not a birth, but it was like the Immaculate Conception

or they showed up it just It up. It was like, hey, I hear that

Cardinal Creek Farm, is a really cool place to live, so, alright.

These question mark and I was, yeah, I guess I was probably

just going to stay for the free health care in the believe me,

homeless animal, shelter, Megan divine's homeless shelter.

That's what that's what I did in my period on discriminate.

It's just for the free health care than I bailed on my

parents. Yeah, pretty much.

Yeah, so 2017, Florida Derby. Pull over on in honor of the

frigid 62-degree temperatures are going to have to endure on

Saturday while it's 8 degrees. Here, cool.

Don't feel bad for any of you people, and all that.

So, yeah, that's all right. Yeah.

The Gulf Stream by the way, the only place that I've been to for

Breeders Cup outside of the state of Kentucky.

So they know 1999 Breeders Cup. I've been a ton of work.

Yeah, yeah. The that was kind of the height.

Will College thing at least and, but yeah, it was good.

So Louis. What about you?

What did you do? Over the break?

Six of us, got Omicron at the site and that was recently, by

the way, I was all through and actually got to see my sister

over New Year's, which is nice and nice.

I think it was negative 2 degrees and negative 35 with the

windchill. When I know we went sledding, In

my kids were like, yay, and the 20 minutes later, they were like

no, so that was great. And then we really don't have

enough real snow first lady. No, I mean it's been it's hadn't

been over here but it was it was better up in Detroit for sure.

Yeah, about you Mike I I have been to have been a big fudge.

Big Fudge has been to Myrtle Beach.

I've been to Tampa Bay. I've been to just more than

Amelia Island. I actually got paid to speak.

There you go. So that's, you know, that's a

thing. I went to one of the fourth most

haunted place in the United States.

I had cigars in Ybor City which was, yeah, that's right.

I had listen, I'm I had something happen in Ybor City

that I've never had happened before me a cigar smoker.

You texted me during November or desires?

That I did text you, but I sent you a picture was pretty.

It was impressive, right? It was amazing.

So I was smoking a Hemingway bestseller, which if cigar

smokers no Hemingway's have a Very unique shape and this this

cigar was literally kept it. You're not supposed to ask the

cigar. The first Ash is supposed to

just fall off and I literally never Ash, the cigar, I smoke

the entire thing and it kept its shape.

So it looked like at the end, Louis can you send that picture

over so we can maybe even get it up on the screen that were video

so people can actually no because we're going to be we're

gonna be able to Video out there.

Well, the so can I this? It was so impressive.

What it's all a family story. Yeah, absolutely.

So I'm man. All right, so major I apologize

and you know, first humblebrag ear.

So I Louis. Robo the fifth and Louis Lumiere

about the second was a congressman for 25 years.

He actually died in office and he rose to the position of

majority majority whip in the House of Representatives.

Really important guy who was mayor of Washington, d.c.

because that position there's actually a school in d.c. named

after him the whole thing. And so that is a big humblebrag.

That's there's a piece missing signal

He would at the time in Congress everyone would smoke cigars and

so he would actually put a bamboo shoot in the middle of

his cigars so that the ash would stay on when he was giving talks

that he didn't want people, to pay attention to his details of

so that they would like stare at the cigar and get distracted

instead of paying attention to what he was doing.

So he got really famous for Wow, having these cigars in Congress

that the ash got really, really long on and he was cheating the

whole time. It's really great.

It's a great I was not cheating though.

No, you weren't. That was a great.

I mean this thing's legit and it was, I was so excited.

Like I'm like I'm texting on my cigar friends.

This picture of me just holding onto the little bit of tobacco

that's left. And this hacker cigar I did.

Yeah. And I think he likes huge a

chef, that's right. Yeah.

Yeah. And then I have another group

that of that, sometimes we meet on Friday mornings and have

cigars for coffee and coffee to start the day.

So yeah, it was, it was great. Yeah, so that was that's it.

I spent New Year's in Tampa and Nia had one of her best high

school, basketball games ever. So she had an 18-point 10

rebound. Just really dominating the game

and that was awesome to see and and then, you know, one stray

from that game watch Kentucky when their bowl game and you

know, okay, it's and that was the way should be mentioned.

Why can't I did radio for Bobby Vee months ago and kids, Lucky

you look terrible against Chattanooga.

Yeah. Nick and might defended Mark

Stoops that week and got crushed crushed by the people listening

to the show. And then they went one time

games, Mike was totally right. Eat it.

That's right. Yeah.

Well, I mean again you just can't read into too much in

those games, you know. Just but at the end of the day,

Mark Stoops little you network Kentucky football school, you

know, no longer no longer basketball school will has no

athletic department whatsoever. That's where we are.

Not good, huh? It's it is where we are, is what

it is, very sad. So yes, that was it.

So there's happy hundred days to the Kentucky Derby today, by the

way. Oh really?

That's awesome. I was also like the 100th day of

school for a lot of schools, so there you guys kind of a weird

deal aren't 100 days Derby this year falls on my birthday once

again, go, hopefully I'll get to celebrate a little bit but

usually, I don't usually again we're getting a new chat person.

Eric actually, who What's up Eric?

Here's cheers to that. So there you go.

Your day to the fundraising and you got engaged under B and then

had to work for like 12 hours. Yeah.

Why would any, why would the world stopped for your birthday?

No offense. I mean, no, I've already been to

a derby and had to work one of my birthday.

It was like the, like the worst fine, right?

No. Just now.

So, so speaking of Derby, like, you know, if we think about the

Derby point system and all that kind of stuff, Is there any

horses that are super exciting to you right now from that?

The Derby horse, the derby field.

I mean, it's still so early, so it's hard to say.

I mean, we're just now getting into those.

I mean, we already had the Sham and we'll get into the Southwest

obviously coming up this weekend.

But yeah, I don't know right now that just I don't really feel

like there's any huge standouts and it's difficult to because

some of the words that I would have said I liked last year at

whatever point in the season, you know, came up with injury or

whatever and we don't know if they're going back like Rattle

and Roll was super impressive. And you know There's a bunch of

them that I think we still have yet to see.

Somebody still don't know if we're gonna have any Bob,

baffert horses, were also more likely.

We're not going to have any, I don't think.

Yeah, it seems more excited about one of the Phillies in the

Martha Washington than I am about any of the boys that are

of this weekend, for example. Well, yeah.

Yeah. Wow.

Okay. Well I think there's that,

there's a potential superstar in the Martha Washington.

Oh interesting. Okay because I didn't like the

field. You are actually.

All right I like how you're just teasing.

Buddy until we actually talked about it.

It's a damn, right, that's called a tease.

Let's go but this show hundred a soldier be 100 days.

Older be, we're kicking off the horse racing, happy hour season,

like we're super excited. We're getting the next three

months are going to be super exciting, just to kind of see

how the field shakes out. Megan's going to do some Derby

rankings for us as along the way, Louise going to do his Oaks

rankings because I don't know if you all heard but lose its

rankings. Last year were pretty much on

point, really good? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

For people who hang out with us on Oaks and Derby, we will be

back doing, pre game on ESPN Louisville.

So, normal to our shows on those days, you'll be able to hang out

with us again and excited. I ran into those guys yesterday.

Nice. It's talked it up and we're

going to go. Let's go.

They were pretty busy yesterday, a little bit.

I literally said, I know you're not thinking about this right

now, but yeah, I know, but we'll just fired their basketball

coach but let's just talk about this real quick so on 101 days.

Come on, guys. Get it together.

Yes. I will be here for all your

previous coverage for the Oaks and Derby.

And we have a lot of fun out there, and we're really grateful

to KK. And all the other people at

Churchill Downs who are just staring Rogers, who just really

are great, especially trouble who feeds me and all the other

stuff in. You know, what do you all think

about that Derby? Making the announcement, you

know, that they're going to continue with the all-inclusive

thing. We kind of we kind of thought

that was going to be it. I mean like Jack the particular

prices up and said you know what was that?

It was a test last. Yeah.

Want really well for them and they're able to figure it out,

so that's good. Yeah, it's cool.

Some commentary that there are people who don't want the

alcohol part of that. And I'm sympathetic to that

because that is a big factor in how they price their people, you

know, for sure. And so wrong, I'm pathetic to

that part where maybe there could be all inclusive food,

all-inclusive all and Churchill Downs says schedule down says,

well, guess what we're gonna say.

The ticket. So, yeah, that's a little bit of

that. I'm sympathetic to that.

But, yeah, I think there's, I think, overall, it was just

easier to get around, not waiting in line for things.

Huh, Water by wondering what it I gotta say. 24 people, working

a lot of them are like cheerleader parents, right?

Who are trying families for their daughters or whatever.

And oh I did is I school basketball coach.

Yeah, it's so much easier to not have to exchange money and just

here's your drink sir. Throw something in the tip jar.

That's great. If they don't whatever.

But like at the same time, just make the drinks and I'm out or

make the sandwiches hand them out whatever might be.

So there's, it's give and take but I think that overall, it's

probably a better way to go. Yeah, you all want to hear that

story real quick, of course. So I was like, I was doing the

shake-up lemonade thing and we were in the infield and our

station. We were like right between

where, like, the third turn starts for the infield, so right

on the edge of the craziness, and we're doing a limited Shake

thing. Me and Chrissy my wife will

attest to this because she was working with me, I had one lady,

who would just come back and continue by the lemonade and get

back in line because she liked how I shape that you like it was

like what she was like, she was watching me shake it because I

was like, I got into it. My hiss one side to side and she

was like watching me shaking right now.

Yeah, that's, that's That, but we spent the whole day in the

infield was beautiful weather and I got called a little cube

of the, in the diagram gonna have to have a video of you

shaking some lemonade. Well, that's back in the skin.

Replace its it's coming but he has a thing.

What's coming Terrible Weather? A Derby this year because

they've been great. Here's the perfect authentic.

Yeah, was perfect. And this last one was perfect

but we had five. It's 5050 5050.

You know what we're undercover? I really like it.

How many people from Long Island do I have to drive around that

weekend? Is it anything like your

wedding? Yeah, probably.

All right, let's let's let's go and let's just kind of go

through this real quick. So Louis we talked about Will

you do in the Oaks rankings? I am looking at the show sheet,

let's we got to talk about baffert, right?

We got it. We got to get to baffert.

It was announced today, I guess that there's going to be a

hearing about Medina Spirits, Kentucky Derby on February 7th,

he remains Church. Even after was came out that it

was topical, cream, or whatever. Baffert's Churchill Downs ban

remains in effect. Churchill Downs had a

zero-tolerance policy on the, you know, on the drug.

So I don't know what that's going to do.

For the hearing, you know what's what is your opinion?

What's the latest and greatest? I don't know that there's a

latest and greatest I've just been, I've been following some

of the testimony and today. Bob baffert said that the Oaks

is on Saturday in the derby is on.

So that's so ridiculous. Oh come on.

Like let's if we're really going to take this seriously, you

don't somebody Miss steps. Are I'm not and I'm not in

defensive Bob. I'm just saying that's a stupid

thing to harp on he obviously knows when the all of it is

ridiculous durable of, it's ridiculous.

It feels like it feels like it's a lot of posturing on either

side. Of course, we're trying to

figure out Larceny charge. And instead, we're charging

someone with a petty crime. And I just, I don't know what?

What point? How many times can you look at

your wife and say? No.

No, that wasn't me before she just goes you know what I'm

gonna go do something else. See ya.

He's got plenty to do in California you know.

First never going to get mad at him to just stay out there and

do something. I just at some point.

Like if you do care about too many It's way too many and it's

super high level, sorry, especially in a time period, a

short time period. You know, I mean, over the span

of your career, fine. Not find obviously but different

horses digesting so really, we've discovered that, you know,

different metabolisms, whatever topical ointments other

therapeutic drugs that are legal, but then stay in the

system, too long, like that, what was it?

That, Sadler horse or somebody else?

No, it was whatever. Anyways, no, it was a guy that's

like never had any. In California, it happened not

too long ago. Anyways, so so I agree that that

that's wrong and, you know, we should always be advocates for

the horse and and all that. But I do think that one Twitter

today or recently, you know, just on that Obama's of the

Derby was on Sunday or whatever. Like that's stupid if you want

to actually talk about this and you want to pay attention to the

hearings and whatever. Then you need to actually talk

about Out what really is happening or the facts of the

case, or the sides that, you know, each party is presenting

and their arguments. I think if we really want to

talk about this, we need to actually talk about this.

We don't just need to blow up in our own fucking faces.

Did you just did you smack the snot?

I did it. I said four faces.

Okay, good. Just want to make sure that you

will remix kind of hit. Hit the dump button, you know?

All right. I'm a little tired of this.

I'm tired of the the attitude of the baffert camp if that's fair

to say things like is his media to her right after the Derby.

How his attorney talks all the time.

He reminds me of a pundit on one of the the news networks, that

leans a certain way and in any or all of them, that's exactly

what this is exactly what I'm getting at.

He sounds more like a pundit than attorney and it's so much.

What about his mmm? It's oh well, I mean 30, but

this guy's got 40. Well that's guys the 50 which is

essentially what California did when all those horses broke

down, Kim hricko hired that PR firm whatever and their whole

genius scam was like, oh yeah, but did you see the numbers in

Kentucky? I was like, that's not helpful

for this board. I mean, come on.

That's it. You paid this company hundreds

of thousands of dollars to come up with a statement.

And that's what you came up with.

It's like the everybody's so yeah.

In recent history is the worst horse racing executive over

here. Leaders East are absolutely

unbelievable. I always hated it too because I

can college basketball and somebody suggested, you know,

then I cool. Everyone's cheating, you know,

it's not as make. Okay, like does it mean that you

should be doing? And, you know, I'm not so sure

that everyone is cheating but well, and that's the thing is,

especially in a sport like ours that are, we have to, you know,

fight tooth and nail just to stay relevant in a growing

Sports in a growing betting culture, as well.

It's like, it doesn't help us to do that.

And these letters to the editor, Is that come out that really

probably doesn't have anything else to post except for these

ridiculous letters? Or people are just like saying,

all this industry is stupid and I'm sick of it and ready to get

out of here with that. How does that help us?

All? That it does is that's going to

get picked up by somebody else. There was really no, you know,

no, good story in there. It was somebody just if you want

to air out your dirty laundry or bad feelings, whatever do it on

your own personal Twitter page, or whatever else?

I mean, just, why is that relevant in horse racing?

Twitter is Chose you, you want clicks and because clicks gets

advertising dollars. Well, I hope that that works for

them when we don't have a sport anymore and when they don't have

jobs. So, I mean, there's a lot of new

ideas in our world lot. There's a lot of short-sighted

decisions that get made all the time, you know?

And it's just I agree with that like not making a decision to

benefit you in the short term, the not understand what the

long-term ramifications are. Are, you know, that's a thing.

So the and we just, we do a terrible job of marketing

ourselves anyway. So why make it easier?

For the mainstream media to just pick up these these terrible

things that you know stuff is going to happen all the time,

but you never see them you know, trying hard to get out a feel

good story or a positive story to the mainstream media but

instead they're going to look for those negative headlines and

pick them up as soon as you put them out there and not saying

everything should be you know rose-colored glasses but I just

thought that was that was pretty ridiculous and especially in

this time period where it's already a heightened you know

like public issue with the whole baffert thing going on like we

do. That come on.

We can do better than that as an industry.

It's just it's frustrating. I'll put you two on the spot a

little bit. If you're ever in Churchill

Downs has spot right now. How would you treat baffert

today with what? You know with what?

You know? Not, oh, I don't know yet.

But with what you know, right now would you let baffert

qualify horses for the Oaks and Derby Mike?

So on the fence, I would say knowing that there we got the

pictures of the rash and we got that there was evidence that it

was just used as a top. Topical.

Ointment I would probably say yes, I'd let him because I think

it's good to have Bob baffert at Churchill Downs, on us first

Saturday of a. Okay, it's good for you, it's

good for the sport. Well that and you know, I don't

know it's hard because I think, no, because he is obviously a

bit of a Danger to the sport in the public perception, of what

he's, you know, been accused of or found guilty of or whatever.

But with this latest Medina, Spirit thing, the fact that we

did have the pictures of the skin, rash, we did of the

ointment, we did have whatever, you know, it's I mean, is it

good to publicize that to does that kind of like help mitigate

the issue like I was just in Tahoe and my blackjack dealer

you know we're talking and he's like what do you do?

I said horse racing when I was like oh didn't that that trainer

like dope that horse recently and whatever and I was like well

that's right. Not really you know and it's

every Juber driver that I've ever been with in the cards is

like trying to talk about all the bad things.

And so I don't know. I just again if we can We proved

that this wasn't as bad of an issue that as we originally.

Thought, I think that's only helpful, so I don't know if I'm,

if I'm Churchill Downs. Thank you for asking.

I would, I would go to baffert today and say we'll give you a

one-year ban right now, right? If you make it like settle with

us and shut the hell up. Yeah, okay.

And we'll let you back in next year but you cannot f with the

breeze and that we have a facility.

Built for one weekend a year can do it not.

Okay. That's what I would say, is

Churchill Downs and between the eight months between Janine and

authentic, right? Between give me an excuse me,

and Medina Spirit. Seems like it's not.

Okay? Well, then, that's, that's the

argument for sure. There should be a penalty.

Absolutely. Against this know, it's like,

okay, great. Are you by the way if you say no

to turns into five, like something like that.

Like, those are your options and like, Watch yourself because you

can't mess with the reason that we have 180,000 spaces for

people. Well, you shouldn't.

Yeah. They should, you know, there

should you shouldn't ever have a drug, you know, positive or

whatever. But if you do, even in the

slightest level somewhere, then I think maybe there's maybe it's

a year or banned from racing at that track in general or

something. I mean that way it's long enough

for the public to forget about and I'm a No-No.

That's it's tough, because you're Horsemen have to make a

living to and things do happen and whatever but that's what

stuff about the zero pain. Tolerance policy though.

You know, is because You do. Because when because when, when

is it, ok? Then when do you say, I know we

have a zero tolerance policy but like that horse in California,

who, you know, that there be two drug that was legal.

When it was administered, you know, stayed in that horses

system and then tested positive for guidance.

Like never had a positive test run.

Do you say well we have a zero pollen scholarship tolerance,

Zero Tolerance. I'm so sick.

I'm sorry y'all but you know then do you say but in this case

It's okay because you know, so you it's really hard to draw

that hard Line in the Sand but maybe, you know, that does

that's why I asked Riff Raff at Bay a little bit more.

I don't know. That's why I asked specifically

about Churchill Downs, right? Because it's it's those are

there Marquis days, right? That Friday for Oaks that

Saturday for Derby, you don't think on Friday, all the hats,

everything on Saturday. It's just different to take out

rates for the Derby racer. Different than the other races.

I think people do that. That's where the make a lot of

money. And so, I just, and look without

the Derby, Bob efforts, no one right.

I mean like he's nobody wins a bunch of sprint, races in

California, some through cares, but the Derby, the Derby big

lottery. A lot of races in general in

California, like Hamelin Bay Gadson, right?

We made him a superstar and that's how people know.

And so you know you can't have Both essentially, and so are

cuter, by the way, has been commenting.

Yeah. So, what's up?

I mean, because if he agrees with Mike, by the way, I think,

all of us agree that we need a uniform approach to drug

regulation, I don't think that's, I think we need a

uniform approach in a uniform system, and in general, because

we also need to be able to Market ourselves in a way that

we can combat some of this, you know, you had to have these

track owners. You'd have to have these track

owners, getting, you know, where they would all agree on

something and hopefully, you know, but that's not the

argument today are and no offense to you but it is just

There's something about messing. With the biggest days of

Churchill Downs that you just can't, it's not good for racing

number one, but it's also it's bad for the one of the

cornerstones of racing in the United States.

All right, so we've, we got a lot of races to handicap.

Let's go ahead and I want to start transitioning over to the

handicapping side, we're going to get to see Nick's go this

weekend in the Pegasus makes go recently.

Won the world horse of the year. And so, congratulations.

And next go, of course, we Got to give a quick real quick.

Hot rod. Charlie update.

He was training very well over the Middle East.

Yeah, like cited for his guys gonna, he's gonna kill it in his

four-year-old season. I love the fact that he's out

there to do it. You know, a prep over for the

Dubai over there, you know, I wish more when more shippers

would do that for the Derby, come over here for a

preparation. Right?

So right, so you're running in Saudi to or no yes yeah hot rod.

Charlie is yeah, the whole thing.

Yeah, it's great. He's over there.

He's getting it done. It's like that's where the money

is. Let's do this.

So let me get some of that oil money.

Hey, maybe, pay me, pay me in that and that black oil.

Let's go. Do you think Hot Rod Charlie's

an environmentalist or not? No, no.

Yeah, that's a winner. So we will go on then to we're

going to start out there. In Gulfstream Park.

We're going to Gulf Stream in Oakland today.

Race 5 is kicks off. The greatest takes, this is a

great three. Mile and a half on the turf.

La. Pray for you.

Want a now before we go too far down this?

Yep, this is, this is a very interesting fact, La prevalent.

A was a filly finished. Second in the 1973 Oaks, of

course, I was the same weekend that we saw a horse named

secretary when the derby. This horse has two steaks named

after her and she only ran into races.

That's all. That's well, that's true.

That's not true. But that's all there is in horse

racing Nation. So still made it racing than the

oh yeah, that's all they had record stuff so I'm sure she

ran. Wouldn't you racist?

But up, that's what I was. That's that's what I thought was

funny, but it's not real quick to our new producer, Jamie Foxx

for that field graphic that. Yeah, we'll put it up there.

Let's get the field. Look at that.

Love it. Alright, so let's talk about a

real professional. Let's go with Louis first.

Its affiliate race? Let's see here.

What Louise got to say about the about the one and a half mile

Turf race here for the film. Also like my my dream race,

right? Is, there are these three

together mile and a half in the trailer for this, right?

So I do actually get the money like the morning line maker here

that always shopping the force. The favorite has recently won at

grocery Park will be placed near the front of this group by

jockey Tyler got follow Yoni who's riding really well

recently at culture as well and if she's got the lake she's

going to win. The nine honor hop.

Op didn't break her maiden. Until her four-year-old campaign

has been running in high-level allowance company at Churchill

Downs. In Saratoga, at Kentucky, Downs

at Keeneland turn to Brian Lynch hits at 19% coming off a layoff,

he and John jockey Julien lepers who hit 19 percent of Cole

Street Park. This would be a substantial Step

Up win for her, but I actually do think she can do it.

And if you want a third horse, the six beautiful lover has been

in the mix. Thank you.

I'm so sorry. You shake that lemony brother.

Good work it. Jason real recently picks up

Joel Rosario in the iron sometimes those little changes

make a big difference. I think the other two are much

more likely winners, I'm 49 and 6 in the library account.

All right, I am similar. I've got the for on top, but for

some of the reasons you mentioned Louis always shopping,

obviously has the back glass of class 1 class.

We say that a lot here on the show has run at this distance.

Plenty has before as a first and a second and and seems to be

this type of a horse Sculpture Park 446, but what I think is

most important in this field is that it seems like she's alone

speed in here. Yeah so I just don't think as

far as the pace scenario is good.

Third unless somebody switches up their tactics and really you

know rides pretty close to her heels there.

I see a situation where she's just able to set whatever Pace

you want sand because she because this is a horse that has

so much stamina and has you know race over this distance or

similar distances plenty of times before not really worried

about her running out of steam. So I do think though that you

could see tactics be changed a little bit with the once the

world who I included for curse off c'mon.

I read Ortiz, is the first time that he's going to be aboard the

five-year-old mayor. And I think you see a maybe a

little bit more of an aggressive ride.

In this case, she's been in some grated 6 before she comes out of

the same race. Has always shopping and

beautiful lover, but I feel like third start off.

The bench is a good angle for her.

She's probably a little bit more fit here.

I think you see your sit way closer to the PACE than she was

last time. So I think that horse is

absolutely in the Mexican crisps up.

Come on doing really, really well right now winning it.

Well, True percent. And she I mean she had Bill

Buick and Ryan Morris or jockeys when she was.

Okay. So they obviously think a lot of

this horse. Right?

Right. Yeah, go.

Buick is a by Sir, Michael Stout before.

So she comes from a good bar out there they'll be oh he's going

to be jumping on her and Charlie just, you know, make sure we get

that. You got all the hot rod Charlie

news news as well, but I actually do prefer the one Over

the six, both are trained by closed off Christoph Mont but

the one you get a six to one price, right?

All right, so Mike, I will go with Mike, picks the name.

I'll go with as a 90s hip-hop fan, I will go with Onyx.

Yeah, but really, what was it hungry kitten for, you know,

Onyx had to hit song Slam in the 90s.

The boys be boys. All right, well, we're gonna do

a quick pick on the race six here.

Just so for the Exotics and this is Because I guess turf or

Gulfstream put in some sort of weird to Peta track.

I don't know. It's this seems a little over

the top for me but it's a Milan 70 yards.

So this is a just a real quick pick on this on this handicap

race here. What do you like here?

Just give us some numbers. No 476 and 11 for me I it'll be

interesting to see because it's talked about this a little off.

Are the computer course, is playing really tight at

Gulfstream like it did it. Turquoise Last year, it takes

about a year for this. These courses to get worked up

and act like you know, traditional to be in a course as

if you will. And so horses shipping in from

would buying the for frosted over coming out of a grade 3 V

second place to Sir, Winston by a half-length but did when the

Ontario Derby. So, if you're going to have a

horse step into a good spot here with Luis saez, I think the for

is on top and then I had the 7 and the 6 to 7 is telephone

talker with Telegraph alone. You hear that name?

Today one last time, out a Gulfstream on this track.

So essentially, the top two from year, four and seven.

I'm similar. I've got the for on top but I

really really like the 11 horse in here, Tiësto.

Every 12 to 13 Carol. Who's gonna step up a little bit

from the allowance levels. Oh no, I'm sorry, this is a

handicap, isn't it? So this is not actually Trace.

Yeah, so fits perfectly here. Where's the source?

Here we go. You get Junior Alvarado.

A board has been over the synthetic surfaces turf.

Hey Park and also at Woodbine in the past two races before that

was trained by Belmont. I think it's a horse that it has

the ability to sit just off the pace or actually closed from

pretty far behind. We've seen both those tactics be

used by this one so that it is now I certainly think he's going

to appreciate the distance of this race.

So I've got the 411 7 and then I had the three fancy liqueur in

there as as another 1821 instead of I think you had the six

Louisa We're settler, right? So and Mike picks it, you know,

since it's the core and not liquor, I'm gonna go, I'm gonna

go Mike, picks a name with, of course.

Hello, hot rod. All right, New York has a Le.

All right, so the notice I'm not giving out any numbers.

Well, you don't need them to be of those fancy Graphics.

Now, thanks to the seventh race is actually named after a man

who was born in South Dakota and that is WL McKnight.

He's the one he is the one guy. Who moved down to Florida,

worked for the M3 Corporation and owned a horse farm, South

Dakota. And yes, this is the great 3wl

McKnight. It is a mound of half on the

turf, but now we can let the boys with penises go out there

and run around the track for a little bit.

So this is a two hundred thousand dollar grade 3.

And who do we like here? We'll go with Luke.

Oh no, this is a voice word race we're gonna let making go first

here. Maybe really important really

important really important. If you're not doing dry January,

go to the Page for me. So leave a lattes in this race

and it's finish your drink. Incredible.

Want a bite now, finish your drink.

You sign up for a lot, a drink and this is the year where we

start writing down the rules of the show.

And no I think we need to I think we need it.

Now that we've got these fancy Graphics, I think we got to

build a graphic, where we have the rules of the show and we put

it up. I think I'm in To play.

I believe there's a be new rules.

This year. We got a new rule to add new

rows to, we're at us. But there are two horses that I

think you have to chug or drink and and finish that up if we

mentioned in and that is solely Volante.

And also the king, the king camera.

Yeah. Yep.

Absolutely. So those are, those are the

rules. Those rules will stay and be

like, the Long Day's gonna race until he's like nine.

So it doesn't matter. By the way, in the last race,

telephone talker. Oh no, it's coming up.

Never mind a horse that beat can Guillermo is running later in

the day. Can you always already say until

about Docker? It's later the day.

It's like, just another role that shows if we mention the

matali Louis gets A full-on Direction so they don't need to

know that. Okay, I'm sorry.

That was it more of an inside joke inside?

All right, anyway so I got the nine eight ten sticks as well as

election. So I have the nine Glynn County

on top for like maker coming off a layup, hasn't raced in 2022

but had some good races last year.

And I'm okay with giving the were some time especially one

that's excuse me, this You know, the staying type of the longer

distances, but he's going to come back into pretty good shape

here. He comes in with some good

workouts as well. So I certainly think that he has

a chance and then I've got the eight horse who is Baker's Bay

12 to 14. Quad McGehee, smoothies a son.

I'm sorry, no, shouldn't get. He is called.

I was thinking Reef should be a heat stroke.

Yeah, this is shh. It's all, it's all the

qualifications me. I do need verbal.

And this is another where she hasn't started yet.

So far this year, but had some good races last year, just going

to be a bit of a step up for him and he's never reached your goal

Stream Park. But he has been in some of those

longer distance races before he's been around at Keeneland

Aqueduct. Kentucky Downs.

Churchill. So he certainly held his own

against some good company. Albeit, maybe just a step below.

The 10 is a bond to one for Todd Pletcher and Luis saez.

Hooray, stick Ocean Park last time, and he certainly has a

great record so far. He's had seven of his nine races

in the To. So you got to like that and the

six horse who is gamma Breeze for Rusty Arnold and Corey

Landry, who again hasn't started yet this year.

And and part of that too, I should mention with these

sources that are coming off of a layoff.

In this particular race, you don't get a lot of the mile and

a half race. Has Milan three spaces on the

turf so you really have to wait for those spots to come up with.

So, you know, we talk about layoffs and whatever you have to

put it into context, I think and four horses like this.

You might look at and say oh they're going to need a race off

the layoff whole. Maybe.

But also you have to think they've just been waiting for a

race like this to come up, especially one if you are a

stayer like this. Maybe there was a race you could

have gone in but it wouldn't be paying as much as you know, you

might find on a big day like this Equestrian Park, a 200,000

dollar race so so that really doesn't bother me in this

particular spot. Yeah.

The other other option for horse like that would have been what

Obama was in the last time but it was a two-mile race.

Right? So I mean yeah you doing Returns

or whatever. Exactly.

I think a bond is going to go to the front and try to stay there.

And like, like I mentioned recently won it, two miles, it

goes through Park in the Jerkins, three wins two seconds

of the last six runs. Luis saez is writing as well as

anyone. And so I think he's worthy

favorite. I have 10 on top, I'm going to

keep, I keep going back to the five King cause who's been

running at high level company at Aqueduct and Saratoga.

This is as much about the connections.

That anything else He's 1 for his last, eight starts with a

second and a third six out of eight times hitting the board.

I'm going to shorten up. Actually my tickets and just go

10-5 in this race. Yeah, for me, he's just got to

prove that he wants to get it the bit of extra ground, but

yeah, I'm banking on Jose Ortiz, being very good on Saturday.

That's also a thing. Okay.

So another rule that show, that we didn't really necessarily

talk about is that we have our own graded Stakes ranking so we

didn't do it on the first stage race though is is the law.

Proved Beyond a a great Three. Yes.

Yeah. Okay.

And is this a great Theory the will you wait about this race

this is a grade 3 okay legit great three we don't have a

problem to being a great three. We don't have trouble with the

lobby I don't yeah I don't have a problem with either one be a

grade 3. I agree.

They're not they're not great grade threes but we're going to

talk about race eight. I have a comment written down.

Exactly for this question. Go ahead.

There we go. Well, then let's move on.

Louie Let's just keep it. Let's keep this train going to

re see the inside information Stakes formerly ran as the

Shirley Jones stakes. And then it was named the inside

information Stakes. After 1995 Breeders Cup, just

half winner, and this is a Sprint race for Phillies and

Mayors. So Louis, this is that, this is

the worst grade to field we've ever talked about.

Wow. Wow, that's solid.

Pretty rough for sure. I agree with you.

I think this should be a listed Stakes race.

Wow, wow, wow. This is a we only were allowed.

And if you see, you saw it on Thursday and it was like the

feature race on Thursday. You'd be like, right?

Like yeah, totally, the only horse in here.

That is not. I mean, it's pretty, in my

opinion, it's for Grace, is on top.

That's my topic. Okay, so I think I think with

the backlash that she's running, she at least has a grade 3

horse, she has proven been some great Jews but like yeah.

But other than that and maybe Pacific Gail who's been in some

okay, races. You don't have a battery, just

don't have a lot of. Yeah, it's a lesson secret.

I wrote down. This is my spread race.

I'm having a hard time Discerning.

Who the best horses here? Mostly because of class and

that's exactly what Megan just mentioned.

Like it's so hard to pick out. Which of these Phillies mayor's.

This actually done, that kind of work before.

I have the eight just one time, just one time in the third spot,

I'll talk about her. Anyway, does she get up at our

first run for Brad Cox? Well, that bar and switch.

Be immediately fruitful. He went to 26 over 26 percent

overall, but at 18% on first time with trainer, that's good,

but for him, that's low. She was good at Penn National.

Will she be good on this weekend at girl stream?

The seven churches, part of One Last Time Out.

Parks prior to that. A five Furlong Turf race in

December of 2020. It's hard to ignore that most

recent result but who's to assume because of that Gap that

that formal. Hope I have the three dance

deorro on top. Believe it or not two wins.

And a third in the last three times out most recent win was a

less was a listed Stakes, so I like the recent Forum there.

So I'm going to I'm going to lean on that.

Traitor Todd, Pletcher goes Turf to dirt at 24%.

I love the to a g and e here because Was previously trained

by Doug O'Neill. Doesn't this feel like a?

Why not us Doug O'Neill move to put this course at a seven,

verilog dirty, not a pleasure. I'm going to trust a pleasure

who did an unbelievable job placing his horses in 2021

hasn't gotten stupid in a month. And that she said, okay, well

already 3287 and I've got for Grace's in the fifth spot and

here's why it's been a while since she's mattered in a race.

Ian Wilkes is who years 16 s off the layoffs in recent years.

I think she can win but I think she doesn't so three 2875 for

me. Okay, yeah, I've Got 5 as my

topic and Then followed up with 786.

Yes. I mean, we have a lot of the

same there but it's it's so just one time to me, you know, you

know what? She feels like Nick's Tommy.

Let's go. Who feels like picks go.

She just one time. I'm not saying she's as good as

Mexico. But remember, when Nick's Joe

wasn't good, wasn't it great. Right, right.

And then brag about the dirt raining it was like oh wait

horses the year. Oh wait.

So I feel like the turnaround with just one time will probably

be fine as far as moving over agree with you on that but

that's what yeah right exactly three two one coming out of

those types of races I mean she does have a pretty decent

record. She's 45 but like you said, who

did she beat it pain now And if I scroll down so so yeah and

then I added that Pacific Grill Gail as well for John Kimmel who

has that back class and actually is done pretty well.

Pawnee who experienced just seven year old Mary Therese 34

times, but she certainly seems to like it here at Gulfstream

Park and she's held your own against some pretty decent

horses. So so yeah, I think you can

spread in here. I just felt like for Grace's was

in a pretty good spot to come back.

She was she was really pretty good last year.

I mean the horses that she she raced against Wisconsin total a

she was in against Edge way. Byron s came in want a grade 3,

you know, Bells the one she was in against as well and that's

where she kind of had that fourth-place finish Venetian

Harbor when she popped up in the Raven Run and that's where she

lost her there. But, you know, if if you cross

out those races and the one time where she went a mile, obviously

she's a Sprint horses. Just want to go a mile.

I mean, she's got a record. That's nearly perfect.

So I think it was two years ago. Megan.

No, I know that. She's a tough one, this field

repair to Megan. That's how flawed this field is

because he only had one start and yeah, watch word in 2021,

right. So I insist, you had an injury

came back from an injury. She raced it a tough race

against Belleville on, it's gone said and whatever didn't run on

Lasix that day. Now she is not running on Lasix

again here today, which is maybe possibly a little concerning.

But I'm okay with the the time off, she still came back in a

Stakes race for her only start of the year because obviously,

she is a higher Caliber horse and then they brought her back

in a soft spot and an allowance race and she finished a good

second by a nose there. So to a horse that is in this

race and you all have got your garment Center.

Yeah, but I don't know. So by the way, something I love

in this place. Tommy specific Gil is out of is

by flat-out. Excuse me.

Three thousand dollar breeding. Yeah.

Jakarta is by Something called busting Stones, $2500 Pacific

Galas are in 650 $1000. At our life jakarta's made over

four hundred twenty five thousand even better Starship.

Paula the horse that Michael just talking about 15.

I like her a lot actually that's 100 for the stud fee and if we

Alec 6,500 feet 300 a very affordable hours is all the

horses in this field. That's what's cool about this

race. It's not a great too.

That's fine. All of these are horses of a

lifetime for the Breeders and for the owners.

Just laughs. I mean you have a hundred times

as much with the breeding fee. Was that's a crime you got to

not this times in here, not this time.

Obviously a sire that isn't necessarily proving any that

horses on the track and I think he's got three year olds of this

year. Four year old to this year, I

can't remember but but then you have a horse like the Ralph,

Nick Centre whose medaglia D'oro and that's a hundred thousand

dollars apiece. So if that's what you're going

by that I think you, you know, you got to take a look at it a

little bit, but yeah, it'll be interesting.

Testing to see to because the novice times, I have found at

least in the ones that I've watched and who was his big

Philly that he had last year. It ran in California for a

little bit, was in some of those big races you JD JD points out,

by the way, the girl many multiple time claimers in this

race, right? Yeah, me too.

That's my, my point is with some of the not this x is that I tend

to find them to be longer distance horses.

A lot of them, and obviously that depends on the mayor.

It because you've got that but he himself is such a robust,

large horse and I think some of his better Offspring have been

better, long distances worth mentioning, by the way,

sometimes the not grade twos make for really good bedding

races. It's true.

In the first leg 467, 11 5 and 10 in the third leg.

And then two, three, five, seven, eight sixty bucks on the

middle pick for the pick for take-out rate at Gulfstream is a

reasonable 20%, so if you want to play that one, there you go.

Alright, so let's move on to rayce 9 then which is the

Pegasus World Cup Filly and mare Turf Invitational mono 16th on

the grass in Florida. And who do you like here?

Louis? Apologies.

I walked away from the screen to try to find a my camera's dying

here, your cameras behind a little bit.

So to me, there is an obviously, classy mayor with a great jockey

and a great trainer. Give me the for Regal Glory.

As the single of this sequence, grade one winner.

Chad Brown, Jose Ortiz want to tell Marwan at Saratoga a

daughter of Megan's favorite Derby, winner, Hannibal.

I think she gets a good trip and I She's the most likely winner

actually on this entire card and so I will be singling the for

Regal glory in all of my tickets.

Wow. Okay.

I also have the 4 on top if you wanted to add some more worse

has I think you add the five gift list for Brian Lynch at

12:45 for some value or said really, isn't that a whole lot

wrong and just finished in the top three with including a win

and a great deal with Churchill Downs and the three races that

she has had here. In the United States before that

she was racing over in England and she had a couple of decent

races over there, but certainly is taken on a whole new form

since coming to the US of a and she's raised quite well without

the addition of Lasix. So, you know, you've got that

part that is an added factor on a day like this, I'm Pegasus

World Cup day. So I think that's certainly

something to keep in mind. Sweet.

Milani, as a horse, that we talked a lot about last year.

Yes, her sire American fare obviously is throwing a lot of

nice stir forces and I think He could come back here.

She had a lot of lot of early promise and she had some great

races in 2020. 2021 wasn't really her year.

I don't know if there was an issue there or what, but she

comes back after a little bit of a break in that race in

December, and she finished first there, but she did race against

them horses in this particular spot as well.

And she didn't win by that much and one by about half a length.

So I considered adding those horses which are the nines

Shifty she who was right there last time trained by sappy

Joseph. He does a good job here and also

the eight Saratoga, I'm sorry. Summer in Saratoga for Joe Sharp

who I find really interesting. I don't think that this mayor

has been given a lot of credit and she's actually done some

very good work in her career. You know, the race back at

Kentucky Downs on the September 11th in the ladies Turf.

Kentucky Downs is a really official weird track and I think

some horses either love it there or they just don't and the

Retches weird. And the terms are weird and

hills are weird and depending on what the weather's doing, that

could be weird, so she finished seven that day, but it was a

blanket finish. Only lost by just about Three

Links or whatever. But, you know, she is a horse

that I think has been pretty consistent, besides that, she

had one race where she stumbled, she had a bad forestry finish

behind, Laura's light who want a lot of good races in California.

So I 12:48, I think summer in Saratoga has a pretty decent

chance to run to run. Okay.

All the spa. There's a spa, the spa and JD

adding that lady b fear. Had a rough luck 2021 scratch

twice at Keeneland, including ones in the gate.

So always been to keep that in mind.

They, you know, I wish that it was something that occurred in

the former often. It's in the physical drf, but

the scratches, and that scratches and whatever from the

last time will show up, but you really have to keep Keep up with

that yourself. If you don't get the physical

form and read that, and I always find that to be very helpful.

Yeah, right. Also, JD adding that she wears a

barrier blanket now, which they use a lot in Australia and over

in England. But here, I don't think we

really talk about it as much so at all good note there.

Yeah. But that's another thing too is

like we don't have nearly the same information as far as the

quality is concerned. This is the kind of race by the

way, if you have a strong opinion, To go against Regal

Glory. This is where you could really

make hey some money. Yeah, right.

Well and also it's part of the right.

You have the opportunity if you want a single say that horse in

some of your early tickets, like your pick five, pick six or

whatever. But then you want to give

yourself more of a chance to say you you flop there and you need

more coverage in this race. Then you can kind of cover

yourself and hopefully recoup those losses towards the end of

the day. It's worth mentioning.

I mean, you're right because because I single in this leg, A

fifteen dollar late before it s, right?

And so, you know, you're totally right about that.

All right, I just say the show. I mean, we just talk about that

real quick. Here you go.

Thanks, is that a humble brag? Technically, I'm a little, I'm a

little out of breath, actually, so welcome to the club Louis and

I are 6-0. What was that shape?

All right, so we're going to move on to the Fred w Hooper.

Fred Hooper of course was a famous racehorse owner and

breeder one. The 1945 Kentucky Derby with

hoop Junior which is very unusual.

You're not supposed to name a horse Maybe I have you didn't.

I don't know. This is the mile on the dirt.

Megan, let's start with you. This is great three, by the way.

Okay, so I have one in the eighth and then maybe the six is

kind of exactly how I wrote it in my form.

I'm the one Fearless for Todd Pletcher, who's winning at a

measly 42%. The Source seems to have the

best. Numbers has a really good

record. 11, 45 lifetime for 45 years ago, Stream Park with the

only other race being a second-place finish 522 so that

it just seems pretty logical here.

Especially since this horse is 1 grade 2 races.

We're talking about a grade 3 race so I just don't think it's

Could it be that tough? Then you've got a horse like

Speakers Corner, who is going to make the first start of the

year, and he's done some good work in his, in his short

career. So far, he's 346 lifetime, he's

never erase your ghosting Park, never raced at this distance,

but they are going to take them over the Mi.

He's been over them out of six 18th in this past year races and

that seemed to work for him. He did not perform very well

over the Milan 8th, but it was also the grade one Pennsylvania

Derby and Mike's, first Hot Rod, Charlie was in there.

So and there was all that trouble with the night Bourbon

and whatever. But I think Speakers Corner

certainly a horse. You can you can think about if

you wanted another one, maybe Liam son of Williams map Train.

That's not Colonel William. It's just Liam.

Yeah, just straight up. Liam and S are not the layups

one back in December. And yeah, I mean Ransom, okay.

Numbers was was the heavy favorite performed exactly.

Like he should have that day so I don't know that.

Is really so impressive as it was just a validation that the

source came back. Well off of a really extended

layoffs but I really think it's it's the one in the eat.

I really enjoyed it. I really hope Genesis moment

actually. Like I just I just hope that

horse. I feel so bad for that horse.

You know. I don't know.

So bad but go ahead Lily. All right now it's cool.

Yeah. Dale, Romans must be 1987.

All right, so the um I think the eight speakers corners on top

for me I have the In the second spot.

I think he's a one turned specialist.

If you look back, he's a once or specialist who wants a mile or

more he wanted that Milan 62 Velma, that's one turn right

comes back, tries to win over to at Aqueduct at losses by less

than a length. He's one of belmonte's, one of

the high-level allowance at Saratoga solid.

Jockey trainer numbers at Gulfstream Park, I think he's a

top selection. I do like the to locals Megan

mentioned, the one Fearless totally.

I think the nine geronimo's attack has a big shot.

He ran a super fast. Pair of miles at a minute, 34 at

a minute. 35. One of those, he beat can

Guillermo. And next, I canti can't braces

at Gulfstream Park. Fearless One.

The Gulfstream Park mile under I read last year, totally capable

in the spot. I'm 8 1 & 9.

I'll take, I'll tell you what. If you got a grade 3 winner at

last time, out who's 12:45? I'm going to officiating.

I like that. Okay.

All right. Levin Leone, what does he know?

Yeah. Besides thousands of wins there

right? I mean that's that's you know I

mean I was a good and good speed to so alright the 11th race is

the Pegasus World Cup Turf. Invitational this is the grade 1

mile 8 on the turf and the prize is 1 million dollars.

Meghan, have you like here? What?

I can't believe he didn't go to me first.

I know who you're gonna pick? No, I mean it's fine with me if

you want to oh my God you guys. Okay right.

Well he is clearly feel bass. I mean if you don't like you're

you're fired from the show pretty.

We're trying to have a civilization people.

Yeah I mean I actually also No has filled backs on top and

sends one so there you go. I knew that was gonna be.

Why don't you have a good t-shirt?

Thank you so much pain. We need to have a life.

We have that. Yes but we got to work on it

just it's just a good memory of luo Yin stable boys time

together. That's all this.

I don't know. Stable boy, I know that's what

makes it even better. I don't get it.

That's what makes it even better.

It's JD before. He's a poor man's JD, very

hopeless. Homeless.

No, no, no. He was not easy.

For those of you that don't know, I'm not the best one to

explain. It was awesome, selling seat,

fix Class on class.

Right already want to go through a park like this distance.

I'm not really too worried about the layoffs and Big Mike Baker

knows how to get his horses. Ready off of them, excited

laugh. He wins it 16% with horses, come

back after 61 to 180 days and I like the fact that this horse is

adjustable, you know? I mean he has led before, but he

can also stalk and kind of save some ground there so he's not

necessarily a horse that needs to run in a particular spot.

You know, you talk about some others in here like Channel cat.

I think those his best running on the front end, for sure.

So you're kind of locked That position but I think a murderer

rispoli who actually was aboard. The source last time for the

win. It has a little bit more wiggle

room for what he wants to do and how they break from The Starting

Gate in that Post Number 9. So I've got field passed on top

just like the running of this horse is done.

I think he's in a good spot to come back.

I like space traveler quite a bit at 12:48.

JB Spencer's board who actually is a good friend of Brendon

Walsh and he's done some some good writing all over the world

but blinkers go on for this one. Brendon Walsh blinkers on 19%.

Want this horse though does definitely need a pace that up

so this is one that is going to just break through gate nice and

easy and you know save some ground and then hopefully come

running there at the end which I think gave me Spencer is an

excellent choice therefore a jockey because you know he has

that style maybe a little bit more than some of your American

jockeys. The eight horse as well, is

sacred life for Chad Brown and Jose Ortiz.

It hasn't run so far this year but same thing has that back

class. I think as a similar words to

feel bad so I think they're both solid entries in here and then

the six horse is currently up for Todd Pletcher and this one

comes out of that men-hattan in the the grade one and finish ate

that day or didn't really do too much and that s June of twenty,

twenty one. So it's been a while.

Since this horse has been competitive at the races but

Fletcher winds at 25 percent three courses back after like a

vacation that lasted forever, then, you know, you just really

can't argue with this horse. Is record 2 for 2 at this

distance to Purdue ago, she park and 649 lifetime.

So it just certainly seems like he likes to win and he's another

one of those forces that usually does his best running stock in

the pace. But I just feel like he's a

horse, that takes a breath a little bit easier than some of

the others in here. Alright, Andres, 12, I'll just

show him we go ahead. All right, field passes on top.

I don't know. I appreciate that other horses.

Showed up the fuel pass Invitational.

Awesome Peridot rispoli. Who needs to move his acting

Kentucky because of fear. I'm actually the most

interesting thing to me in this race is if Colonel how Colonel

Liam shows up right? Because he's the best horse here

but the layoff is the layoffs but punches great off of

layoffs, right? And so coming back, integrated

one spot. By the way, this is a great to

field. I'm not convinced.

That this is a super high level grade 1.

So I think Colonel Liam can absolutely win.

I have the 12 in the third spot, never surprised.

Seven races for wins three seconds first time, against four

and up. So it'll be fun to watch him.

Adjust this. Is that time of year where we

watch to your old become three-year-old.

Cereals become four-year-old move into those four and up

races, but I'm 96 12, five and eight here.

I think Megan hit the road Megan.

And I talked about before, I think Tyler's got a chance to

have a big day. This was Dan blacker's, first

grade one winner. And I think he's a really

excellent trainer in Southern, California.

If that California speed thing, travels to Hallandale, this will

be the horse that wins. So I'm going to include the five

and then the eight sacred life like Megan mentioned is field

passes Joker or the the Spider-Man mean were there like

pointing at each other? That's sacred life.

If you can get filled, password to one and sacred. 4621 that

field past. Like that's not a question, but

whatever it is include those two horses.

Like I said, 96 12 5 and 8 for me here.

All right, so we're going to move on to the Pegasus World

Cup, a mile and eighth on the dirt.

The Big Show of the weekend. No horse has ever won

back-to-back Pace World Cups, right?

This is the swansong fornix co 3 million dollars on the line

going with Nick's go or you going to get some Megan would

say you. I'm going with Nick's go.

I do really like life is good and I think we're going to see

basically those doors is and then everybody else like 12

lengths behind, but I like the fact that Nick's go is just had

so much more experienced over the extra distance.

The my underneath is really I think makes all the difference

here. You know, you've got a horseshoe

really seem to appreciate that amount of quarter and life is

good might certainly impress here and step up you know the

one time he went a little bit further was the mile and 16 but

he was in the San Felipe but and Medina Spirit was the second

place finisher, but I just would have liked to have seen more

longer distance races for him because those races in

California. Just don't, you know, don't

impress so much anymore. When I mean that One at least

had seven horses, right? But like we see these five horse

fields and forwards fields and whatever.

And it's like it's so cliche but then you get into it and you're

like well, who did they beat and beat Maddie the spirit?

But I don't know. I I really, really like the way

that he performed in the Breeders Cup juvenile.

I just don't know if I'm Lonnie against a horse.

Like Nick's go who's also a speed Horse by the way.

So it's really just going to be a test of stamina and for horse

that hasn't shown that he has that salmon because he hasn't

had the opportunity to You I say you go with what works and

that's Nick's go it. I think the important thing

about life is go, life is good that people watch and they see

it and it's super impressive. He is super, he's obviously

talented, so that's absolutely isn't it.

And I know you're not saying that he's running the mile in a

buck, 34 life is good as running the mile at a buck 34 to Buck

35, and then going another for a long ride me.

Next to go, Is doing that and then still has the rest of the

stamina to the myelin a. So I'm with Megan, I think

however it would be it would be prudent to include both on

tickets if you can afford it, if I took life is good off by pick

for ticket, it's 750, which means I could play it three

times or four times and have a reasonable price ticket, right?

That kind of thing. If I really thought next goal

was, was the winner. I look back now and I regret

having essential quality on my tickets in the Breeders Cup

Classic With Mexico because he was never not going to win all

of his works. By the way at Fairgrounds have

been very, very good. He seems to not hate the track

at Gulfstream in the videos that I've seen this week and so I am

going to have to make a decision between now at 9:15 Eastern on

Thursday and I p.m. or I guess like 3:00 p.m.

I guess when I put my tickets together on Saturday.

If I'm going to single Nick score, if I'm going to include

life is good. There's a serious chance that

this is life is good. Coming out party, right?

It really is yeah it really is because he's not talented and

he's got the right training and all that.

It's the rare case. By the way, when someone leaves

the baffert barn and stays at that level or maybe even

improves with pleasure. I mean, it people don't like GT

with the, the facts. Here are two All-Star producer

and everything, but Nick's go winning would allow him to

become the first ever to win the Pegasus World Cup after winning

The Cornhusker handicap in Altoona.

Iowa, love it. I don't want you to start it off

at Ellis Park. Do, who is your third best horse

in this race Megan? Do I have to have them?

It's just going to be a blanket finish between the rest of them,

but trust Chief, you think so? Okay.

Sir. Winston by the way, is only the

second sir, once he's 96 years old, by the way, the only one

that 2019. Yeah, I mean I think I think

probably I don't know, even though he's like a sprinter

endorse loss and doors lost to officiating last time in that

basement in one of the other one, there's no way.

Chest chest. He finishes second behind.

Nick behind life is good. Do you just like, I mean, that's

a show bed, right? We could just get it to show,

all right, we have another track to go to JD.

Can you pull up my bets for the late sequences here at

Gulfstream for us? Thank you, sir Les pick for.

Like I said, it's 15 bucks. Single in that for that first

leg with the floor than 1895 6, 8 9 12 and then one and the four

in the last for 15 bucks. Like I said if you feel strongly

in that last leg you can actually Morton that if you feel

like life is good, this is coming out party or if x goes to

have a good signing off, you can play that for a buck or two

bucks. The late pick five, I have a 75

dollar ticket to take out at Gulfstream.

Is 15% of the late Pick 5 so that might actually be the

better play. I five horses in the first leg 2

3 5 7 8 then a single 4189 5 6, 8 9 and 12 and then the one in

the for in the last 75 dollars. If you're playing the pick-6,

it's not a mandatory payout. Don't play the pick six.

I'm putting it on the screen because I have to There's my pic

6 S, I have a 60 dollar picks extinct.

Don't play that good. So we're doing move to we're

going to be essentially a 42%. Right, right?

So don't play don't play. Don't do it.

We're gonna move on to the Martha Washington at Oaklawn.

Louis was was hinting at this race being something that he

thinks there's a superstar. This isn't Oaks Point Race and

the winner of this race last year was, oh, um, she found out

he was the Dallas Stewart Philly.

Yeah. She finished third in the Oaks.

Oh my God. Yeah, that one you are correct.

It is Will secret. We'll see.

I'm not going to tell you who the Martha Washington State's is

named after because if you don't know, you should go back to

elementary school. So humble brag will secret never

left my top 5 evokes. Never After that's right.

That's true. I loved her and she came out 33

to 1. Finished third in the office.

Keep going. That's why you need.

That's why I need to point it out right.

Another winners of this race. Just so we know.

The first ever was won by a horse named eight Bells.

The second-ever was named one by Named Rachel Alexandra.

So, yeah. Whoo, it's great.

But a pedigree. Well, yeah, this is, this is,

this is got some, you know, we haven't had too much lately, but

also little-known humblebrag fact, Marquis, Miss won this

race. And I was hanging out with

Andrew Mason a lot back then and I got, that was the one time I

got to walk and Oaks horse from the stable, like onto the track.

So human, that was kind of cool but and marking Miss didn't

finish the Oaks because Stevens Pulled up on her butt and, you

know, she was fine. It was, we went back to the

owners place that they were written afterwards and had

dinner and no one was happy. Let's just put it that way.

Alright, yeah. Alright, so we're going on

Louis, I mean you kind of already gave us this huge like

tease about this superstar that we're going to see.

So why don't you go ahead and tell us who the superstars going

to be? I think hope is that this field

only pulled six horses by the way, especially with the

Probably out there in California.

I mean, I guess anger by the way.

He's got another horse in this race.

All right? Go ahead.

Yeah, I think the three Como Square.

Third time's daughter who's done nothing wrong in her first, two

starts daughter of into Mischief, John Velazquez Brad,

Cox. He is 33 percent going Sprinter

out. It is Sprinter out season or as

the kids say, Susan SE SE, n that it's that time of year and

that's where we, I was bad. I think they come 0 square.

This is her coming-out party. This is it?

I think she is. More talented than will secret.

I think the breeding is there, for sure.

Obviously, the six secret oath the for optionality are obvious

contenders they've both done well at a mile.

All their connections make sense.

I get it. But I actually think this is

Como square is coming out party. I don't think you get five to

two. I think you get 722 on the

source. And so, this is my obvious wind

better. The day in the Martha,

Washington coast where. All right, Megan, you hate this

race? Go for it.

I also have Como Square. I don't hate this race.

I just don't love it. Like Louise.

Yeah I mean come on squared sanctions anything wrong cheaper

to. She's half brother to Caddo

River who Brad Cox also trains. It was good in some races and so

it's the first time we're going to see this one stretch out but

like you mentioned she is into Mischief which recently that

seems to be a good thing. Matters were depending on the

mirror for longer distances, so she still does have a lot to

prove. Then you have a horse like

optionality who last time, went the distance of I'll granted it

was at Remington Park and she won by eight lengths as she

should have at Remington Park. And so she has proven herself a

little bit more of her distance. But again, you just have a lot

of Phillies in here who are kind of still finding their feet.

But those divorces I think are certainly worth including and

then I definitely think you have to include the six secret oath

because we mu cos although, you know the past couple years for

him haven't really been great. Eight, he's running at 12

percent right now, which is decent.

This is a horse who had really one baffert and that was in the

Golden Rod, which was a grade to.

This is not a great to, it's a listed Stakes race and I don't

think this field is probably the same as what she faced there,

but she graduated by five lengths at Churchill Downs, and

shit was a pretty good race for her.

And then at Oaklawn Park, at least she has a race over a

longer distance at this track and she That by eight lengths as

well. So to me secret oath feels like

the will secret of this field. I think with her experience, I

don't love that you to one price that I don't think we see that

on her when it comes to race. I think that'll be higher.

We'll see how she does with that Lasix here.

Yeah, yeah. For sure.

And that's, that's something to be considered for all those

horses. At least Como square is had that

win without Lasix and and occipital, both broker remain,

without Lisa session, with David?

Yeah. So, And then you have a words

like princess Polly into kind of a, I didn't include but she's

still a maiden. She's done most of her race and

yeah, starting with that Lasix. But you know, she she's and this

fire for Steve asmussen and it certainly seems like she's a

horse who should appreciate the extra Grand.

She had a second place over. That was her best finish but

she's sorry, bacterial and her. Damn is Keen.

Pauline, right? Exactly.

Who, you know, had some good teachers to turn Reese's.

So it seems like the longer the Better for her, but she just

hasn't really been able to find her feet.

So I don't know what that that's about for her.

But yeah. So I went, I went three for I'm

sick about way. I mean, we got to talk real

quickly after the, you know, we were not hard on them, but, you

know, point out that, you know, fantastic, housewife struggled,

so much last year, Oakland's been a whole different gig for

him and he's really have nothing.

I have notes about that for the Southwest, okay, well, I didn't

mean it like, you know, crap on You remove that we're on the

same page. It's good.

Yeah, that's good. Yeah, well, I don't be good to

see good part of it too, and, and this was going on and, you

know, before that happened, but I think it only exacerbated the

problem. But Ricardo is really close to

Miguel Mina. And so, his passing was at least

he said in his own words, that was a big factor into him, just

not being able to kind of figure it out and feel it again, so

it's good to see him, you know, kind of get back in the saddle

here and do well at Oaklawn Park.

Or after mourning his friend a little bit.

And we'll move on to that Southwest Stakes, which is

racing on 750,000 dollars and some Derby points, timid, 30

points. It would be exact on the line

here in the southwest Stakes, which is a great 37 and fifty

thousand dollars. For grade 3 is nothing to shake

out there, that's pretty good. Mama 16th on the dirt obviously

will let Megan go first here. Megan who do you like it's

really good to see David Cohen. Get him out like Dash attack and

here he's just Great. Great guy and you're running the

show. You exactly.

Patamon before I love the fact, this cold was one Bulls of his

only starts of course, and both of those rat, a mile distance.

So he gets a little bit more ground here at the mall and a

16th, but he's done nothing wrong.

So far, he does, he's seems to be just a little bit paste,

dependent possibly. So that could be his one

Achilles heel. If he doesn't get the, you know,

he doesn't have the setup in front of him, but he wasn't that

far away from the leaders in his debut race.

When he It was just sitting off the pace so I don't know that

it's that big of an issue for him, but it's just something to

mention, you know, he's a son of money.

So typically you think money is like a mi printer, right?

But we are talking about being on the Derby Trail longer

distance races, but he's proven that he's done.

Just fine so far, the hard spun mayor to.

So he I mean there's there's at least a little breeding there,

right? For sure.

The 12 horse in here is Vive are for Brad Cox at 12:48 gets the

blinkers on here which brought adcox twins at 23 percent.

When doing that you get full rajguru in the irons and he's

written The Source ones before was actually in the grade to

Kentucky, jockey Gold Cup, right?

Jockey Club. Got whatever it is, you know,

you know that race. Who's the most I'm talking like

three days and thank you, appreciate it.

But yeah, I think this horse is going to is going to turn back

around here and be on the improve especially with the

first time. Bleeker's might be able to focus

a little bit more. I would expect him to be a

little bit quicker here. He graciously outside post.

So I do think flourish room. I try to get that early

positioning especially with the horse who like I said has the

shades on him today and or Saturday and then the and is

Newgrange. For Bob baffert.

Why didn't I include Barbara road?

I don't remember. I think I watched, I watched the

replay there for that horse. We know Louis is going to

include by Road, by the way, but I really wanted to but it's I

didn't I didn't quite I try to watch as many replays as

possible, but I definitely always watch the replays if

there's something, you know, indicative of, I don't know a

variable right in in the race. So it says traffic up late, s.

So okay, what is the traffic valid?

The same thing, if it's a stumble from the gate, all of

that, you got to watch it and see what you really think.

I didn't really see the traffic that much.

I mean there was a lot of horses turning for home and they were

just kind of all spread out wide.

And yeah, the worst got up for But he was still a solid two

legs off the leader. Like it wasn't like a plate,

like almost got there. I mean, the horse wasn't even,

maybe maybe really Gutierrez is already wrapped up on him was

really trying but I mean he likes laundered in for a second

like he wasn't gonna, he wasn't doing much.

He wasn't ever gonna win that race so I didn't love that

performance as much as I thought I would watching it, but

Newgrange done, nothing wrong. So far.

What it takes for a long as wanted a mile and the Sham Which

was applied force field right in California but, you know, he's

gonna have some speed. So, yeah, so we'll see if Bob

does, what Bob does? Yeah, right.

So I do have Barbara Road on top, fantastic housewife,

Ricardo City, Junior and Steve as mohsen.

That's just never going to happen for me.

This horse rate as the last two times out stretched out last

time. Over a sloppy go we're going to

have, you know, dryer? Good, go this time.

I think you'll do much better baffert shooter here is

obviously talented, the 10 new, Grange Starlight has three

horses out west in the San Vicente.

I think there's a region they sent this horse to Arkansas.

I guess the bigger field. I think they think a lot of the

stores. The two dash attack to me, of

course, from the show, David Cohen.

Um obviously clue done, nothing wrong in two races.

Getting me become very good with three year old so I meet and

it's 12. So I real quick because we

talked about this a lot last year at the end of the year and

we got we got fantastic outpoint housewife on a horse.

He's never met him before. Sure he's got to ask my son

horses in here that he has ran on before.

Although not regularly has not been the regular jockey on

either one of them. Do we read into anything that

that Didn't match up at all that ask most and didn't go with

Ricardo on. Either one of these horses are

Ricardo turned him down. I mean, what is there anything

to read in there? As far as their relationship

goes I know he's on other asmussen horses in the con the

card. I just think there's some

interesting Dynamics going on there.

Something tells me there's some interesting Dynamics going on

there. I mean for example like classic

moment the nine as Marty Garcia he's fine but like I don't think

Steve thinks he's gonna win for example, and saying, probably

with the other one would cost the Tara.

Yeah, right. So I don't know that.

That's what that is. I do think that for me I think

Barbara has a significantly better chances, so we might just

be a thing where Ricardo just said, hey I got chance someone

on this horse, I'm gonna take this male kind of thing,

probably. Okay.

Alright. The prayer though, get a chance

because he's a great guy and just a solid Rider from

California. And he always was, like the

second or third call guy for a lot of barns but like he, he

rides he really tries every day. I'm and Ricardo's on in race and

race Aid in the hundred thousand dollar allowance, he's on

Steve's horse. So it's I mean it's he has been

riding for a man waiting for him a lot.

Yeah, both of those things are true.

Yes. Right.

So then we get but we're gonna see it kind of again here in the

10th race. Not really because, you know,

the Nashville, we get to see. Finally.

I mean, I feel like we watch that horse, just destroyed a

Keeneland and then it's just incredible and then, you know,

just wait wait after that, so Um, but he's back, french cheese

on them and Ricardo's on the one, Hollis my going for Ortiz.

Again, you know, riding around in Ortiz horse.

Again, it's this. I mean, we might see a great

show Even though this is just a list of steaks at King Cotton

six, furlongs on the dirt hundred fifty thousand dollar

purse, four, year, olds, and up. I think we might see a good down

the stretch between these two horses.

What do you want? Would say, you guys i-i've.

Got the six Nashville on top. I think it's a Pretty obvious

one and I do think this horse is going to win this race.

Probably I added the fork illusion illusion kind of

hesitantly. I mean they put the blinkers on

this horse last time. It obviously did not work out

because it was his worst result of his life - the Breeders Cup

Sprint where he just kind of gave up.

I think he's you think he's down?

Did I think he's been in again? Some some top horses before.

This is Probably a much, much much easier field than some of

that. The ones he's had to deal with

out there because there is a pretty decent, you know,

especially older horse print, division in California, a lot of

the time. So so I like them, I don't love

them but I like them and then the 7 horse Bob's Edge for Larry

Jones and like that. You known as just as only had

one or a couple of races rather without Lasix.

One of those is a win early on in his career to spread.

Distance. And then he's had some other

races here at Oaklawn Park where they've been at a lower level.

But I'd be interested to see what he does.

He definitely seems to be a horse at least recently that

need something to close at. So we'll see see what he does.

By the way, we also have a new one.

So we have the horse in here, narrate, the, a horse actually

won this race last year, old or so.

Yes, right. Yeah, go ahead.

Louis. I think illusion illusions on

top. Here, I'm looking for a massive

bounce. A cure from an October laid off

and just really good works recently at Santa Anita, I think

the drug. This is a massive drop in class

for this horse from what he's been running on California

against horses. Like dr.

Shovel and charlatans and whatever else Megan is there any

chance our boy hot? Right?

Hot long-range tiny, excuse me? I'm rich.

Daddy gets it done here. Any chance?

I just I think that horse is so cute.

He's got a little face. You and I both had him in the,

in an optional claim and no, no, here's Titus, right?

No, your son. It was the race.

I had him when he won at Oaklawn when he was a three-year-old,

okay? I don't know what you and I

picked him independently as a massive upset.

I yeah. It was either the optional

claimer at Churchill or the in the aristides, but trying trying

a sprinting distance for the first time I think was your

study sexually. Um I don't know seems like old

sprinting geldings do well at Oakland schools.

Yeah what are you talking about Whitmore?

Maybe yeah yeah we get it, we get it.

But for some reason you and I both liked him turning into a

sprinter. But yeah on top and I just I'll

see it when I'll believe it. When I see it with with

Nashville. I think there's a chance that

it's not going to happen and I'll have Hollis in the second

spot, the one, okay. All right, so great first show

of 2022, I thought yes a little long but that's okay.

We have done. We have done this in a while.

We know we had fun, read a lot to catch up on and it was good.

And we talked about we got we got major stakes races coming

next week with the Holy Bull, the withers and the robbery

Louis and of course, will be here to talk about all of it.

And just so our listeners are aware.

We're doing something that we didn't, you know, we're adding

something new to the show. So now, when we upload the, the

podcast episode, the replay, if you didn't listen to us live, it

will include the video on Spotify.

So, if you go to Spotify, you can actually watch the show as

well as listen to it and see all the great graphics and shout out

to JD for his help and all that was fantastic.

So, really excited about the year ahead, guys.

And It's gonna be a lot of fun and I think we got some other

big announcements to come hopefully really soon as well.

So, great show any parting words from either one of you all I

just, I just don't know what? Yeah, yeah, we are fancy.

Whatever. Lily, what do you got?

I mean, not a lot, but, I mean, just excited that I love these

early. These early three-year-old,

preps are very fun to watch and watch horses, develop and go to

terms of first time, those sorts of things.

It's a, it's a good time of year for sure.

All right. Well, it's time to pay the tab.

And get out of here. I'll see you next time on the

horse racing. Happy hour.