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Cherie DeVaux | Thoroughbred Racehorse Trainer | 05-15-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 2: So we're getting ready for the second leg of the
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  Speaker 2: Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes about to come your way.
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  Speaker 2: And the question was, after Golden Tempo's amazing run in
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  Speaker 2: the Kentucky Derby, whether or not the horse would run again.
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  Speaker 2: And I had the really fortunate opportunity, thanks to my
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  Speaker 2: friendship with Vinnie Viola, to have on the lady the
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  Speaker 2: only female trainer ever to train a horse to win
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  Speaker 2: the Kentucky Derby, Sharodnevau. She was on with me Monday morning,
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  Speaker 2: two days after the epic win, and sure he was terrific.
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  Speaker 2: She really was great. Then I was watching Fox News
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday morning this weekend and there she was again
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  Speaker 2: on the weekend show with Campos and Gripman, and she
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  Speaker 2: has become a legitimate superstar. And again, why not the
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  Speaker 2: only female trainer ever to win the Kentucky Derby? And
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  Speaker 2: I did, And our first conversation with will Temple run
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  Speaker 2: in the Preakness? Now at the time, sure you did
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  Speaker 2: not give me an answer, but you made it sound
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  Speaker 2: like it didn't look good because you talked about how
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  Speaker 2: the horse likes to run longer distances, and it sounded
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  Speaker 2: to me like you were intimating that the horse was
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  Speaker 2: not going to run the Preakness. But we found out
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  Speaker 2: officially what your horse is going to do a couple
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  Speaker 2: of days ago. And for folks that aren't paying attention,
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  Speaker 2: will Golden Tempo race this weekend?
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  Speaker 3: He will not. He will not be answered in the Preakness.
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  Speaker 2: And does it come down to what you talked about
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  Speaker 2: with me just two days after on our Fox News
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  Speaker 2: this weekend, that the horse is just used to running
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  Speaker 2: longer distances right now or is the horse tired? Is
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  Speaker 2: what is the main reason why he's not going to
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  Speaker 2: run this weekend.
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  Speaker 3: It's a culmination of of both. Ultimately, what we decided,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and chatting with the team, you know, the
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  Speaker 3: Zips and Vinnie's team is we're looking for a campaign
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  Speaker 3: for the whole year, and trying to squeeze a race
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  Speaker 3: in in two weeks just wouldn't be right for him
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  Speaker 3: to have the bigger goal in mind. You know, we're
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  Speaker 3: pointing to the Belmont, then we're pointing to the Travers
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  Speaker 3: and then we'll after the travers, we'll reevaluate to see,
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  Speaker 3: you know, if we're going to go into the Breeders'
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  Speaker 3: Cup Classic. So it's kind of it's one or the other. Usually,
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  Speaker 3: in my opinion, asking a horse to run back in
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  Speaker 3: two weeks and then back in three weeks, it's a
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  Speaker 3: tough task. And I'm not saying I'm I love history
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  Speaker 3: and I don't. I'm not saying change the Triple Crown,
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  Speaker 3: but I'm saying it takes a super unique and special
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  Speaker 3: horse to be able to do it. And I'm not
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  Speaker 3: saying that Golden Tempo isn't a really you know, it
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  Speaker 3: isn't a high caliber great horse. But I'm just saying
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  Speaker 3: coming back in two weeks just isn't necessarily the best
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  Speaker 3: for him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you talked about what kind of horse it takes
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  Speaker 2: to win the Triple Crown, and god, you know, in
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  Speaker 2: the seventies when I was a young kid, there was
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  Speaker 2: a nice slew with those you had slow the you
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  Speaker 2: go Seattle Slough and you had Secretariot, and then I
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  Speaker 2: remember watching a firm beat Ala Dare and all three races,
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  Speaker 2: and a young Stevie Cortin winning the Triple Crown. But
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  Speaker 2: then we saw so many examples, so many over the years,
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  Speaker 2: really in the nineties and early two thousands of horses
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  Speaker 2: like Charismatic and others that won the first two legs
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  Speaker 2: and came up short in the Belmont for a variety
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  Speaker 2: of reasons. Did racing get back to you at any
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  Speaker 2: point and say, hey, do me a favor somebody big
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  Speaker 2: in the horse racing office whatever that is, and say hey,
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  Speaker 2: we love a shot out of Triple Crown this year,
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  Speaker 2: or do they stay away and let people like you
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  Speaker 2: make those.
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  Speaker 3: Decis I will commend everyone. They there's been no pressure.
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  Speaker 3: There's been no pressure from any racing office. There's in
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  Speaker 3: the industry, there's there's not been any pressure from any
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  Speaker 3: you know, both Everyone on the team has been really
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  Speaker 3: good about putting Golden Tempo first, and the racing office
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  Speaker 3: nobody called. We called them and let them know that
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  Speaker 3: we were going to bypass the Preakness, you know, and
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  Speaker 3: I it's everyone's excited about it, and I'm there are
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  Speaker 3: fans that don't live, breathe what we do and they're disappointed,
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  Speaker 3: which I can understand that as well, But you know,
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  Speaker 3: I have to be the advocate for us as a
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  Speaker 3: team have to be the advocate for what's best for
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  Speaker 3: Golden Tempo and just to run in the Preakness, just
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  Speaker 3: to do it for the history of it isn't what's
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  Speaker 3: right for the horse.
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  Speaker 2: This is the great female trainer. Sarda Vall made history
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  Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago and her horse Golden Tepa
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  Speaker 2: won the Kentucky Derby Bubble. The last horse to win
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  Speaker 2: the Triple Crown was Bob Bapperts Justify, and that was
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  Speaker 2: about eight years ago already. And before that, American Pharaoh
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  Speaker 2: did it in twenty fifteen and broke a thirty seven
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  Speaker 2: year drought. So as we talked about it, it is it
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  Speaker 2: is very rare. I mean, I guess you just talked
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  Speaker 2: about what kind of athlete. You know, A lot of
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  Speaker 2: people get upset. There was a list that came out
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  Speaker 2: years ago, Surry and they were talking about athletes and
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  Speaker 2: they had Secretariat on the same list as Michael Jordan
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  Speaker 2: and they go, you can't compare a horse to a
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  Speaker 2: human being. But I think what the list was talking
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  Speaker 2: about was whether it's a horse or human being, what
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  Speaker 2: the what that animal or person is able to achieve.
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  Speaker 2: So you have to admit that for a horse to
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  Speaker 2: win all three legs of those races in less than
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  Speaker 2: seven weeks takes an unbelievable horse.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, and there are horses that run that back that
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  Speaker 3: quickly and regularly, but we're talking about a top level horse.
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  Speaker 3: We're not talking about a horse that's just And this
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  Speaker 3: is no slight. But you know, you get a claiming horse,
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  Speaker 3: they can run, they run more often. But these horses,
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  Speaker 3: you know, they're putting everything that they have out there
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  Speaker 3: and and we're trying to save some for the you know,
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  Speaker 3: we're planning for the whole year, not just being nearsighted
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  Speaker 3: about the triple Crown.
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  Speaker 2: Big year, like you said, Beaumont coming up and then
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  Speaker 2: travelers and breeders. So let me talk about you for
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  Speaker 2: a second year, because most folks didn't know who you
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  Speaker 2: were about three weeks ago. And now, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: you're on Box News twice, you're on this show twice.
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  Speaker 2: It's not get bigger than not sure. He trust me,
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  Speaker 2: you're a big star. And people don't realize this. But
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  Speaker 2: right now, as you're doing this, you're literally outside by
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  Speaker 2: you a track, getting ready to take care of your horses. Early,
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  Speaker 2: early in the morning. So I guess you've kind of
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  Speaker 2: gone back to what you were doing before you won
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  Speaker 2: the Kentucky Derby. But how much by how much of
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  Speaker 2: a thrill has this been the last couple of weeks
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  Speaker 2: or are you tired of it and ready to get
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  Speaker 2: back to life as usual.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we're navigating. It's it's exciting that everyone is excited
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  Speaker 3: and celebrating and that's fun. But we won the Kentucky
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  Speaker 3: Derby and it's not like a championship where we can
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  Speaker 3: go to Disney World. We have horses that are running,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we have a full stable of horses, so
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  Speaker 3: it's not just golden Tempo. There's we have a full stable.
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  Speaker 3: And I have only missed on Monday when I went
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  Speaker 3: to New York. That's the only day I missed going
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  Speaker 3: to the barn. So we're just trying to fit it
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  Speaker 3: all in. And I think it's it's great that there's
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  Speaker 3: positive talk about the industry because and I'm not saying
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  Speaker 3: this is unfounded, but our industry of horse racing has
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  Speaker 3: been under fire and there have been a lot of
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  Speaker 3: positive things happening, you know, new rules, you know, just
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  Speaker 3: different aspects. So I think it's great that I can
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  Speaker 3: be a steward just for the sport, you know. So
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  Speaker 3: it's it's kind of like taking the good with the
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  Speaker 3: and I won't even say bad, taking the good with
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  Speaker 3: the exhaustion.
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  Speaker 2: No, I hear you, believe me, It all makes sense
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  Speaker 2: to me. Well, you've been You've been terrific again on
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  Speaker 2: this show twice. I can't thank you enough. You've been
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  Speaker 2: great on TV. Everybody loves you, and I would imagine
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  Speaker 2: we will talk again before the final leg, which is
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  Speaker 2: back in the in the place where you were born,
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  Speaker 2: I guess, and spent your very early days in Saratoga.
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  Speaker 2: That's where the Belmont will be held in just a
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  Speaker 2: couple of weeks. So congratulations again on the Kentucky Derby win.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for being so gracious Chari, and
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  Speaker 2: enjoy the horses this morning. You and I will talk
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  Speaker 2: again very soon.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you so much, and thank you for having me up.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, You're great, Thank you so much. Trevika really are there.
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  Speaker 2: She is the first female trainer ever to win the
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  Speaker 2: Kentucky Derby. Charie d Vaux, who told us this morning
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  Speaker 2: that Golden Temple will not run in the Preakness, but
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  Speaker 2: ninety nine point nine to nine percent sure we'll see
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  Speaker 2: that horse again up in Saratoga for the Belmont short break.
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  Speaker 2: More of sidding friends in the morning, right after these
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  Speaker 2: words