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Ep.67- Butch Wise, Christina Sowders, Ryder Olmstead · StallioneSearch Podcasts

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SPEAKER_20: Quarter horse racing fans, you are in the right place.
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SPEAKER_20: You found the number one quarter horse racing podcast in the world.
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SPEAKER_20: Quarter Horse Racing Talk Weekly for Thursday, June 24th.
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SPEAKER_04: Where the newsmakers come on to talk about the current happenings in the world of the running American Quarter Horse.
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SPEAKER_19: It's where the legends come to tell the stories of their careers.
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SPEAKER_19: And here's your co-hosts, Greg Thompson and Bailey Ivy.
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SPEAKER_19: It's Quarter Horse Racing Talk Weekly.
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SPEAKER_08: And hello again, everyone.esearch.com, and this is Quarter Horse Racing Talk Weekly.
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SPEAKER_10: And I'm Bailey Ivy.
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SPEAKER_08: Bailey, we have another great show this week here on the podcast.
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SPEAKER_08: Uh, multiple guests.
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SPEAKER_08: As it pertains to just having one single guest talk about themselves or their career, we have multiple people coming on and kind of filling the segments and uh a huge robust section here in the preview section because there's just so much to talk about what's happening out in Albuquerque.
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SPEAKER_10: Yes, Greg, there's a lot of news in this industry right now.
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SPEAKER_08: And that leads into our first guest.
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SPEAKER_08: Butch Wise is being put in the AQHA Hall of Fame.
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SPEAKER_08: And, you know, Butch is a well-respected individual in the quarter horse racing ranks.
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SPEAKER_08: Uh been a long time AQHA director, numerous committees, was the president of the AQHA at one point in time, uh blood stock agent, uh, put together partnerships, won the All-American Futurity.
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SPEAKER_08: But we're going to focus on being inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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SPEAKER_08: And this is his third induction because he's already in the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Hall of Fame as well as the Remington Park Hall of Fame.
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SPEAKER_08: And got Butch on the phone.
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SPEAKER_08: And we also have something coming out of Kentucky with Christina Sauders, who's the president of the Kentucky Quarter Horse Racing Association.
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SPEAKER_10: Yes, Greg, you told me she has a big announcement to make here on the podcast, right?
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SPEAKER_08: Yes, exclusive here on the podcast, and we look forward to putting it out and uh talking about it.
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SPEAKER_08: It's it's huge for the industry as it pertains to what's happening in Kentucky, and I look forward to getting and into her segment and getting you guys the news of what's going on.
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SPEAKER_08: We also revert back to the youth of quarter horse racing with Ryder Olmsted.
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SPEAKER_10: Yes, Ryder is coming off a huge milestone.
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SPEAKER_10: He not only had his first career win, but he also had his first stakes victory.
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SPEAKER_08: Yes, and this 16-year-old gets on the phone with me.
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SPEAKER_08: And I can tell you, if I was 16 years old and and I got a call from Greg Thompson, I probably wouldn't have got on the phone to do it at all because I just would have been just too nervous back in the in those days.
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SPEAKER_08: But he does a great job of getting on and talking about how he kind of got started in in racing as well as what it meant to not only have the first career win, but but have the first stakes win already in the books and on the way to hopefully what's a successful career.
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SPEAKER_08: And uh like I mentioned, we have a huge robust section in the preview section.
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SPEAKER_08: So uh stay put here on Quarter Horse Racing Talk Weekly and sit back and enjoy the show.
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SPEAKER_08: We'll be right back after these words.
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SPEAKER_08: Hey, a little bit further down the front page on stallionesearch.com, you'll find the AQHA challenge section where you can read all the AQHA Racing Challenge stories, including the regional races that are happening across the country, or you can go to AQHA.com forward slash racing and look for the challenge tab along the left-hand side, and you can read all about the upcoming, pending deadlines, as well as the schedule for all the upcoming races of the AQHA Racing Challenge.
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SPEAKER_17: The list of things to know about Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma, if you have the chance to have your yearlings consigned by them, you should consider it.
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SPEAKER_17: The name Lazy E Ranch is a difference maker.
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SPEAKER_17: Plain and simple.
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SPEAKER_19: If you are buying at upcoming yearling sales, you need to know that there is no one that compares to Lazy E with the long history of selling champions and grade one winners that have all been consigned by Lazy E Ranch.
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SPEAKER_20: And not to mention, they field the stoutest and the most eye-catching roster of stallions in the quarter horse racing industry.
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SPEAKER_18: Here's a tip for success this summer.
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SPEAKER_18: First off, go to lazyeranch.com to see all the available information, from pictures to videos of the summer yearlings that Lazy E Ranch has to offer at the various upcoming sales.
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SPEAKER_19: And while they're online, take a look at that stallion roster.
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SPEAKER_19: It's impressive.
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SPEAKER_19: Or you can also view all of their running stallions at stallionesearch.com.
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SPEAKER_19: The name that means success in the racing industry is Lazy E.
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SPEAKER_19: All right, back to the show.
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SPEAKER_08: All right, changing things up a little bit this week, hopping right into the recap section here in the beginning.
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SPEAKER_08: We're going to look at the Grade 1 Edbert Memorial Faturity,$960,000 on the line.
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SPEAKER_08: This Grade 1 event, two-year-olds going 350 yards, and here's the call from Michael Rona.
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SPEAKER_15: Racing! CV FDD Dynasty Shan.
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SPEAKER_15: Flying Dynasty 1, 2, 3, nuclear arsenal all the way.
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SPEAKER_15: Well, it's nuclear arsenal, CV FDD Dynasty Shan.
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SPEAKER_15: And down the outside, Faultless with a powerhouse finish close between CV FDD Dynasty Shan and Faulters.
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SPEAKER_15: Nuclear Arsenal over on the inside, the next in.
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SPEAKER_08: Getting to the wire in front, C V FDD Dynasty Shan, a two-year-old sorrel gelding by FDD Dynasty out of the Mr.
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SPEAKER_08: Jess Perry Mare, Shangri La La La.
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SPEAKER_08: Bred by JGA Racing Stables Incorporated, owned by J.
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SPEAKER_08: Francisco Diaz, trained by Lindolfo Diaz, and ridden in this grade one victory by Armando Viramantes.
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SPEAKER_08: And we were able to get on the phone with Grade 1 winning trainer Lendolfo Diaz to talk to him about this undefeated Gelding.
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SPEAKER_08: Alright, on the phone with trainer Lendolfo Diaz.
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SPEAKER_08: Lendolfo, huge win there in the Ed Burke.
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SPEAKER_08: Talk about this two-year-old's progression and kind of what's what's on tap for this horse after this big win.
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SPEAKER_12: You know what?
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SPEAKER_12: Earlier in the year, uh when he got here to the barn, he didn't seem like uh like he was the horse that I guess he panned out to be right now.
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SPEAKER_12: He was still a little mature.
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SPEAKER_12: He was still obviously still green a little bit.
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SPEAKER_12: And he tried seemed like he turned it around after the first breeze.
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SPEAKER_12: After I breezed him the first time, uh he just seemed like a different horse.
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SPEAKER_12: Like he kind of like everything was starting to figure out he figured it out.
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SPEAKER_12: And he would even the times like I would take him out to the track, he would be on more more on his toes and just doing his job, focusing, not not messing around.
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SPEAKER_12: And uh after the first time I qualified him, he did things right, but and he tried.
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SPEAKER_12: I think he got outworked that day by by another horse.
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SPEAKER_12: And actually, I think both times he got outworked in the in the mornings, but he did things right.
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SPEAKER_12: He just was just focused, and he really surprised me how he ran the first time when he broke his maiden the first hour, because I I just still didn't think he was this type of horse.
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SPEAKER_12: And being honest, and I loved him, but in the trials, it was a tough, tough, tough trial.
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SPEAKER_12: I think black magic was in there, and there was a lot of winners in that, and I think three or four more other winners in that trial.
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SPEAKER_12: And I didn't think I could uh maybe be black magic, but I was like, hopefully if I can just get with her and hook up with her, I think it would be a good time to to maybe qualify.
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SPEAKER_12: And he really surprised me in the in the trials the way he ran lights out, and it's just he ran an amazing race.
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SPEAKER_08: What's next for this talented two-year-old?
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SPEAKER_12: Uh right now he's he's in the in uh just the two million.
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SPEAKER_12: That's it, that's what he's it's left.
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SPEAKER_12: So I'm gonna give him a little bit of time off.
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SPEAKER_12: He's gonna stay here at the track, but just take things slow with him.
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SPEAKER_12: And uh I might run him, uh, give him an out before the trials of the two million.
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SPEAKER_12: There's usually we run a handicap here, I think usually about like a month or like a little bit less than a month before the trials of the two million.
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SPEAKER_12: And I might do that just to get him an hour, get him tight before the trials.
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SPEAKER_12: But he's not in anything else this year, just the just the trials of the two million.
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SPEAKER_12: So he's in everything next year as a three-year-old here at Los Al, but what he's getting a time off for sure here at the track, just take it easy with him.
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SPEAKER_08: And we hope to see him uh definitely at the tail end of this year.
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SPEAKER_08: So congratulations on the big grade one win.
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SPEAKER_08: Thank you.
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SPEAKER_08: Thank you.
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SPEAKER_08: All right, let's head north, Wyoming Downs with a lot of stakes races this past weekend in the six-figure mark.
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SPEAKER_08: Let's look at the 307 HR Wyoming Bred Derby,$159,000 on the line, three-year-olds going 350 yards.
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SPEAKER_16: And uh runners away in the 307 horse racing Wyoming Bred quarter horse derby.
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SPEAKER_16: Fast start for K-cross lever action in Dynasty Delight down to the inside.
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SPEAKER_16: In between runners is in the V.
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SPEAKER_16: In the V in Dynasty Delight right there, along with K-cross lever action.
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SPEAKER_16: They come to the wire in the V and K-cross lever action.
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SPEAKER_08: K Cross Lever Action got it.
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SPEAKER_08: Getting to the wire in front, three-year-old Philly, K-cross lever action, a pistol pack and perryphilly, out of the Corona's Velvet Mare V VR Dazzling Corona, was bred in Wyoming by Mike Lip and is owned by BDS Performance Horses, and was trained by Skylar Green and ridden by Jaden Iron Eyes.
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SPEAKER_08: Next up was the 307 HR Open Derby,$156,000 on the line for three-year-olds going 350 yards.
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SPEAKER_16: Emmer on their way in the open quarter horse derby.
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SPEAKER_16: You know, the fast chart down to the inside for Miss Relentless, along with Got You Figured, out in the center there, sharp chest man 36, fancy dashing deep on the far outside, CMento Cartel, but it's Miss Relentless, dashing clear with 50 yards to go.
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SPEAKER_08: Miss Relentless got it.
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SPEAKER_08: The three-year-old Philly, Miss Relentless, gets to the wire in front here in the 307 HR Open Derby, who is by He's Relentless out of the Trace Sace Mare, Miss Perry's Trace, who was bred in Oklahoma by Flag Ranch LLC, owned by Buckaway Ranch LLC, trained by Joe Davis, and ridden to victory by Brian Canonosa, as Miss Relentless is a$130,000 Heritage Place yearling graduate.
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SPEAKER_08: And that moves us over to the older horses in the$114,000$307 HR Open Maturity for four-year-olds and up going 400 yards.
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SPEAKER_16: And uh from the 307 horse racing open maturity, and it was a good start down to the inside for a famous ribbon on RLH4 on the floor.
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SPEAKER_16: Out there in the center's Mysterious Cartel hammering home.
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SPEAKER_16: Final 220.
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SPEAKER_16: It's Mysterious Cartel forging forward to hit the front.
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SPEAKER_16: Mysterious cartel.
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SPEAKER_08: A length and a half in the end.
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SPEAKER_08: Winning by nearly two lengths is the favorite Mysterious Cartel.
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SPEAKER_08: The four-year-old five-bar cartel gilding out of the Valiant Hero Mare, Mysterious Knight, who is bred by JR Robichau and Spanish Moss Quarterhorses, who is owned by Luis Gonzalez, trained by Adrian Zazala, and was ridden to victory by Caesar Marino.
10:48
SPEAKER_08: And we'll stay up north into Canada as we look at the Century Mile Adequin Derby Challenge stakes.
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SPEAKER_08: They're at the Century Mile, there for three-year-olds going 400 yards in the challenge program.
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SPEAKER_14: And there on for the regional Adequin Derby.
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SPEAKER_14: Good start outside for Cerveza's fire.
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SPEAKER_14: Between hoistes now, West Southwest.
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SPEAKER_14: Inside O Sawyer coming on.
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SPEAKER_14: From the outside, on top Cerveza, the Greek free coming on blank.
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SPEAKER_14: Cervasas fire with the lead.
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SPEAKER_14: Inside O Sawyer comes on.
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SPEAKER_14: And O Sawyer's gonna get it done by a length of a West Southwest with a blank and finish.
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SPEAKER_08: Old Sawyer gets to the wire in front, the three-year-old first timber gilding out of the separatist mare Let's Get Going, who was bred by Wesley and Susan Olton, and is trained and owned by Wesley Olton, and was ridden by Daniel Garcia.
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SPEAKER_08: And now it's time for the two-year-olds and the Century Mile John Deere Juvenile Challenge stakes at 350 yards for almost a$50,000 purse.
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SPEAKER_14: And they're on from the regional John Deere Juvenile Challenge.
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SPEAKER_14: Final Rooters Wagon from the inside of Clean Brank.
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SPEAKER_14: Corona's Firefly by down for Great Falls and Secret Wagon Fourth.
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SPEAKER_14: Rooters Wagon on the grandstand side, Great Falls, and down to the wire, Great Falls!
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SPEAKER_08: The two-year-old California-bred MP Shinning Philly, out of the Separatist Mare Fall for It gets to the wire in front for owner Jerry Stogin, trained by Bill Leach, and was ridden to victory by Ricardo Marino, as his filly was bred in Oklahoma by Dr.
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SPEAKER_08: Steve Burns.
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SPEAKER_08: As we will most likely see these runners make their way to Albuquerque for the Challenge Championship Finals in the fall.
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SPEAKER_08: And we'll be right back after these words here on Quarter Horse Racing Talk weekly podcast.
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SPEAKER_08: Here's your official invite to be a part of the New Mexico Bred Yearling Sale on Saturday, August the 15th there in Riadoso, as well as a Riadosa Select sale on Friday and Saturday of September 4th and 5th at Riodosa Downs.
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SPEAKER_08: So if you're in the market to buy, I know I don't have to remind you of the importance of being there, because not being there doesn't make any sense, especially if you're looking for that next champion, and it has the legacy to go along with it.
13:03
SPEAKER_08: I'll see you up there on the mountain this summer for those yearling sales.
13:07
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SPEAKER_18: At Royal Vista, we are confident you will find our team focused to significantly improve the overall health and appearance within our standard sales preparation time given.
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SPEAKER_18: So what else do you need to hear?
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SPEAKER_02: All right, back to the show.
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SPEAKER_08: All right, ready to jump into our first featured guest here as we talk with Butch Wise about the induction into the American Quarter Wars Hall of Fame that happens on September the 11th and the 12th there in Amarillo, Texas.
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SPEAKER_08: And as you'll hear as we discuss, there's just so many facets of Butch Wise that there's just no way a 13 to 15 minute segment here can encompass the entire career or all the stories that Butch can enlighten us with on a podcast, but specifically we're narrowing down into what it means to be inducted into the Hall of Fame there at the AQHA.
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SPEAKER_08: And I will also point out I d don't believe there is a higher honor in the American Quarter Horse Association of being inducted into the Hall of Fame, as there is also a very short list of folks that are in the quarter horse racing industry, as there is a very short list of folks that were involved in the American Quarter Horse Racing scene as percentage of the people that are in the AQHA Hall of Fame.
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SPEAKER_08: So it just kind of points out just how special the induction into the AQHA Hall of Fame is.
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SPEAKER_08: And so without further ado, let me get Butch on the phone.
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SPEAKER_08: Butch, thanks for joining us here on Quarter Horse Racing Talk Weekly podcast.
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SPEAKER_13: Well, you're very kind.
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SPEAKER_13: It's it is always uh a tremendous honor to be honored by your peers.
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SPEAKER_08: Butch, you started out in this early career working at the AQHA.
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SPEAKER_08: You've you've served on various committees, councils on the AQHA Studbook Committee.
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SPEAKER_08: You've also served as the president of the AQHA.
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SPEAKER_08: And so let's talk about that journey of now that leads you to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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SPEAKER_13: Well, the thing about um, and I've said it before, the American Quarter Horse has been my passport to the world.
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SPEAKER_13: Uh for a poor kid from southeastern Oklahoma that grew up riding match horses and you know, in the early days of you know, paramutual racing and and blue ribbon downs and from there to California to South America to Australia to China.
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SPEAKER_13: Um, I mean it has been a tremendous journey, and as I said, this this horse is responsible for everything that I and my family have.
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SPEAKER_13: And uh and we're very grateful for the American Quarter Horse.
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SPEAKER_08: But you're already an inductee into the Quarter Horse Racing Hall of Fame, the Remington Park Hall of Fame.
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SPEAKER_08: You've tasted victory in the All-American Faturity as an owner in the partnership with Teller Cartel.
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SPEAKER_08: This induction, talk about the sweetness, and perhaps do you feel like this is the highest honor?
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SPEAKER_13: Well, you know, um it's it's a tremendous honor.
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SPEAKER_13: I will say this.
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SPEAKER_13: I told um Craig Huffines, you know, when you when you become president of the AQHA, they give you a belt buckle.
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SPEAKER_13: And so uh a couple of times he said, uh I'm I'm wearing the all-American Taylor cartel buckle that we got for all the members.
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SPEAKER_13: And uh Craig said, Uh, you don't like your AQHA buckle?
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SPEAKER_13: And I said, Oh no, I love it.
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SPEAKER_13: But this one here is a lot harder to get than that one.
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SPEAKER_13: So yes.
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SPEAKER_13: Uh it's it's been a tremendous ride.
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SPEAKER_13: This uh this whole um uh life of mine involved with with racing and and quarter horses has been uh very fulfilling, very challenging.
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SPEAKER_13: Uh having to respond to all the different changes that's happened over the years is has been uh uh a tremendous part of my career.
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SPEAKER_08: Butch, I mean we've been able to spend adequate time there at Riyodoso as as my boss David, his his table has always been right next to yours.
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SPEAKER_08: So when I've had the opportunity to sit at the table, you and I have had plenty of opportunity to talk about various things in quarter horse racing, and I I feel strongly that you'll say to me that this is not really to be looked at as an individual achievement because you've you know been helped along the way.
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SPEAKER_08: There's a support team to Butchwise.
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SPEAKER_08: There's very key players other than Butchwise in this achievement that you're being recognized and inducted to.
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SPEAKER_08: So give me uh a few of the people that you certainly would talk about that kind of paved the way for a young Butchwise, as well as some of the support system that you've currently have in place.
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SPEAKER_13: You know, uh I'll always be grateful to Juanita McConville at Big M Ranch because when I was leaving uh the Quarter Horse Journal, and um I needed uh I needed horses to sell because I'd hung out my my sign as an agent, and Juanita called me and sent me a plane ticket to go to uh Reading, California, and I ended up uh dispersing uh Big M Ranch and uh uh True True was involved in that and several really good mayors and and uh that kind of helped launch it.
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SPEAKER_13: Then I was very fortunate to work for some of the some of the icons of the of the industry.
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SPEAKER_13: Why, I don't know.
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SPEAKER_13: Very lucky guy.
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SPEAKER_13: Uh but uh early on Clarence Scarborough called me and uh there was a horse racing right then that was just devastatingly fast, and he wanted to buy him because he wanted to win the All-American Facurity, and and that was Brigand Silk, and and of course this was before cell phones and all that, so I stayed by the phone for a week and a half.
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SPEAKER_13: We ended up offering two million dollars for the horse, and we didn't get him.
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SPEAKER_13: But uh, you know, from there to working for BF Phillips and working for Walter Merrick and for for D.
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SPEAKER_13: Hubbard, I mean, I'm gonna miss a lot of guys, but uh, you know, having having sold horses for some clients like Mel Bolenbach for 30 years, um, the Peavy Houses, I mean, all these people have been very instrumental in uh allowing us to work for them, and uh and it it meant a lot to my career.
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SPEAKER_13: But also, you're correct in that you no one does this by themselves.
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SPEAKER_13: And so when, you know, early on with uh Bill Whitman and Frank Merrill, then um Matt Whitman, a huge part of of of our team, Dustin Price, Britton Collum, Jose Mendoza, Cecil Walker, all those guys at Lazy E, they made Lazy E.
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SPEAKER_13: They're they are a huge part of the team.
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SPEAKER_13: They are the ones that, you know, when you look back and you say, How did we get this done?
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SPEAKER_13: It is the we got it done.
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SPEAKER_13: It is I didn't get it done.
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SPEAKER_13: We got it done.
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SPEAKER_13: And it takes quality people, knowledgeable people, people that are dedicated to the industry, that are willing to work twelve to fifteen hours a day, seven days a week during breeding season, uh, sales season, and it goes 365.
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SPEAKER_13: So yes, you're absolutely correct.
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SPEAKER_13: I've been very fortunate to work with with a tremendous group of owners and people, and that is that is what uh I'll treasure from this point on.
21:15
SPEAKER_13: And also within this illustrious group of of people uh that that I mentioned, the one that you can't do it without is the one that uh is your is your partner, your life partner.
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SPEAKER_13: And uh Nancy is mine, and she uh you know I said once before uh in a public uh setting that if I had to do it all over again, she was the one that I would do it with and be the first to ask her.
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SPEAKER_13: Uh she has been a uh a tremendous portion of my uh uh support group and she took care of everything while I was on the road and you know, raised four wonderful children, and um we're very fortunate, very fortunate to have each other.
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SPEAKER_13: Forty one year.
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SPEAKER_08: Well, congratulations on that, Butch.
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SPEAKER_08: You know, you've had plenty of opportunity to have people come and stand in front of Butch Wise and ask about the this life in quarter horse racing, uh, whether it be on the breeding side or in the racing side, and you standing on the the threshold of entering into the Hall of Fame at the AQHA, which is our industry's highest honor, give us some insight of what as these younger people that are listening to this podcast that maybe have aspirations of one day having their own trophy there, in the case there at the AQHA Hall of Fame.
22:35
SPEAKER_08: What kind of advice do you give these younger folks coming into the industry?
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SPEAKER_13: You know, um, the biggest thing is your word.
22:42
SPEAKER_13: You have if you give someone your word.
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SPEAKER_13: Uh I worked for, you know, another guy that I work for, as you go along, you think about these other people that you work for, they're very instrumental.
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SPEAKER_13: Bob Moore was one of those guys.
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SPEAKER_13: And Bob, you know, Bob was his integrity was hugely important to him.
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SPEAKER_13: And early on when I was doing some trading and and Bob and I partnered some horses and he financed some deals for me.
23:05
SPEAKER_13: And and uh, you know, his whenever you left, Bob, he'd shake your hand and he'd say, A deal's a deal.
23:12
SPEAKER_13: And and he meant it.
23:14
SPEAKER_13: It didn't make any difference if it ended up costing us money, if we told him this is the way it was gonna be, this is the way it was gonna be.
23:21
SPEAKER_13: And so as as those young people, as you go forward, if you give someone your word that you're gonna show up or you're gonna take care of this or you're gonna do this, I think that's the biggest thing.
23:33
SPEAKER_13: And I think it's uh it is so hugely important that young people understand that this is not an easy life, this the in the horse business.
23:45
SPEAKER_13: You know, there's a lot of we we had an internship program at Lazy E for many years, and one of the things that we learned there's this group of people that come in and and they think they want to be in the horse business until they spend a three-month or six-month rotation and they figure out it it's seven days a week.
24:01
SPEAKER_13: And uh you you have to have a passion for it.
24:04
SPEAKER_13: And I'll say this back to my wife.
24:07
SPEAKER_13: Whoever you decide you're gonna marry, uh, you better be sure that they're if they've bought into this particular lifestyle too, because the day that you've got the a graduation or you got a birthday party or you got an anniversary or something and you got a sick horse, you're gonna go take care of the horse.
24:24
SPEAKER_13: And they've got to understand that.
24:26
SPEAKER_13: So you've got your word is the biggest part of this this equation.
24:30
SPEAKER_13: If you tell somebody you're gonna do it, if you take their money to take care of their horse, you've got to perform.
24:36
SPEAKER_13: I I I I I hear criticisms of them all the time, but I see some brilliant ones out there, and I feel very good about the future of the quarter horse business because there's some really, really good young people out there.
24:50
SPEAKER_08: Well, Butch, now that you're going to get up there in front of everybody and give your induction speech, and uh you now you're in the Hall of Fame of all the achievements that you have, is well, what's next?
25:01
SPEAKER_08: What is it that for Butchwise left to do in this industry?
25:04
SPEAKER_13: Well, in regard to speeches, I often quote Sir Sir Winston Churchill about speeches.
25:09
SPEAKER_13: You know, speeches uh should be like a woman's dress.
25:13
SPEAKER_13: They should be long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to keep everyone's interest.
25:18
SPEAKER_13: So I hope I can follow through on that when when we get up there.
25:21
SPEAKER_13: There's a lot of people who think.
25:23
SPEAKER_13: But yes, at my age, I have no plans to do anything but to continue to do what I've done.
25:29
SPEAKER_13: You know, I bought three mares this week and some really good families.
25:33
SPEAKER_13: I continue to have a breeding program.
25:35
SPEAKER_13: You know, we're fortunate that we had uh one that we bred that ran second in the Riadosa fraternity the other day, still own that one's mother.
25:43
SPEAKER_13: We're I'm involved with uh uh a group of at Solo and doing uh joint ventures on sale yearlings, and we've got a tremendous one of the best group of Riadosa horses I've ever had.
25:54
SPEAKER_13: And uh and I've had some good ones over the years.
25:57
SPEAKER_13: I mean, we've sold a lot of good horses.
26:00
SPEAKER_13: Who's leaving who and wave carver and dash and folly and ocean runaway and tailor cartel, on and on and on.
26:07
SPEAKER_13: I mean, even almost at a triple crown winner and just saving candy.
26:11
SPEAKER_13: So, you know, we've been fortunate to sell a lot of good horses over the years.
26:15
SPEAKER_13: We've got a very good group of clients that that trust us and uh come to us and ask us what we like.
26:22
SPEAKER_13: They don't often listen because sometimes they look at that pedigree and they get enamored with that rather than the individual.
26:28
SPEAKER_13: But um we're gonna continue to try to do the best we can for these clients that that we represent and that we intend to represent.
26:40
SPEAKER_13: And so uh we've taken off into a new venture with um fast track sales, and that's extremely exciting for me.
26:48
SPEAKER_13: And uh so I'm trying not to be the same agent that uh does the same thing over and over until it doesn't work.
26:55
SPEAKER_13: So we're gonna continue to try to identify really good prospects in terms of brood mares and in terms of um of uh yearlings, and we're gonna try to get the most money we can and end up with the best racehorses we can.
27:09
SPEAKER_13: That's our goal.
27:10
SPEAKER_08: Well, Butch, once again, congratulations on the induction in the Hall of Fame of the American Quarterhorse.
27:17
SPEAKER_08: It's a very humbling honor, I can tell you.
27:20
SPEAKER_08: And thanks again for getting here on the podcast this morning.
27:22
SPEAKER_08: Thank you, sir.
27:24
SPEAKER_03: And we'll be right back after these words.
27:28
SPEAKER_08: Who's the number one third crop sire in the U.S.
27:31
SPEAKER_08: in 2026?
27:33
SPEAKER_08: Uncle D is.
27:34
SPEAKER_08: Who's the son of the legendary Corona Cartel who is not only a grade one classic winner himself, but also a sire of grade one winner Heaven's Uncle?
27:43
SPEAKER_08: That's right.
27:44
SPEAKER_08: Uncle D, who's putting offspring into the headlines through stakes wins?
27:49
SPEAKER_08: And on the qualifiers list in 2026 and graded stakes around the country?
27:54
SPEAKER_08: That's right.
27:55
SPEAKER_08: Uncle D, standing in Roswell, New Mexico at Prestige Equine, the grade one winning and the grade one producing sire.
28:04
SPEAKER_08: Uncle D.
28:05
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28:08
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28:12
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28:16
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28:22
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28:29
SPEAKER_04: All right, let's get back to the podcast.
28:31
SPEAKER_08: Alright, we're back here on Quarter Horse Racing Talk, ready to get into one of our second segments here, and that is with the president of the Kentucky Quarter Horse Racing Association, Christina Sauders.
28:42
SPEAKER_08: And with the upcoming meet coming in this summer, there at the new racetrack in Ashland, Kentucky, which is in the far northeastern part of Kentucky, happening in mid-August, stemming all the way into the Labor Day weekend.
28:57
SPEAKER_08: We were able to get on the phone with some information and some news from the folks there in Kentucky.
29:02
SPEAKER_08: And without further ado, let's get her on the phone to discuss.
29:08
SPEAKER_08: Christina, thanks so much for joining us here on Quarter Horse Racing Talk.
29:12
SPEAKER_09: Thanks, Greg, for having me.
29:14
SPEAKER_08: Christina, you guys got some huge news coming out of Kentucky as this upcoming meet is staring us right in the face.
29:20
SPEAKER_08: And you guys have some big announcement to make out there in Kentucky.
29:24
SPEAKER_08: And we appreciate you doing it here on the podcast.
29:26
SPEAKER_09: Yes, Greg, we are super excited to announce.
29:29
SPEAKER_09: Not only are we looking forward to eight great days of racing in Kentucky, we will be partnering with Fox Sports.
29:37
SPEAKER_09: Fox Sports will be coming out and providing um coverage of some races on Trials Day, but even bigger news is on the finals day for the Boko Futurity, uh, the Bluegrass Derby and the Cherokee Overnight.
29:49
SPEAKER_09: We're going to be given two hours of coverage.
29:52
SPEAKER_09: They'll cover all of those big races, winner's circle interviews.
29:57
SPEAKER_09: Um, we're gonna be right in there with the closing weekend of Saratoga, expecting probably a million and a half viewers um over that that airtime that we're getting.
30:07
SPEAKER_09: So we are super excited.
30:09
SPEAKER_08: Wow, that's huge news there, Christina.
30:11
SPEAKER_08: That's that's big.
30:12
SPEAKER_08: Uh you know, of over the years, if this is the believe it's the third year of running there in Kentucky or is it the fourth year now?
30:20
SPEAKER_09: Um so we started running here in 2023 down in Lexington at the Red Mile, and this will be our first year, 2026, at the new track in Ashland.
30:29
SPEAKER_08: Yes, looking forward to being there and also seeing that new track in Ashland.
30:33
SPEAKER_08: And over the the course of kind of doing your work as a president, it's you've had your uphill battles of of certainly waiting for this racetrack in Ashland to open as one of them, and of course, flip-flopping of dates that you have to endure as it pertains to dealing with the Kentucky Racing Commission and all you've you've of course have heard some of the critics of of what's going on in Kentucky.
30:57
SPEAKER_08: Christina, what do you do to kind of overcome some of those objections and and maybe even give us kind of a a snapshot of what's actually happening in Kentucky as it pertains to the folks that are in there doing all the work?
31:10
SPEAKER_09: Yeah, so there are challenges, you know, Kentucky being um the horse racing capital of the world.
31:15
SPEAKER_09: Uh, there's a lot of logistics, and and sometimes the critics don't understand all that goes into that.
31:21
SPEAKER_09: Um, you know, there's a limited number of vets here in the state.
31:24
SPEAKER_09: So when we start looking for dates, we're the new kids on the block.
31:27
SPEAKER_09: So we have to work around these other more established race meets.
31:31
SPEAKER_09: Um, so this year we took some August dates, not ideal for us.
31:35
SPEAKER_09: We're gonna run right up against the all-American, but the Horse Racing Corporation is really good to work with us, and they know that that these dates aren't exactly ideal for us, and they're gonna continue to work with us to to help us get some some better dates, some more ideal dates for us, and and work with us to help expand days.
31:53
SPEAKER_09: You know, we're we're up to eight days.
31:55
SPEAKER_09: Um, it is in our contract with Sandy Ridge to go up to 18 days eventually, but Rome wasn't built in a day.
32:01
SPEAKER_09: And as we have uh grow into this new track and the horse racing corporation sees the response by the quarter horse industry coming to Kentucky and running and the need for more dates, they're gonna be great to work with.
32:14
SPEAKER_08: As you mentioned, Rome was not built in a day.
32:17
SPEAKER_08: And I have seen kind of the evolution of the very first meet that happened there at Sandy Ridge uh when it was there at the Red Mile, Christina, and working with you through these years and all kind of give the vision of what what are we looking to try to go towards?
32:33
SPEAKER_08: What is the finish line as it pertains to the Sandy Ridge meet and the racing in in Kentucky?
32:39
SPEAKER_08: What is it that we're wanting to accomplish and and actually build that industry as it pertains to the association's vision?
32:46
SPEAKER_09: Well, you know, being in Kentucky, there are so many advantages.
32:49
SPEAKER_09: Uh, the legislature here works so hard to fashion the horse industry around HHR, um, the the money that's out there and available to us, most states would would love to have, you know, just in our Kentucky bred uh program, we have over$9 million sitting there waiting to be used.
33:07
SPEAKER_09: So what we want to do is we want to grow into these 18 days without ever reducing our purses.
33:13
SPEAKER_09: We have some of the best average daily purses in the quarter horse industry.
33:17
SPEAKER_09: So we want to build slower on our days so that we're able to keep those high purses to get people to come.
33:23
SPEAKER_09: But eventually, you know, we want to establish a circuit here.
33:27
SPEAKER_09: Um, we're working with Indiana and Louisiana, and we want Kentucky to become um, you know, the premier meat in the in the United States.
33:37
SPEAKER_09: And when we get to that 18 days, then we'll revisit that and we'll continue to grow.
33:41
SPEAKER_08: When it pertains to that 9 million that you were mentioning sitting in an account, is that specifically for Kentucky bred court horses?
33:49
SPEAKER_09: So that nine million is specifically for Kentucky Bred.
33:52
SPEAKER_09: You know, the purpose of um the HHR money that we receive, uh the association receives a percentage that goes toward purses.
34:00
SPEAKER_09: And then the state, the horse racing corporation, collects another percentage that's specifically to breed build the breed in Kentucky.
34:07
SPEAKER_09: We want farms in Kentucky, we want our mayor's falling in Kentucky.
34:10
SPEAKER_09: You know, the industry already has a$6.5 billion economic impact in our state.
34:16
SPEAKER_09: And we want Kentucky to be growing, uh, that quarter horse industry to continue to add to that.
34:22
SPEAKER_09: So even, you know, last year the legislature went back and we broadened um some of the terms for that Kentucky Bread program.
34:30
SPEAKER_09: Right now's the time to get in.
34:31
SPEAKER_09: There's uh uh some loopholes and some grandfathering in for horses, and we've got that nine million and we're ready to give it away.
34:38
SPEAKER_08: And Christina, as it pertains to when you very first started getting and trying to attract brood mares and stallions and horses to be registered as Kentucky Breds, with the incentives that you guys have in place and and the work that you guys are doing there in the association, talk about the growth that you're seeing, the numbers that you're seeing of of increases of of horses or or horsemen that are interested in in the program.
35:03
SPEAKER_09: Yeah, the growth has been substantial.
35:05
SPEAKER_09: You know, we uh as of last year, we had 62 total Kentucky bred um quarter horses.
35:13
SPEAKER_09: In 2026, we already have over 65 mayors registered for the program.
35:21
SPEAKER_09: So essentially um next rolling season, we'll double the number of Kentucky breds that we have.
35:27
SPEAKER_08: Christina, to the thing that rattles around in my brain about the the, I guess, the knock against Kentucky is is that the it's just a short meet.
35:36
SPEAKER_08: It's such a small thing.
35:37
SPEAKER_08: And and uh with the 18 days, I mean you're you're talking about theoretically, if you're running two or maybe three days out of the week and you spread that out over the 18 days, that's you're talking about a month and a half type meet, is what your your goal is.
35:54
SPEAKER_08: I'm assuming that's what you guys are working towards.
35:56
SPEAKER_09: Absolutely.
35:57
SPEAKER_09: You know, the track this year we'll still have some temporary facilities.
36:00
SPEAKER_09: So um we as an association are giving back to the track and helping to get those facilities built a little quicker, and that's what we want to go for.
36:08
SPEAKER_09: We want to go for that 18-day meet, and like I said, work with our partners um in Indiana and Louisiana to fit that into their schedule so that east of the Mississippi, the program for quarter horses becomes um, it's very unsarcuted.
36:22
SPEAKER_08: As it pertains to Kentucky, you guys have the example of the Kentucky Downs.
36:27
SPEAKER_08: Uh that is a if those that don't know, it's an all-turf course there just across the the border of Tennessee in Kentucky.
36:35
SPEAKER_08: I believe it's Franklin.
36:37
SPEAKER_08: And it's it's run and throughout the summer months, and it's only uh I'm I think it's maybe 12 days total of racing.
36:46
SPEAKER_08: But during those 12 days of racing, they're offering just gigantic, enormous purses, and that money is generated, of course, by the casino uh that they have or the instant racing.
36:58
SPEAKER_08: You can uh educate me on that, Christina, but the amount of purses that go off throughout those days of racing is something that is huge for uh thoroughbred horsemen to come and actually be attracted to there.
37:11
SPEAKER_08: Is that the model that that Sandy Ridge is kind of hoping their meat looks like for those 18 days?
37:19
SPEAKER_09: Absolutely.
37:19
SPEAKER_09: That is absolutely the model that we're following.
37:22
SPEAKER_09: You know, horses come from all over the world to Kentucky Downs for those purses, and even though it's that smaller type meat, um, I can tell you from experience, just as a spectator, you know, I've been to the Derby, uh, the Oaks, Frequent Keeneland, Ellis Turfway, the most fun meet as a spectator is that Kentucky Downs meet.
37:41
SPEAKER_09: So that's very much what we're going for, both from the horseman's perspective.
37:45
SPEAKER_09: Yeah, you might only come for 12, 14, 18 days, but while you're there, the amount of money that we're putting out there is just astronomical.
37:53
SPEAKER_09: And then also from the spectator's uh perspective, it's a really fun, relaxed, laid-back, family type atmosphere.
38:01
SPEAKER_09: And that's definitely what we're working with Sandy Ridge to portray.
38:05
SPEAKER_08: But Christina, going back to the criticized scenario of Kentucky, it's really not pointed towards the association, it's more probably pointed towards the commission.
38:14
SPEAKER_08: The critics would certainly like to see a large expanded meet that would generate more of a a breeding industry in the state of uh Kentucky and more incentive-wise.
38:26
SPEAKER_08: But, you know, as you keep mentioning, Rome was not built in a day.
38:30
SPEAKER_08: Theoretically, let's say if the Kentucky Racing Commission gave you 60 days or or gave you a 45-day meet.
38:38
SPEAKER_08: You know, it it's run, especially this being quarter horses and also being run in thoroughbred country, you're not just going to have the pick of the litter as it pertains to the dates.
38:49
SPEAKER_08: I mean, it it's probably something that you have to fight for.
38:52
SPEAKER_08: Even the dates you knew that weren't that they gave you, which was right on top of the All-American weekend, is certainly not ideal, but uh unless you tell me different, Christina, you really have probably a a huge gigantic choice as it pertains to asking for those dates during during thoroughbred meets that are that are very predominant in Kentucky.
39:13
SPEAKER_09: Well, sure.
39:14
SPEAKER_09: And again, it goes back to what I said before.
39:15
SPEAKER_09: You know, we are the new kids on the block.
39:18
SPEAKER_09: Um, the Horse Racing Corporation has actually been um very pro-quarter horse.
39:23
SPEAKER_09: And then though the outside world may not see that and their critics of that, to understand the model, you know, our purses come from the revenue generated at Sandy's.
39:33
SPEAKER_09: And so Sandy's is a new gaming hall, and they're just up and coming and they're working on building and things are going really well there and revenues increasing.
39:43
SPEAKER_09: But for them to give, for the corporation to give us even 20 days to to date, our revenue has to match that so that we can keep these really, really good purses.
39:54
SPEAKER_09: We don't want to run for$10,000 claiming races every day.
39:57
SPEAKER_09: We're actually very happy with the way that we're building our days slowly and keeping those uh those purses high.
40:04
SPEAKER_08: And those in the know, it's it's not just a plethora of of a surplus of quarter horses that are just sitting on the bench waiting to get in the game that you can pull upon.
40:14
SPEAKER_08: I mean, other meets are, you know, they struggle sometimes to fill races.
40:19
SPEAKER_08: Uh, sometimes even entry days don't close until well into the afternoon because they just don't have the surplus of horses.
40:25
SPEAKER_08: And so for you to be able to generate enough horsemen to come to Kentucky in the infancy of this program that you got going on to try to fill 45 days or or 30 days of a of a race meet, it I just don't think people can foresee the challenges that sometimes that you guys have to go through, even just doing an eight-day meet.
40:49
SPEAKER_09: No, and we always we never want to sacrifice um quality just to get the quantity.
40:55
SPEAKER_09: You know, we want to keep the quality of horses really good.
40:57
SPEAKER_09: And and the big thing that makes this Fox deal so important is even though we have all of these thoroughbred farms and a great industry with the thoroughbreds here, not all of those thoroughbred people know or understand quarter horse racing.
41:12
SPEAKER_09: So this Fox Sports gives us an opportunity to put quarter horses uh on the same stage as thoroughbreds for a day, and we're hoping that we'll generate some more interest um from the thoroughbreds here, and that would really also help us to build a bigger inventory.
41:27
SPEAKER_08: Give us the dates again, Christina.
41:29
SPEAKER_09: Yeah, so we're gonna run the trials on August the 19th.
41:32
SPEAKER_09: We'll have racing on August the 20th and 21st.
41:35
SPEAKER_09: We'll come back and race August 26th to the 28th.
41:39
SPEAKER_09: And the one change to the card is that we were scheduled to run um on Friday, September 4th and 5th.
41:46
SPEAKER_09: We did have to move those dates.
41:48
SPEAKER_09: So we'll run on Saturday, September the 5th, and then we'll have all our finals for the Boca Fraturity, the Bluegrass Derby, and the Cherokee overnight will be on Sunday, September the 6th.
42:01
SPEAKER_08: Well, thanks for getting on and joining us here on Quarter Horse Racing Talk, Christina.
42:05
SPEAKER_09: Thanks for having me, Greg.
42:06
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43:07
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43:09
SPEAKER_08: Hey, back here on the podcast.
43:11
SPEAKER_08: And just before we get into this next segment, I want to talk to you guys that are listening to this podcast religiously.
43:18
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43:32
SPEAKER_08: And it's not lost on us, so thanks so very much to our listeners.
43:36
SPEAKER_08: So on this segment, we talked to somebody that's been in the news here lately.
43:39
SPEAKER_08: He's not only won his first win at the age of 16, but has also pulled off his first stakes win, and that's Ryder Olmsted, who's the son of former world champion trainer here in the quarter horse world, Jason Olmsted.
43:53
SPEAKER_08: Jason, of course, was a former rider, so and I've met Ryder long ago when he was probably half his age.
44:00
SPEAKER_08: Now, when he was coming to the horse sales or the races, and he was always someone you knew that was going to go into the line of work of race riding.
44:09
SPEAKER_08: And here he is, age of 16, and making headlines, and we were able to get on the phone with him to talk about his fast start here in the industry.
44:19
SPEAKER_08: Alright, on the phone with Jonkey Ryder Olmsted.
44:22
SPEAKER_08: Ryder, thanks so very much for joining us here on Quarter Horse Racing Cup.
44:26
SPEAKER_00: Thanks for having me.
44:27
SPEAKER_08: Ryder, in the infancy of your career, uh, you're 16 years old.
44:32
SPEAKER_08: Uh, I've known you for quite some time.
44:33
SPEAKER_08: You'd always told me that this is absolutely the direction you were headed as a as a rider in the quarter horse ranks.
44:40
SPEAKER_08: And so now you're here, you've won your first race as well as your first stakes race.
44:44
SPEAKER_08: So kind of give us a snapshot of kind of how the ride has been thus far getting up to this point.
44:51
SPEAKER_00: Um, it's been pretty fun.
44:53
SPEAKER_00: I thought that the horse could win the finals, but I just was hoping that she got a good break, and luckily she did, and she just ran down the racetrack.
45:03
SPEAKER_08: When you crossed the wire, talked about the excitement of this being your first stakes win.
45:08
SPEAKER_00: I was excited.
45:09
SPEAKER_00: I wasn't really expecting it to come this early, but luckily it did.
45:13
SPEAKER_08: Uh, Ryder, talk about the early part about when you started getting in the saddle and and kind of the process that you took in order to get to this point where you've taken out your license to be a jockey.
45:25
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I started galloping when I was maybe thirteen, and then my first winter of breaking babies was when I was fourteen, and I did that for two winters, and then I got my gallop license on my birthday when I turned sixteen last fall and gated babies at Claremore all winter and spring, and then got my license in March and started writing.
45:50
SPEAKER_08: Rider, I assume there was plenty of opportunity for something to pop up for you to decide, well, nah, this is not for me.
45:58
SPEAKER_08: But what was it about this line of work or or this pursuit that kept driving you and and and is obviously you're a legacy because your father is a was a jockey as well, but what kept you focused as well as w why you continued down the path?
46:14
SPEAKER_08: Because it's not an easy path.
46:16
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, um He was a jockey, so I always wanted to be a jockey and then it it never really changed.
46:23
SPEAKER_00: Been in the barn my whole life and never really just didn't want to do anything else.
46:29
SPEAKER_00: Never seen anything else interesting enough for me.
46:32
SPEAKER_08: You're still going to school?
46:34
SPEAKER_00: Yes, sir.
46:35
SPEAKER_08: Yeah, so you're going to go through and and go to graduate, but I'm also assuming that you're going to stay on the circuits where where dad's going to be running, so kinda talk about some of the circuits you'll be on this year in 2026.
46:47
SPEAKER_00: Um I'm gonna finish out the rest of Prairie Meadows and Canterbury, and then I'll go to Will Rogers for the for the fall meet.
46:56
SPEAKER_08: Uh what has been kind of the highlight thus far?
46:59
SPEAKER_08: Uh you know, was it the the first start when you you actually got loaded in the gate for the first time uh as a uh licensed jockey, or was it uh certainly your first win that kind of has been the highlight so far?
47:12
SPEAKER_00: My my first ever win was definitely the highlight.
47:16
SPEAKER_08: Talk about the emotions going through it.
47:18
SPEAKER_08: What what uh what was it like coming back and seeing dad there waiting for you to get back to get into the winner circle?
47:24
SPEAKER_00: Uh just a feeling of accomplishment.
47:26
SPEAKER_00: I felt like every all the work finally paid off and just it was everything I ever dreamed of, so got lucky and it happened.
47:40
SPEAKER_08: He was already in uh in training mode, is that correct?
47:44
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
47:44
SPEAKER_00: He he would quit riding before I was able to watch him.
47:49
SPEAKER_00: The year I was born is when he quit.
47:51
SPEAKER_08: Uh talk about the hands-on instruction that he's given you uh up to this point.
47:56
SPEAKER_08: Uh d starting from teaching you the Gallic, teaching you to break babies the proper way as well as to get in the gate.
48:03
SPEAKER_08: Talk about how f influential your father has been of the development of you as a jockey.
48:08
SPEAKER_00: He's instructed me, he's if he sees something that I do wrong, then he'll talk to me about it, let me know how I can fix it or do better, and equip me with the right people, help me out along with that for my career, and have a good set of writers that also help me out a bunch, teach me, let me know if I'm doing something wrong, how I can fix it and get better.
48:32
SPEAKER_00: So just having all those people really helps a lot.
48:36
SPEAKER_08: Talk about some of those people other than dad that are kind of helping you steer this career.
48:41
SPEAKER_00: Romero Garcia, he's ha he helps me a lot during the winter.
48:45
SPEAKER_00: Armando Alvarez, he's at the farm during the winter.
48:48
SPEAKER_00: Cody Smith has helped me a lot.
48:51
SPEAKER_00: Uh Francisco Ramirez.
48:54
SPEAKER_00: Those are the guys that have helped me and I've looked up to, so I'm glad that they're helping me.
49:00
SPEAKER_08: What's the ultimate goal?
49:01
SPEAKER_08: Obviously, you want to win the All-American fraternity like every quarter horse race rider wants to do, but uh is it something that you have aspirations to, you know, your dad kind of has a circuit that he kind of runs on.
49:13
SPEAKER_08: You know, I know he does go out to Albuquerque and all, but is it uh your desire to go out to California or are you pretty much wanting to stay in the Oklahoma, uh Iowa Canterbury as well as the Albuquerque type circuit?
49:27
SPEAKER_00: I r I just want to use Iowa and Canterbury for a couple years, get experience, get better, and then hopefully get good enough so I can go to Rio Doso and all those places big time like that.
49:40
SPEAKER_08: Well, Ryder, we certainly appreciate you getting on here and talking about the early part of your career, and congratulations on the big win there and your uh or your first stakes win, excuse me, and would look forward to keep watching you uh progress through your career here in Quarter Horse Racing.
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51:16
SPEAKER_10: And we're back on Quarter Horse Racing Talk.
51:18
SPEAKER_10: Uh for this week's preview section.
51:20
SPEAKER_10: We have Yancey Guiman and Greg Thompson decided to grace us with his presents.
51:26
SPEAKER_08: Yes.
51:29
SPEAKER_08: Yancey and Bailey have been keeping me out.
51:31
SPEAKER_08: I think it's probably because I was picking so many winners and I was making them both look bad.
51:36
SPEAKER_08: That's what I think.
51:38
SPEAKER_07: I was thinking it was because I was kicking your butt everything.
51:41
SPEAKER_10: Embarrassing you.
51:42
SPEAKER_08: Yes.
51:43
SPEAKER_08: Well, you guys, you know, if I make you guys look bad because y'all are, you know, celebrities because of your family orientation with your last names, I just I just make it feel bad.
51:55
SPEAKER_08: So let's get right into it and see how if you guys can really, you know, hold up to Greg Thompson.
52:00
SPEAKER_08: Let's look at the King William stakes.
52:02
SPEAKER_08: Uh field of nine going 350 yards for$60,000 for three-year-olds and up with four top runners in this field, guys.
52:11
SPEAKER_08: I think going post-word highlighted by the grade one winning church spiral from the barn of Marco Gutierrez.
52:17
SPEAKER_08: This four-year-old KV in Corona was victorious in the grade one Leo stakes in May.
52:23
SPEAKER_08: And just got outrun by the in the Debbie Shaw by Impressum and KJ Desperado.
52:28
SPEAKER_08: So this runner is clearly one of the top five older horses in the entire country, in my opinion.
52:33
SPEAKER_08: And it looks for a near-missed redemption in this spot with Jonathan Dominguez, who has the call on the skilding.
52:40
SPEAKER_07: Yeah, I mean, arguably the best race ran this year is the Debbie Shaw.
52:44
SPEAKER_07: And he barely missed in that, so this is a a lot less tough field.
52:49
SPEAKER_07: I have the eight on top, though.
52:51
SPEAKER_07: I think the eight's gonna upset him.
52:53
SPEAKER_07: Class action for Mark Youngers.
52:55
SPEAKER_07: This horse has won three in a row this year.
52:58
SPEAKER_07: Uh Mark Youngers and Lise Pavinko had a really good meet at Sam Houston, and I just think this horse is peaking at the right time.
53:05
SPEAKER_08: Yeah, and see, I I mean this horse is in tough company.
53:08
SPEAKER_08: I mean, uh of the the two stablemates that are going in the spot, Shaker's No Secret and Class Action, I think Class Action is the lesser of the two with uh Mark Youngers.
53:18
SPEAKER_08: Shaker's No Secret hasn't found the winner circle since February of 2025.
53:23
SPEAKER_08: However, I think is of the two horses, I think class action is the lesser of the two.
53:29
SPEAKER_07: Shaker's No Secret is definitely the proven horse out of the Mark Youngers, but I think he's lost a step a little bit from what I've seen this year, but you never know.
53:39
SPEAKER_07: Might be his time to turn back the clock this in this race.
53:43
SPEAKER_10: One of my top picks in this field is going to be Shaker's No Secret.
53:46
SPEAKER_10: He's been in tough competition all last year, grade one after grade one.
53:52
SPEAKER_10: So I think that he's knocking on the door for a big win.
53:56
SPEAKER_08: And those are the top three runners in this King William.
53:58
SPEAKER_08: I would say the fourth top runner in the spot, a horse that's less than double digits on the morning line is the number nine rocking the train.
54:09
SPEAKER_08: Four-year-old Gelding from the barn of Brad Boland, who missed last time out in the Evangeline Downs Derby in December at Evangeline Downs and was fifth in the Dash for Cash Derby in October.
54:21
SPEAKER_08: But this is the horse has been on a six-month layoff and facing this type of field.
54:25
SPEAKER_08: But Brad Boland has given some steady workouts with him since April, but he certainly will have his hand still here in this grade three event.
54:33
SPEAKER_08: So for me, I'm going to have to go with the favorite here, the chalk, Church Spire in the top spot.
54:38
SPEAKER_10: I'm going to have to take an exacta with Church Spire and Shaker's No Secret.
54:42
SPEAKER_10: So 6-1 for me.
54:44
SPEAKER_07: Churchpire's the horse to beat, but I'm going to go 8-6 and have a little bit of an upset.
54:49
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to the other greatest stakes event, the San Marcos, the Gray Three event,$870 yards,$40,000 on the line for three-year-olds and up.
54:59
SPEAKER_08: The morning line favorite and the second choice are both in the parking lot on the outside in the seventh and the eight hole.
55:06
SPEAKER_08: And that's one of the 870 division leaders, the eight-year-old I will decide, who was winner of two straight going around the hook, including the Jesse Yokum stakes last time out, where he outran the five to one choice Master Reigns, who is in this race by a whopping five links.
55:24
SPEAKER_08: That race was for state breads.
55:26
SPEAKER_08: And it also contained Firebolt B, who's in this field at four to one.
55:30
SPEAKER_08: But last time out threw a clunker there at Sam Houston Race Park.
55:33
SPEAKER_08: But prior to that race, the Richard Sedio Trinee was on a four-race win streak and saw some of the largest speed numbers in the field for the last three outs.
55:44
SPEAKER_08: And on that same day there at Sam Houston Race Park, guys, they ran the Governor's Cup Marathon, another graded event.
55:51
SPEAKER_08: But that was for open breads, and that was won by the seven-horse Louisiana Mystery, who's in the field here for trainer Mark Youngers, who has a two horses going forth, and he just outran Hondo Hawks, who's from the barn of Arnold Lewis by a nose to capture victory in the grade three event.
56:08
SPEAKER_08: So top to bottom, I think this is a very strong field going around the hook there at Rutama Park.
56:13
SPEAKER_10: Yeah, Greg, I really like the eight and the seven as well.
56:16
SPEAKER_10: But for my long shot pick, I'm gonna choose Yippie Kaye.
56:20
SPEAKER_10: He has only ran around the hook twice, but if you watch the replay in the Governor's Cup, he came running at the very end and almost caught them at the wire.
56:30
SPEAKER_10: So with Alejandro Medina up, I think that he's gonna be tough in this race.
56:35
SPEAKER_07: Yeah, this race is a loaded 870 race from top to bottom.
56:39
SPEAKER_07: All these horses have done is running 870 yard stakes races.
56:43
SPEAKER_07: Um but I like the four to bounce back here.
56:46
SPEAKER_07: I've been high on this horse all year.
56:48
SPEAKER_07: Um and his last time out, he kind of drew towards outside.
56:51
SPEAKER_07: I believe he was the seven-hole and just didn't really fire.
56:54
SPEAKER_07: But I look for a firebolt B to go back to his normal form and be tough in this race.
56:59
SPEAKER_08: With having the outside hole, I think the the favorite in this race is likely to scratch, which is I will decide.
57:06
SPEAKER_08: With these older geldings and this horse being an eight-year-old, the connections like this tend to preserve what's left of their racing career.
57:13
SPEAKER_08: And I feel this horse is probably going to be a scratch for trainer Don Guzman, as opposed to going out of the eight-hole, which will give John Bogner runner, super fragilistic, a chance to draw into field off the also eligible list.
57:27
SPEAKER_08: But I'm still going to stick with the outside.
57:29
SPEAKER_08: I'm going to go with the Mark Younger's runner, Louisiana Mystery, in the seven-hole to capture victory here in this grade three event.
57:37
SPEAKER_08: All right, and that leads us out to the West Coast, looking at the grade one vessels maturity,$150,000 estimated on the line, four-year-olds and upward, going forth in this 400-yard event.
57:49
SPEAKER_08: It's a lot of nice horses in this race, guys.
57:51
SPEAKER_08: I am looking at Catel Cove, most likely will be the post-time favorite or at least the morning line favorite.
57:58
SPEAKER_08: They enter on Thursday, so it's very hard to do these previews on this section here, which Los Alamitas drawing so closely to the actual race day.
58:08
SPEAKER_08: They draw on Thursday, California time.
58:11
SPEAKER_08: And uh, of course, we we go to uh print on this podcast, uh, usually on Wednesday, but we're extending this over to Thursday morning to kick this out.
58:22
SPEAKER_08: But the one of the horses I want to look at, guys, is Cattail Cove in this one, trained by Juan Aleman and owned by Link Newcomb.
58:30
SPEAKER_08: This horse last time out, grade three winner of the Kawaii Bar handicap, ran a huge race, lights out, but has not ran since April of 2025.
58:41
SPEAKER_08: But that's not the largest gap in the field.
58:44
SPEAKER_08: As OJD, Jessabug, who's 13 for 13, a complete undefeated runner here, hasn't ran in since November of last year, but the connections, Jesus Nunez, trainer-wise, has told me that this horse is going forth in this big grade one event.
59:00
SPEAKER_10: Yeah, how can you not talk about that horse, Greg?
59:03
SPEAKER_10: 13 for 13.
59:04
SPEAKER_10: What an incredible career so far.
59:06
SPEAKER_07: Yeah, Bailey, this horse has literally won everything you could win last year in Idaho and and Wyoming.
59:13
SPEAKER_07: He won the Sweetwater Downs fraternity, won the Sweetwater Downs Derby, won the Energy Downs Derby.
59:20
SPEAKER_07: I mean, just pretty much any race he was in out there, you could count it as a win.
59:24
SPEAKER_07: So and he's two for two at Lo Sal, so moving to the West Coast didn't seem to affect him so far.
59:30
SPEAKER_08: And another horse going forth, Lethal Cowboy 1-2-3, winner of the LoSale 2 million as a two-year-old, a participant in the super derby last year, second place finisher in the Brad McKenzie earlier this year, second place in the Leto Stakes, kind of faltered in the Debbie Shaff, but go is going forth according to trainer Mark Youngers here in this grade one event.
59:52
SPEAKER_07: Uh yeah, Letho Cowboy 1-2-3 from what I could see, he's never been off the board at Los Al.
59:57
SPEAKER_07: Um he runs second in the Brad McKinsey winner championship as well.
1:00:01
SPEAKER_07: So he's another super tough horse.
1:00:04
SPEAKER_08: And I look forward to the entries when they come out for this big grade one event there at Los Alamitas.
1:00:10
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to Albuquerque as they have the big grade one trials for the Rainbow Futurity, the Derby, as well as the Oaks.
1:00:18
SPEAKER_08: I'd like to look at some of these top runners going into the trials this weekend.
1:00:22
SPEAKER_08: And guys, one of the things that I like about the trials for the Rainbow Futurity is this is where you see the Ferraris and the Lamborghinis come out.
1:00:29
SPEAKER_08: This is where the high dollar yearlings get rolling going forth in the pursuit of the All-American Futurity.
1:00:35
SPEAKER_08: And I would like to start in the third race looking at some of the big time runners, including the Riadosa Futurity runner-up, lethal win out of the barn of West Giles, a$105 Riadosa sales yearling, looks to be one of the top runners in this trial event.
1:00:52
SPEAKER_10: And in that same trial, Greg number seven, Treasured Empire, is a full sibling to FDD Dreams.
1:00:58
SPEAKER_10: And he has not had an out yet, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do on the track.
1:01:02
SPEAKER_08: Not only that, he's a$700,000 Riadosa sales graduate as well.
1:01:07
SPEAKER_08: So I think a lot of people are looking forward to seeing what this horse has got to do going down the racetrack.
1:01:12
SPEAKER_07: Yes, I think that's one of the best trials on the day for sure.
1:01:16
SPEAKER_07: But in the very next trial in race four, number seven, El Hurricano V is in that race.
1:01:22
SPEAKER_07: This horse runs second in the heritage, and then he ran second in his Riyados trial, but didn't qualify.
1:01:30
SPEAKER_07: And now he's in the rainbow trials.
1:01:32
SPEAKER_08: You got a lot of really nice horses in this race.
1:01:34
SPEAKER_08: The six-horse Quinsabe Hadi is a$390,000 Riadosa sales yearling, as well as the eight-horse AJ Wise Lady is a$450,000 graduate of the Low Sal Equine sale.
1:01:48
SPEAKER_08: And that skips over to race five, the seven-horse guns loaded.
1:01:52
SPEAKER_08: That's a$295,000 Riadosa Year sales graduate going forth for trainer Chris O'Dale.
1:01:58
SPEAKER_08: And another one to look at is in race nine, the five-horse Antika, super well bred, out of the Supermare Astaca by FDD Dynasty, is a$280,000 sales graduate, and it makes its first start.
1:02:12
SPEAKER_08: Here are the trials for trainer West Childs.
1:02:14
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to race 11.
1:02:16
SPEAKER_10: In race 11, Greg, I like the Juan Vazquez trainee conclusive.
1:02:21
SPEAKER_10: He just recently won the Heritage Place juvenile stakes with James Flores on board, and that's who will be writing him here in the trials at Albuquerque.
1:02:29
SPEAKER_07: I agree with you.
1:02:29
SPEAKER_07: Conclusive, I really like he's three foot three, he's never been beat.
1:02:33
SPEAKER_07: Juan Vazquez, Bobby Cox.
1:02:35
SPEAKER_07: It's a strong, strong connection.
1:02:36
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to race 12.
1:02:38
SPEAKER_08: If you look at the four-horse, Fearless Cowboy ran second last time out and beaten in the nose in a trial event, but it's a$380,000 sales graduate from Riodoso, as well as the seven-horse with that superstar breeding of apolitical jets out of Flash and Roll, the great grade one winner was a six hundred and fifty thousand dollar sales graduate from Riodoso is also in that same trial.
1:03:03
SPEAKER_08: And moving over to race fourteen on day one, if you look at the seven-horse, he's 20 to 1 on the morning line, but he is a$330,000 Heritage Place graduate from the barn of Jason Olmsted.
1:03:15
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to race 15.
1:03:17
SPEAKER_07: Yeah, the two-horse GBH Cowboys in that race.
1:03:21
SPEAKER_07: This horse is already qualified for two fraternities on the year.
1:03:25
SPEAKER_07: He won the Four Corners fraternity last time out, and then he also qualified for the West Texas early on this year.
1:03:32
SPEAKER_08: A star-studded field in that 15th trial race.
1:03:35
SPEAKER_08: The six horse is a$285,000 Riedosa sales graduate.
1:03:40
SPEAKER_08: The eight horse is a$205,000 Riadosa sales graduate.
1:03:44
SPEAKER_08: And the nine horse is a$290,000 Riedosa sales graduate.
1:03:48
SPEAKER_08: Think of all the money that's going down the racetrack there in Albuquerque on day one.
1:03:53
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to day two there at Albuquerque in the Rainbow Trials for the Futurity.
1:03:58
SPEAKER_08: And I'll skip over to race three, is my first highlighted horse, Telescope, fifth in the Riadosa Futurity last timeout.
1:04:05
SPEAKER_10: In the same race, Greg, I like D.
1:04:07
SPEAKER_10: Amore.
1:04:07
SPEAKER_10: It ran well at Remington Park.
1:04:09
SPEAKER_10: It's two for three, and it ran second in the Remington Park Juvenile Stakes.
1:04:13
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to race five.
1:04:15
SPEAKER_07: Yeah, in race five, I like the number three Monday Dynasty.
1:04:18
SPEAKER_07: Uh this horse just run second in the kindergarten fraternity at Los Alamitos and barely missed by a nose.
1:04:24
SPEAKER_07: And I really think this horse has a good chance to qualify.
1:04:27
SPEAKER_08: In the same race, I like Chief Keith, the two horse from the barn of Daniel Lamaya, was third last time out in the West Texas Fraturity and comes from one of the hottest sires in the country with Flying Cowboy 123.
1:04:40
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to race seven.
1:04:42
SPEAKER_07: Yeah, in race seven, the number four Flying Cowboys Candy is another one out of Flying Cowboy 123.
1:04:49
SPEAKER_07: One of the hottest tires in the game.
1:04:50
SPEAKER_07: This horse runs second in the four corners at Farmington this year.
1:04:54
SPEAKER_07: He also runs second in the West Texas juvenile.
1:04:57
SPEAKER_07: So this horse has been ready early.
1:04:59
SPEAKER_07: Seems like this horse is still strong, so I like the four.
1:05:03
SPEAKER_08: And some of the other high-dollar yearlings that are running in these trial races as two-year-olds, if you look in the 10th race, the eight horse, Jespy Bugie, is a$225,000 Riadosa sales graduate for trainer Manuel Rodriguez.
1:05:19
SPEAKER_08: And then you ought to go into the 13th race, and you'll see one of the top runners in the second day of trials, Heat Seeker V, who's a$325,000 Riadosa sales graduate, is set to go post for trainer Raymond Velario with six last timeout in the Riadosa Futurity.
1:05:36
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to race 14.
1:05:38
SPEAKER_07: In race 14, ask her to fly the six horses in this race.
1:05:42
SPEAKER_07: I really like this horse.
1:05:43
SPEAKER_07: She ran third in the Riadosa last time out.
1:05:46
SPEAKER_07: She's a hard knock in Philly that tries hard every out that she's been in and look for her to do the same in the trials.
1:05:53
SPEAKER_08: And we were able to get on the phone with trainer Jason Olmsted to talk about this talented two year old Philly.
1:06:01
SPEAKER_08: On the phone with trainer Jason Olm said, Jason, you got the nice two-year-old going into the trials.
1:06:07
SPEAKER_08: Talk about how this Philly is progressing going into this grade one trial.
1:06:12
SPEAKER_11: She came out of the Riadosa fraternity in good shape.
1:06:15
SPEAKER_11: I mean, she ran her heart out that day and and uh surprisingly came back like she hadn't done anything at all.
1:06:22
SPEAKER_11: She bounced right back.
1:06:24
SPEAKER_11: So we've got high hopes and high expectations for her.
1:06:27
SPEAKER_11: Uh it's not it's really not my style to bounce right back in to the rainbow out of the Riodoza.
1:06:34
SPEAKER_11: But if she wouldn't have came out of it 100%, there wouldn't have been any question.
1:06:37
SPEAKER_11: We'd have just gave her the time she needed and waited for the all-American if need be.
1:06:42
SPEAKER_11: I mean, she's doing good.
1:06:44
SPEAKER_11: There's no reason to skip it, so we're gonna give it our best shot.
1:06:48
SPEAKER_08: And that skips us over to the 15th race on the second day.
1:06:52
SPEAKER_10: The worst that stuck out to me in this race is the 10.
1:06:55
SPEAKER_10: Bet the limit.
1:06:56
SPEAKER_10: It's two for three on the year.
1:06:58
SPEAKER_10: It had a great meet at Remington, and it ended up running sixth in the grade one Heritage Place Paturity with Jockey Christian Cardinals on board.
1:07:06
SPEAKER_10: I think this Philly will be tough in these trials.
1:07:09
SPEAKER_08: All right, now it's time to talk about the grade one rainbow derby for three-year-olds going 400 yards there at Albuquerque.
1:07:17
SPEAKER_08: And we're not going to spend as much time on the Derby, but guys, tell me some of the top runners that you guys like going in the field.
1:07:23
SPEAKER_10: One of the horses that stands out to me in the Derby is Louisiana Mann.
1:07:27
SPEAKER_10: He's had a great three-year-old campaign, and he qualified for the Heritage Place Derby, and I think he had a little issue where he couldn't come run back in the final, but I think he's ready to run in Albuquerque.
1:07:40
SPEAKER_07: Yes, Bailey, that's a super nice horse.
1:07:42
SPEAKER_07: Um, two of the horses that I highlighted is the two D Keener runners.
1:07:47
SPEAKER_07: Um, the first one in race eight, number seven, JC Speeding.
1:07:52
SPEAKER_07: Uh, this horse has run second in the heritage, run second in the Remington Park, run third in the Texas Classic Futurity last year.
1:07:59
SPEAKER_07: So he's been right there every time.
1:08:01
SPEAKER_07: He just hasn't quite got a big grade one win, but he's right there.
1:08:05
SPEAKER_07: And then also in race number nine, the number four point blank range.
1:08:09
SPEAKER_07: Uh, this horse just won the heritage place.
1:08:11
SPEAKER_07: He's three for three this year.
1:08:13
SPEAKER_07: And I highlighted that Roman Cruz is coming into ride him, so he get he keeps his rider.
1:08:18
SPEAKER_07: And then another one that I highlighted is in race seven, Jarvis V.
1:08:22
SPEAKER_07: Uh, this horse ran second in the Rio Doctor Derby and was third in the winner derby, so he's qualified for two derbies this year.
1:08:29
SPEAKER_07: So he's another one that's been right there, but just hasn't got the derby win.
1:08:33
SPEAKER_07: But he's always been super tough.
1:08:35
SPEAKER_07: He qualified for some fraternities in Los Alamitos last year as well.
1:08:39
SPEAKER_08: And that leads us over to the trials for the grade one Rainbow Oaks.
1:08:43
SPEAKER_10: My top pick in the Oaks is gonna have to be beautiful.
1:08:47
SPEAKER_10: She has had a great career so far, and she's coming off a big win in the grade one Los Alamitos Oaks.
1:08:53
SPEAKER_07: Yeah, I can't agree with you more, Bailey.
1:08:55
SPEAKER_07: This is one of my favorite horses to watch.
1:08:58
SPEAKER_07: Uh she's had nine starts, seven wins last year.
1:09:02
SPEAKER_07: She qualified to the Los Altumini, ran fourth, qualified to the Golden State, won the kindergarten, and like you said, just came off the Oaks win.
1:09:10
SPEAKER_07: Um, but we have to go, we have to talk about the trial number three.
1:09:13
SPEAKER_07: I think this is the toughest trial.
1:09:15
SPEAKER_07: Um, it has GFC Sinful in it.
1:09:18
SPEAKER_07: Just won the Riadosa.
1:09:19
SPEAKER_07: And to me, this horse is the fastest horse from the gates that I've seen in a long time.
1:09:23
SPEAKER_07: She's an absolute rocket ship, but she's gotta beat Toby Say in this race, which she just won the Low South two million last year.
1:09:30
SPEAKER_08: Well, an extremely talent filled weekend there in Albuquerque as well.
1:09:35
SPEAKER_08: And Bailey, I know why now I don't like to join you here on the previous section.
1:09:39
SPEAKER_08: God, I'm exhausted.
1:09:41
SPEAKER_07: Bailey, I really think it's because he he doesn't like losing to us every week and handicapping.
1:09:47
SPEAKER_08: I'm keeping track this week.
1:09:49
SPEAKER_10: You are kind of a sore loser, Greg.
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SPEAKER_08: Alright, Bailey, that's all the time we have here on Quarter Horse Racing Talk Weekly and another great show.
1:10:30
SPEAKER_08: I really like the format this week where instead of having one guest talk the whole time, we had multiple guests come on and share their what's going on in the industry, and and we were able to kind of interact and weave this as well as a very robust preview section, because there's just so much going on in this weekend of racing, of course, which means a huge recap next week.
1:10:54
SPEAKER_10: Yes, Greg, this is my favorite time of the year where there's the top grade one races happening out in Albuquerque, the rainbow, the grade one rainbow, Oaks, Derby, and Faturity, as well as the top graded races happening across the country.
1:11:09
SPEAKER_08: Bailey, I think that any time they're running quarter horses is your favorite time of the year because I think you said it was the favorite time of the year when in the very beginning when they were getting their babies going at Heritage at Remington Park.
1:11:20
SPEAKER_08: So I uh I love the enthusiasm.
1:11:23
SPEAKER_08: And of course, we appreciate you getting on here at Quarter Horse Racing Talk Weekly and listening every single week and making us the number one podcast across the country for Quarter Horse Racing.
1:11:33
SPEAKER_08: And I'm Greg Thompson, a stallionesearch.com.
1:11:35
SPEAKER_10: And I'm Bailey Ivy.
1:11:37
SPEAKER_08: And we'll see you next week on the podcast.