SoCal Saturdays 5/3/25 | Santa Anita Park

Oh, it's a vibe. It is a vibe, Barry.

I like. I like the new surroundings.

Welcome, everybody, welcome. It is horse racing happy hour,

folks. It's so Cal Saturday.

You might notice that I am not Louis Rabo in.

Fact. Are you serious?

Yeah, it's not the same person. Not the same person at all.

Where is Louis might be asking. I'm sorry, children, but that's

no longer our concern. I don't get it twisted.

He's fine. He's not dead, I promise that.

But he is covering the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby this

weekend, so he's on track at Churchill Downs.

He asked me to fill in. Who am I?

My name is Chase Sessoms, the Wolf of Oaklawn, host of the

notorious OTB with this handsome gentleman sitting next to me,

Mr. Barry Spears. Barry, what's going on, buddy?

Man, that's a hell of an intro. I I need that every time from

you. But yeah, thank you.

Doing good today. You know, already got a nice

winter under my belt at the yokes and I'm set for success.

So I think this Santa Anita card will kill it.

Yeah, well let's go ahead. We know it's Oaks Day, so let's

dive in. We're talking the the Santa

Anita Saturday card for this Saturday the 3rd of May.

You're our Lord 2025. It's a 10 race card.

Post time 4:00 Eastern, 3:00 Central, 1:00 specific time.

We're going to be using the right names for the time zones

because I'm on someone else's show.

Race 1 Barry 6 furlongs, $50,000 optional claimer on the turf.

I didn't think that there was an exceeding amount of speed in

this race early and it makes the chalk look like an appealing

option as a forced to get around in this first race.

What did you think? It was a kind of a tricky race

because the favorites do look pretty good here.

Beyond that it it it's hard to see what the race shape is is

going to be like. But I ended up on the four

Gazzone that race, that one race back in March, March 16th to be

exact, kind of stands out over this field.

And there's not really a whole lot of quote UN quote winning

types in this race. So I I thought gazon was a good

play. News at 10 will probably be

closing is probably the second best horse in this race.

I I know he's had a lot of cracks at this distance in in

class, but he does show up and then I use the six traveling

show for 3rd. You know, we almost went exactly

the same. We saw an eye to eye here with

gazzone, I mean, facing winners for the first time after scoring

off the layoff, you know, back in March to break the main.

I I think this is the controlling speed in the in this

race. It's a little bit muddy, but I,

I I'm going to take a stand and say this is it.

And 2nd. I'm also using 5 News at 10.

It seems beatable, but probably not beatable off the board in

this race. This is the issues is just the

horse just doesn't win. Runs really strong figures, just

doesn't win the seven Targarius at 12:50 is my third pick here.

This strikes me as a horse that might flash a little bit of

early speed but ultimately takes up the stalking trip behind

Gazon. I didn't think they're going to

be going fast early. I think that Targarius could

hold to get a piece of A at a longer price here.

So I was 457 Barry, you were 456 in in race one.

Let's hit race two 6 1/2 furlongs, $50,000 California

bred maiden claiming Barry. I feel naked without my sound

drops that I usually use. I'm just scrambling for buttons

right now. But I mean maiden races are one

and gate to wire fashion a lot of the time.

I think you take a stab with the runner in this race with the

four Lee place running style that it's exhibited in its first

two races with a healthy early pace figure on time form.

I'll go ahead. I'll lead this one off Barry.

I I liked the three Flash that smile at 12:50 for Sean McCarthy

for Tyler Bayes up in the irons. He gets a second crack after the

the one year layoff after being the speed and spade.

I feel like Flash that smile obviously needed that race.

I'm really looking forward to the second start off of the

layoff. And then McCarthy's been putting

just steady 5 for long drills through this horse.

And if there's one thing I've taken from Barry, it is the long

5 for long workout leading into a race.

I used the 6th and second big Woosh at 9:00 to 2:00.

We're we're dropping from maiden special into maiden claiming in

this race and we're taking a big time cut back in distance here.

What big Woosh shows is a little bit of an ability to pass other

horses, which I think you typically want to use that horse

in your maiden races. Because if we get a surprise

pace rush from the first time starter or a change in tactics,

this one could be the only one that can pick up pieces.

And then the three I used the chief, Maria Tall Chief nine to

five, Phil D'amato good First off the turf, Maria Tall Chief

making that career debut on dirt.

And the turf figures are good enough to win this race.

But I think there's some right to skepticism here.

And I don't think you accept a short price.

I think Maria Tall Chief sitting up close, going to try to stalk

and pounce and just remains be seen if she can do that for

anything other than minor awards.

Barry, what you think of Race 2? I thought it was a really

interesting race because a lot of these horses are coming off

of the turf and and you get a like a weird sort of run out of

turf horses who run on dirt. A lot of them like to kind of

get to the lead or make a real nice middle move and then fade.

So I have the thought that a lot of that is going to be going on

in this race. And then I landed on the six big

Whoosh who kind of looks like a closer, but I think the dirt

might help this horse and with everybody who I think is going

to back up this horse could easily, you know, pass everybody

and win this race. It's a this is a really tricky

race. To be honest.

I used the seven smiling forever for 2nd, just really on the drop

in class might move this one up a little bit.

And then lastly, I use Maria Tall Chief, who has been very

consistent. Same thing, dropping down in

class slightly 9 to 5 is tough to take on anybody in a race

like this, so we throw that one in for 3rd.

Well, there we go. Race three.

We're jamming along 5 1/2 furlong, $16,000 claimer on the

dirt. For once, I'm not going to be

that guy that thinks that every single Sprint race has a pace

collapse early. I I totally am that guy.

But for this brief period, I'm going to elect to be a loves

early speed guy. The shortest Sprint distance

makes that decision a little bit easier because it plays even

more to early speed. Did you think speed took this on

the front end? Are you looking for something a

little more tactical in Race 3? Barry, you're muted, brother.

That's good because I really was was fumbling on what I was

saying. But I, I did have the notion

that speed might be very effective in this race.

There's really not much of it. And I landed on Sir Maximus to

kind of dial back one of those performances he had back in

November of last year. You know, these are, these are

the bottom level claimers and it, it's kind of a crapshoot.

These horses don't really like to win or pass horses.

So I think a horse like Sir Maximus, who's going to be 4

lead place might be the the way to go.

There you go. What's 2 and three?

Let's hear it. I used the five, what's the

horse's name? Zombo Bombo for a second.

How did I forget that one seems to have some speed also.

I mean, it's, it's really tough with these these condition

claimers. I mean, this horse is running at

32,009 winners of two just like this race, but you know, double

the price. It it's, it's such a tough read,

but this horse seemed to have a little bit of an edge fire speed

figure wise over the field. So we'll use that one for 2nd

and then I use the six Cupid's Crusader for third, kind of

picking up the pieces. The Source had ran a couple of

good races back at Santa Anita last year.

I think that one might pick up the rest of them.

Yeah, I, you know, I went with the four horse you didn't

mention looks rare at 4:00 to 1:00.

We're getting the ultimate equipment change here.

I love playing first time geldings, but there's one thing

in specifically that I'm looking for whenever I actually play a

first time gelding, which is workout patterns that are look

more focused, more regular, less erratic, less all over the place

with times and everything. And I think I get that here with

looks rare. So I think that this one might

be a little bit more focused a little bit, you know, ready to

to go. You know, I was one of 51 on the

work tab recently going 5 furlongs.

And, you know, sometimes with maidens we ask what's different

and I feel like a lower level claimers, you have to ask that

question too. So I'm, I'm answering the what's

different question with the gelding looks rare, 4 to 1.

I agree with you on on Zombo Bombo there.

There's, you know, not like a a ton to like in this race, but I,

I do think that you have to include a Zombo Bombo

underneath. And then you mentioned the other

horse. I like the three Sir Maximus

9:00 to 2:00. I I I think that Ray Lu gets to

do what Ray Lu does best in this race for George Parabon, which

is. Put him.

On the lead, put him on the lead and I love Ray Lu when he is on

the lead. So I'm, I'm including that one

in 3rd. Barry, we, we moved to what I

thought could be a tough race. We could lead to some prices.

Race four, 6 1/2 furlongs, $50,000 maiden claimer on the

turf. What, what, what do you think

here? What are you?

What are we? What are we doing?

Again, this is another race that that that could go a lot of

different directions. There's really no clear sort of,

you know, pace in there that could or couldn't develop.

I I kind of want to think that there's not that much speed in

here. So I landed on #2 Pondicherry,

this horse back last year, October 25th ran a pretty decent

race on the turf at this same level and kind of got away from

that for a little bit. And now the horse springs into

action again. You see the speed flashed on

March 28th on the turf at the same or actually six half a far

long shorter than this, but the placement and this horse finally

getting to the lead once again seems to be the tip off.

So we're going to use Pondicherry on top now.

The one Infinity dream is really interesting.

I was really close to putting this horse on top just because

of the fact that this horse was kind of unprepared at the start,

got bumped around a little bit and and made a nice move to

finish up third. You know, in the racing form,

the last two calls, you see the horses 13 lengths back and then

6 1/2. So you know, this horse was

either motivating or passing horses late, which is always a

good sign for a first time starter.

But we'll leave that one in 2nd at 8:00 to 1:00.

And then the third horse I used was the six Cloudy Women, kind

of the best of the rest dropping down slightly.

I think that might make all the difference, but I think this

horse is going to be closing late rather than being up close

and and may pass some rivals late.

You thought about putting Infinity dream as your top pick.

I I live that dream. I got the number one Infinity

dream on top here at 8:00 to 1:00.

A lot of what you mentioned got a bad bump in the debut after

here in the maiden claiming. Sure, it was, you know, a maiden

claiming debut. But I do think what was notable

was that we drew Flavian Pratt for that mount last out.

And you know, this one needs to fire off the layoff.

But you know, we we don't not necessarily like starters on the

rail of maiden claiming races. But we'll go ahead and we'll

take one here and I'm going to use, like you said, the two

Pondicherry. You know, I could see the early

speed being dangerous in this maiden race full of horses that

that haven't shown the ability to pass.

Then the seven Clamorama 3 to 1, the chalk in this race.

I think you need to consider it for the simple fact that it's

just once again shown the ability to pass horses.

I feel like these races are either wired or from the clouds

because that's just like the stage of learning that these

horses are are at in that that spot.

So I was 127, you were 216? Yes, 2/1. 6 I I feel like I'm

routinely passing like a cognitive like exam.

Like, yeah, look at me remembering the sequence of

numbers. Way to go.

All right, race 55 and a half, $50,000 optional claimer on the

dirt. I thought that this should be a

pace imbalance to take advantage of here because all of these

speeds have dismal late pace figures, you know, from the time

form US figures and the pace gets hot.

I'd rather take more of the plotting style I get from from

one horse on top. But Barry Barry, am I right or

wrong with this pace? How do you see it?

On paper, this looks like you know how in elementary school

you had field day and you have like the 50 yard dash and all

the kids line up and they all run as fast as they can and the

least tired one wins. I think that's what's going to

happen in this race, honestly. It looks like they're all going

to send and if any jockey has the inkling to take back

slightly, they might be in a good position and I I think the

one might be able to do that. Gracie's Big Day, the last race,

it was kind of indicative of the trip that I'd like to see almost

the exact same thing, kind of sit pounce.

There's enough speed here with night with Louis Fibonacci's

ride going deep, they all seem to have a lot of speed.

Spotted Haze is another one, so this one was kind of the best

closer of the bunch. So I took Gracie's Big Day on

top. I used the five spotted Haze who

showed ability to slightly rate and that was the difference

between picking the five and the two who I picked for 3rd the two

night with Louis third who looks like an all out speed ball.

We look at us. Hey, look at us.

Who would have thought I'm on the number one Gracie's big day

at six to one. Like even if this horse had a

few holes to poke in it, it's an extreme pace scenario with this

being the the real lone off pace horse that's good enough to win,

I think. And there's there's, you know,

plenty to run into for Arantes here.

We're dropping from open company into state bred and I think the

competition fits. Second, I did use the three

Fibonacci's ride. My reasoning here was simple.

If Gracie's big day doesn't win coming from off the pace, it

means that someone wired this field and I think Fibonacci's

ride is that horse. Then I used the seven throwing

one down field as it were. Barry Renato 30 to 1.

I I I think this is another horse that that could just maybe

take advantage of that pace at A at a massive price.

So I'm going to pepper Renatoson for Antonio Garcia.

I got past other horses in that maiden breaker getting getting

back on dirt. So I could see this one maybe

just blowing up the tote here in the 5th, but I'm at least going

to use it underneath in 3rd. Barry, we're on to race 6.

It's the feature 10 furlongs, $200,000 the Charlie Whittingham

Stakes, Grade 2 on the turf, Santa Anita's moment to shine on

Derby day. I this could be a boring result

in the Charlie Whittingham, I thought, But I think you try

your luck outside using the first choice unless it's like

keyed on top or singled and horizontal.

So I'm I'm going to try to get around the favorite.

Was it Auditlon the Seven? Yes, that's.

A. Good, good good good

pronunciation. Yeah, I was really worried about

that one going into this, to be honest.

Barry, What are you going to lean into Ottolon or are you

going to try to go around? I'm going to try to beat that

horse. I I mean, honestly, I couldn't

get too creative in this race because of the fact that the top

2 choices, the seven Ottolon and the three City Exile seem to

have the goods as far as going this distance.

And I think that might go a long way that they have sort of an

affinity for it. City Exile won a race similar to

this July 26th last year at Delmar and it's, it's stretching

out and I think that's what this horse wants to do.

So I, I use City Exile on top over Ottedlon.

And then I threw in the 2 Dicey Mochara, who's who's a tough

horse. He seems to want to go long a

little bit and can round out this this trifecta.

But I don't think Dicey Mochara can actually win this race.

Just as a side note. We need to get our groove back,

BAE, because I, I, we keep having like pretty much the same

top 2 and then we, we differ on the third because I'm city of

exile here. I like there's a little bit of a

smoother energy distribution. Something I'll look into with

like pace figures and stuff is, is that smooth kind of even

distribution instead of being top heavier or, or, you know,

towards the back. So there's a little bit of a

plotter here and I think there are a lot of horses that that

kind of want to be for the place here.

I, I do think that it's a horse with a close kick like City of

Exile, Audit Lawn, you know, 3:00 to 2:00.

There's no way that horse isn't around at the end, I guess is

what I'll say. Barrio should be flying late and

then the 6th balladeer at 12 to one balladeer would be the the

one that goes and gets aggressive and wires this field

if it's possible. But this strikes me as that

horse that is the early speed that like might be just the the

consummate hanger it where it just has enough speed to just

hang on for for second or thirds.

That's why I'm using a balladeer underneath in the Charlie

Whittingham. I was 376.

Barry, what were you again, 37? 7/2. 2 It's just we're shouting

out area codes folks. That's it.

We're just throwing out random ludicrous lyrics for you on

Louie's show. It happens.

It'd be like that sometimes. Race 7 five and a half furlong

$60,000 another cow bread maiden special weight.

I'm going to throw 1 Downish field with the first time

starter in the spot at at a fair price.

I say downish field. This is like a 5 yard out route

to be honest. I got the three Subic Subic boy,

6 to 1. Jeff Mullins.

He's hitting at 31% with a smallish sample size with his

first years. This one's muscles.

He has huge muscles, this guy. Jeff Mullins.

Yeah, he's diesel. Very, very, very, very diesel.

He's like I use. I typically describe him as

buffed out SpongeBob. You know, he's ripped his shirt

off. Yeah, he's, no, he's not

SpongeBob shaped. He's Diesel.

But you know. SpongeBob rips off his shirt.

That's his jacket. Yeah, Yeah.

See, I have the issue of being SpongeBob shaped.

I was wearing a red, yellow shirt the other day, and I

decided to put on a pair of pants.

I was putting on a pair of brown pants and I was like, hold on,

you're unwittingly dressing like SpongeBob and you were shaped

like SpongeBob. So you need to cut that out.

So I like Subic boy here. It's by stay Thirsty, who's, you

know, offspring do pretty well in dirt sprints and the damn

Subic Bay was a was a winner on debut.

So we got a little bit of pedigree there, a little

precociousness and, you know, stay thirsty does decent enough.

Plus this is just a field of consummate losers and sometimes

you have to go with the entity that you don't know for a fact

sucks and we don't know for a fact that Superboy sucks.

So I'm using that. And then in second, I'm using

day at the track 8 to one last out speed figure tops anything

this field has ever put up flash some early speed last out.

I think that's going to make day at the track dangerous.

And then? 3rd #8 Gogo pre answer 7 to 2.

I once again like seeing focus workouts after being gilded,

which answers that question for me of what's different today,

which is so important to maiden. So Barry, what what did you

think of this Cal bred Maiden special weight?

Yeah, it's a real interesting race from the standpoint as you

got a Little Mix of the first time starters and these horses

that are kind of stepping back up into the maiden ranks.

And it's it's it's a real tricky one, but I ended up throwing 1

slightly down field here with the seven day at the track.

I think that last race on January 18th was better than

expected, which constitutes this horse getting back into the main

special weight ranks. Something what must have went

amiss along with that because this horse has been laid off for

a little bit until May 3rd but gets the go to rider who's at

26% with this barn. A steady stream of five and six

furlong works really stand out to me.

Hopefully this horse is fit because he's going to be

forwardly placed and should be able to finish this off if he

has any kind of bottom. I use the five for 2nd just

because of the consistency with this horse.

I don't really think this horse wants to win.

I think he had every right to win that last race and didn't.

Stepping up in class, getting blinkers on.

He might improve a little bit but I don't think enough to win

this race. So I used him for a second and

then the 8 go go. Prancer seems like the best of

the rest, getting back to the dirt with The Apprentice and the

gelding. So the makeover package for the

8 might put him in the money here.

All right, let's keep jamming along.

We jam into race 8, which leads off the closing pick 39

furlongs, $50,000 optional claimer on the turf.

This feels like it might get a little testy on the front end

with the with the few horses that want to flash some early

speed in the in the turf route here.

I I'm looking at closing kick here and I think I got it with

the price. I went with Lottery pick #2 once

again my boy Ray Lou six to one up for Peter Yurton.

I like seeing the aggressive class move.

After coming up just short against $32,000 claimers last

out, Yurton moves lottery pick to a $50,000 optional claiming

takes the the tag off. I love aggressive spottings like

this from from trainers, so I'm taking that as a good sign with

the 2 lottery pick using the six nitty At at 12:50, Leonard

Powell drops in Niddy, who I think is a very live long shot

in this race. He comes in off of two straight

trouble trips, but look out because with the clean trip,

this horse can fly late. And then I threw another one

downfield with the 11 behind a lover at at 12 to one.

Why not behind a lover at a price.

If you want back class, we've got to win against simpler

competition. Speed figures were trending up

before the layoff and it looks to be training well and getting

a little bit of weight break here.

So I I was kind of all over the place hunting prices here with

the 2 lottery pick at six to one the 6th nitty at 12:50 and line

a lover in 3rd at 12 to one. Barry, are we booming this?

Are we booming this 8th? Yeah, well, you know, I don't

think favorites are going to do well in this race.

The favorites just don't look the part.

There's a lot of other horses doing better things and can

improve in this race. I landed on the 8th.

El Ray Ray, this horse has some versatility, can be up close,

can be off of it. I think they would prefer a

stalking trip, especially cutting back in distance from

the mile and a quarter race on March 28th.

So that being said, I I think this horse kind of sits in the

catbird seat and will get first run.

We'll have to hold off Zalamo, who I think might be tough in

this spot, who was in that same race that El Reyvre is coming

out of and actually finished ahead of him.

But I think getting the jump going this distance might be

better for El Rey Rey. And then I used Lottery pick to

pick up the pieces for 3rd. I just think this horse is going

to be too far back to to win this race.

But we'll be on the scene late. All right, we got another maiden

race race 9 pin ultimate leg 8 furlongs, $20,000 maiden

claiming. Let's see here cuz I sometimes

you just have to lay lean into your trainer angles with some of

these maiden races here. And I'm going to try to do that

here with a horse making a surface switch with a trainer

that that's good with the move. Barry, I kicked it off with the

five bound to succeed 4 to 1. Don't accept a short price on

this horse, but but fortunately I don't think you'll have to.

It's going turf to dirt for Peter Yurton with a pedigree

that says no problem. So I think you take him on the

on the surface change there 4:00 to 1:00 And then I was the 7th

stepbrother. Austin 8 to one could be the

early pace in this race for Doug O'Neill.

So I think that, you know, once again, always dangerous when it

comes to early pace and maidens and the number 10 Majestic

Palisades 8 to 5. Impossible to leave this one off

because the figures tower. But personally, I'd rather look

for, you know, better value in a field to chronic losers.

So what do you think for Race 9? I ended up on the seven

stepbrother Austin I I think this horse is going to get

turned loose on the front end and and go for it and I think

that might make all the difference, especially second

time at this level. I I find that really effective

and this horse dueled while wide last time, might have a little

bit of a pace advantage and, and get to the lead here and, and

finish them off. The other horse I'm going to use

is the gypsy Cowboy. I think the the slight drop in

class and again, second time at this level is going to make all

the difference and this horse should be coming late.

And my third horse would be noble Gary for the same reasons.

I I'm not really too enamored with this horse because he's

been up and down the class ladder, but I think this

particular class level he really fits at.

He got beat by 11 last time, so you can kind of put a line

through that. He's probably a lot better at

this level than it appears on paper, so we're going to use

that one for 3rd. I really wish we had a breaking

news thing here, because while Barry was reading off that and I

was reading, I was watching the lot.

Troy Anne. Barry down goes down goes

torpedo. Anna didn't.

Even hit the. Side, as we thought, bingo, $20

winner on Raging sea there if he pays to listen to inventory.

So, TP, folks. All right, Barry.

Yeah, I, I was, I gave you my place.

Here we are down to the final leg.

We're talking race 10-6 furlongs, $50,000 optional

claimer on the turf. Crazy stuff always happens in

the last race of the day, Barry. Oh, yeah.

What crazy stuff is going to happen Saturday Socal?

Tam's little Angel's going to win the race and our guy Orantes

is going to have at least two winners on the card, at least I

think. Don't you love these big

weekends elsewhere when like the little guys just like ball out

like I used to call BC Weekend Kendrick Carmouche Appreciation

day at. Aqueduct yeah, it's always cool,

you know, because those guys, they work hard just like the

others and, and they don't always get the best horses and

make the best out of what they got.

And when those guys are out of town, they they love to take

advantage to ride those Cadillacs and get in the

winner's circle. So kudos out to them.

Hopefully our guy Arantes can get this horse in the winner's

circle. But the reason I use this horse,

he's just better or she's just better going to the flat 6

furlongs rather than down the hill, but has the versatility to

win on both. Did it back-to-back January 19th

and February 8th. Kind of went into the Irish

O'Brien and and didn't get a great trip.

Got bumped around a bit. He's only 7 to 1.

He was bad a little bit. She was bad a little bit.

Now gets into this race where I think she might have a little

bit of a class edge and gets the win at 8:00 to 1:00.

I'm going to use the 6th. Not a Sinner for second.

This horse ran a really good race March 1st against Ang and

Ash or Ang and Ashe, who is a is a really decent horse on the

flat 6 furlongs out there in California and almost won that

race to be honest. And I think this is another good

spot for this horse to close into.

And then I'm going to use the horse that finished third in

that same race, meaning Diamond, to round out the trifecta.

So this one might get a little crazy.

I I think it's going to get crazy because we only have one

horse in common. I have another one that's a

double digit odds and another one that's a fair price.

Leaning into the crazy stuff always happens in the last race.

I'm using the number 3 needlepoint 12 to one.

It improved in the second start in North America and this one

broke the maiden on debut and Chantilly in France.

I think this one has some some kick late and is around at the

end. I also think of like Chantilly

as maybe being a little bit boggy.

So the concern that might be maybe the turf is a little too

firm, but we'll see. It's a the juice.

This is worth the squeeze at 12 to one with needlepoint there at

the three and then we agree number six, not a senator 12 to

one. Kyle Frey for Simon Callahan,

more of a mid pack horse, I think can take advantage of the

speed and the two back figures fast enough to win this in.

If this is an AB AB pattern horse that like we might be

settling into here that we're sitting on a performance at at a

big price with with not a center.

And then I finished it up with the 8 on Diamo Ragazza at 5:00

to 1:00. I just missed versus similar

company in the last start. Also going to be flying late

for, for, for Peter Miller. So that's it.

That's we, we've gone through all 10 races of Socal Saturday.

I know with a substitute, a lot of you didn't expect to do any

work that we would just turn on the TV to Mori and you guys

could just chill out for the entire period.

No, no, we came here, we gave you hard hitting analysis.

Barry, how do you how do you feel about Socal Saturday?

I love it. You know, San Anita has really

done a good job putting these cards together.

I know you know, at the beginning of this card it's it's

a little small fields and and everything.

But later in the card it's pretty decent and I think this

late pick five will pay pretty good.

Yeah, I I would kind of agree because I, I think we ended up

on a bunch of very like varied big prices here.

I I think there were a lot of directions to go in some of

these races and somewhere the pace supports a a great pick,

but you just know it's going to be the horse that like wires

everybody that that holds on. So I think it could could get

interesting. Yeah, even in the beginning, you

know, there's a few races that are kind of up for grabs and it

wouldn't surprise me if a big price wins one of those.

So I I think it's a decent, honestly.

Yep. Yep, well, we are out of here.

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check us out there. Hey, big shout out to Louis

Rabo, who I'm always shocked when I'm invited back places,

but when someone invites me back and like gives me the keys, I'm

weirded out. So thank you, Louis, for, for

trusting me with your with your show and thank you to the

audience for not being mean to me, I guess.

Yeah, we got a nice crowd. Barry, you got any parting words

for Derby weekend? Make that money.

Let's go. Make that play for that money,

boys. All right, that's going to do it

for the horse racing happy hour. So Cal Saturday.

I'm not sure when Louis will catch you again.

I don't really keep up with the schedule, but he'll catch you

sometime. We'll see you later.

Bye. Bye.