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Dick Jerardi | Horse Racing Analyst | 05-15-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: Jesus supply sure rodn DeVault will Golden Tempo Race this weekend.
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  Speaker 3: He will not. He will not be entered in the prenus.
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  Speaker 1: And does it come down to what you talked about
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  Speaker 1: with me just two days after on our box news
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  Speaker 1: this weekend that the horse is just used to running
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  Speaker 1: longer distances right now or is the horse tired? Is
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  Speaker 1: what is the main reason why he's not going to
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  Speaker 1: run this weekend.
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  Speaker 3: It's a culmination of both. Ultimately, what we decided, you know,
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  Speaker 3: in chatting with the team, you know, the Hips and
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  Speaker 3: Vinnie's team is we're looking for a campaign for the
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  Speaker 3: whole year and trying to squeeze a race in in
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  Speaker 3: two weeks just wouldn't be for him to have the
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  Speaker 3: bigger goal in mind. You know, we're pointing to the Belmont,
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  Speaker 3: then we're pointing to the Travers, and then we'll after
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  Speaker 3: the Travers, we'll reevaluate to see, you know, if we're
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  Speaker 3: going to go into the Breeders Cup Classic.
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  Speaker 2: So it's kind it's one or the other.
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  Speaker 3: Usually, in my opinion, asking a horse to run back
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  Speaker 3: in two weeks and then back in three weeks, it's
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  Speaker 3: a tough task. And I'm not saying I'm I.
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  Speaker 2: Love history and I don't. I'm not saying change a
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  Speaker 2: triple crown, but I'm saying it takes a super unique
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  Speaker 2: and special horse to be able to do it. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying that Golden Tempo isn't a really you know,
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  Speaker 2: isn't a high caliber great horse.
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  Speaker 3: But I'm just saying coming back in two weeks just
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  Speaker 3: isn't necessarily the best for him.
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  Speaker 1: Golden Temple is owned by one of my best friends,
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  Speaker 1: Vinnie Viola, who also owns the Florida Panthers. But you
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  Speaker 1: heard Sherry then talk about, but you know, two weeks
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  Speaker 1: is not a lot of time. He went on to
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  Speaker 1: talk about really how amazing horses like Seattle Slough and
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  Speaker 1: Secretary At are firmed and the last two, Justify and
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  Speaker 1: American Pharaoh are to win three of those races in
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  Speaker 1: seven weeks. But she did talk about, as much as
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  Speaker 1: she loves this sport, that maybe they should consider giving
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  Speaker 1: these horses a little more time in between these races
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  Speaker 1: because now as it turns out. I don't blame Vinnie
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  Speaker 1: or Chari, but there'll be no triple Crown winner this year.
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  Speaker 4: That's it.
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  Speaker 1: It's dead. And the Saratoga, the Belmont's gonna be a
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  Speaker 1: big deal. It's in Saratoga, It's gonna be a huge deal.
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  Speaker 1: And New York is gonna go nuts proably one hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty thousand large. But there'll be no triple Crown
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  Speaker 1: winner again. Let me talk to the best horse racing
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  Speaker 1: guy in the world. I really believe that, especially since
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  Speaker 1: Saint Goldberg died. My good buddy, Dick Girardi, He's back
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  Speaker 1: for every major race. Ticket morning, buddy, Hawaii.
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  Speaker 4: I'm good, shit, I bet you I'm great.
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  Speaker 1: Now you heard Schari. We got her on the show twice.
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  Speaker 1: Two days e said that she won the Derby and
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  Speaker 1: just today about tomorrow's weakness and she said, look, my
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  Speaker 1: horse can't do it, you know, two weeks later, and
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  Speaker 1: he's also used to running long distances. This is a
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  Speaker 1: shorter race. But she did think the time a couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks in between races is an issue.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Look, I think Cheri reflects the modern way people
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  Speaker 4: look at the top class. Thurbrits said they just don't
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  Speaker 4: run that much in two weeks and then back in
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  Speaker 4: three weeks for the Belmont. Except during the Triple Crown,
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  Speaker 4: it just doesn't happen. That's why we've had three of
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  Speaker 4: the last five Derby winners not running the Freakness. So
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  Speaker 4: I think we got to look at the schedule. The
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  Speaker 4: previous should move four weeks back from the Derby and
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  Speaker 4: then the Belmont four weeks back from that. Now that
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  Speaker 4: will require cooperation among the racetracks, which doesn't always happen.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah, that's what we need to do to reflect
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  Speaker 4: the way people look at horses these days. And look
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  Speaker 4: Suri was extremely repressive in what she did. It was
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  Speaker 4: awesome and I understand everything she's talking about her horse.
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  Speaker 4: She knows her worse better than that. I'm sure they'd
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  Speaker 4: love to be there, but they're trying to do what's
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  Speaker 4: best for their horse, and it makes sense. O.
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  Speaker 1: Vinnie loves his horses. You know a couple of years
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  Speaker 1: ago where you have the favorite forte fourte went for
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  Speaker 1: a walk Kentucky Derby morning, stepped on a pebble and
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  Speaker 1: he said, no, he's not going. People said, what are
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  Speaker 1: you talking about? The favorite nup? So Vinnie and Teresa
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  Speaker 1: down there at Saint Elias Stables in Florida. They really
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  Speaker 1: love their horses. They care about the animals first, you know,
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  Speaker 1: forgetting about what I think, Dick or you or Sharie.
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  Speaker 1: There's much more at stake here because the contract, the
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  Speaker 1: TV contract for the Preakness is up this year, and
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  Speaker 1: I know both MBC and Box have it or they're
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  Speaker 1: buying for it. And if you don't have a Kentucky
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  Speaker 1: Derby Derby winner running in the Preakness, like you said,
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  Speaker 1: has been the case three of the last five years,
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  Speaker 1: you can pretty much guarantee yourself that the ratings are
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  Speaker 1: going to be down, right, They're going to be down.
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  Speaker 1: It's kind of like in the NBA games, you know,
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  Speaker 1: when the coaches at the end of the year, Popovich
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  Speaker 1: and Curt decide to bench their daughters because they're getting tired.
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  Speaker 1: So forget about what we think. This is big money
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  Speaker 1: TV contracts have to worry about this.
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  Speaker 4: Correct, And I think that's why it's going to change
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  Speaker 4: next year because look, as you said, said NBC and
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  Speaker 4: Fox both want the Preakness, but they don't want the
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  Speaker 4: Freakness without the Derby winner, right right, It's just not
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  Speaker 4: worth it.
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  Speaker 1: Well, how much?
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  Speaker 3: Oh do you do?
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  Speaker 1: You know, Dick, I'm just curious. I'm passinated about this.
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  Speaker 1: When the origin Derby winner running, do you know how
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  Speaker 1: much percentage lines those numbers are down.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know the exact number, but it's substantial. And
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  Speaker 4: keep in mind that Derby on NBC had twenty million viewers.
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  Speaker 4: It was a gigantic number, one of the biggest, like
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  Speaker 4: in modern times for any horse race. So you want
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  Speaker 4: to have that momentum right going into Maryland in two weeks,
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  Speaker 4: and they just don't have it. So NBC's look, they're they're
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  Speaker 4: in the world of like producing shows, producing something that
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  Speaker 4: people can follow. Well, you can't follow it if the
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  Speaker 4: star of the original show doesn't show up for the
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  Speaker 4: second act, right, So yeah, absolutely they whoever gets the
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  Speaker 4: freakness is going to absolutely demand that they move the
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  Speaker 4: date back, hopefully four weeks. I don't think three weeks
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  Speaker 4: is enough sit again for modern third Brits, So hopefully
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  Speaker 4: maybe the first Saturday in June and then the first
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  Speaker 4: Saturday in July at the new Belmont Park, which will
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  Speaker 4: be around for the Belmont Stakes in twenty twenty seven.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, let's be honest that Travers is great
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  Speaker 1: and the Bleeders' Cup is great, but you know, and
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  Speaker 1: they're big races. They're big races, but the world only
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  Speaker 1: cares about these three. You get nice audience for the others.
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  Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, these three. So stretch it out.
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  Speaker 1: I'll make it last a little longer. It's going to
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  Speaker 1: be better, actually, because there'll be more Dicchirarti interviews and
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  Speaker 1: jury interviews and Bob Baffert interviews and Benny. I think
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  Speaker 1: it does make sense on a whole bunch of e ends,
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  Speaker 1: including the health of the horses. And you mentioned the
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  Speaker 1: fact that the Belmont will be run in Saratoga this
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  Speaker 1: year till next year. Same thing with tomorrow's race, not
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  Speaker 1: at Pimlico, about twenty five miles away. I think they
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  Speaker 1: also go back to the regular track next year.
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  Speaker 4: Is that right, that's the plan. Yeah. Pimlico is similar
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  Speaker 4: to Belmont Park is under reconstruction at this point. They
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  Speaker 4: tore the old track down after last year's Freakness. So yeah,
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  Speaker 4: Laurel Parker, for the people that don't know the geography
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  Speaker 4: in Maryland said, as you said, it's twenty five miles south,
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  Speaker 4: not ten miles north of Washington, d C. That's where
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  Speaker 4: Laurel Maryland is.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that's not too far. Okay, Well, not only is
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  Speaker 1: Golden Topo not running, there's going to be three horses
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  Speaker 1: from the eighteen horse Derby that well, three horses are running.
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  Speaker 1: A bunch of not running. Oh, Sally, which had a
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  Speaker 1: very nice finish shot to everybody with that show finish,
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  Speaker 1: is running in this race. But even the horse that
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  Speaker 1: came in second in the Derby, that horse is Rennegae.
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  Speaker 1: That horse is not running either. So some of the
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  Speaker 1: more recognizable names from the Kentucky Derby, along with the winner,
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  Speaker 1: not even racing tomorrow.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, they're not. They're waiting for the Belmont Stakes. The
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  Speaker 4: horses have already gone up to Saratoga to get ready
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  Speaker 4: for it. Todd Pletcher, of course trades Renegade, who is
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  Speaker 4: just second, and he has a stable up there it
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  Speaker 4: has for years. Incredibolt is finished sixth in the Derby,
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  Speaker 4: four lengths back. He's actually at the moment sid the
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  Speaker 4: four to one favorite is bet online. O'celly's twenty three
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  Speaker 4: to four. He's the horse, as you said, he was
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  Speaker 4: seventy to one. Actually took the lead. In the stretch.
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  Speaker 4: He's yet to win a race. And the third horse
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  Speaker 4: coming back from the Derby is Robusta. He's more like
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  Speaker 4: he's twenty five to one. But yeah, fourteen horse field,
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  Speaker 4: complicated race, similar to the Derby, but without the same
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  Speaker 4: kind of overall form that we had in Kentucky. I
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  Speaker 4: think we had a better line on the horses coming
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  Speaker 4: into Kentucky, frankly, than we did coming into Maryland.
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  Speaker 1: All right, fair enough, Well, Dick, you do a great
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  Speaker 1: job picking the horses on the show, and you got
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  Speaker 1: a huge audience. I'm telling you a huge audience right now.
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  Speaker 1: They want to know the three horses and you can
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  Speaker 1: pick them in any What do you want that are
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  Speaker 1: going to finish top three and tomorrow's preaking the steakes,
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  Speaker 1: Dike Girardi, what do we like?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah? I do not have as much confidence sid for
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  Speaker 4: your audience as I did in Kentucky. I still think
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  Speaker 4: I had the best horse. Unfortunately my horse got injured
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  Speaker 4: in the race. He took the lead in the stretch,
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  Speaker 4: but everybody knows that story. Iron Honor the nine for
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  Speaker 4: Chad and a Flabby and Pratt the seven. I know
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  Speaker 4: you'll love this name. The hell we did and the
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  Speaker 4: two ocelly in that order. So nine seven to two,
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  Speaker 4: and I'm going to give you a prop bet that
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  Speaker 4: I'm extremely competent at bet online over under one fifty
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  Speaker 4: five for the time mile and three sixteenth sid we're
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  Speaker 4: going over. This will be over one fifty five. You
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  Speaker 4: can bet that with competent.
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  Speaker 1: And why is that is that? Because there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of speed but these horses? Is is gonna be a
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  Speaker 1: sloppy track tomorrow?
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  Speaker 4: Why is that there are it's a slower group of horses.
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  Speaker 4: The buyers speed figure in the Derby was the lowest
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  Speaker 4: it's been in history. It was only in ninety five.
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  Speaker 4: Typically we'll have like one hundred and five. And the
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  Speaker 4: surface at Laurel in contrast to the surface at Churchill Downs,
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  Speaker 4: which was extremely fast heading into Derby week is pretty slow.
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  Speaker 4: So you combine all that, I think we're going over
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  Speaker 4: one fifty five.
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  Speaker 1: Over one fifty five and nine seven to two. When
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  Speaker 1: you can place all your bets, trust me, you'll be happy. Betonline,
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  Speaker 1: but he's really at a home un with you, Dickie.
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  Speaker 1: We've known this. You and I haven't don this a
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  Speaker 1: long time. I don't realize a long time. And you're
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  Speaker 1: really great every race. We'll talk again before the Belmont
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  Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks. Enjoy the racing, pal, Thank.
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  Speaker 4: You, that's good, look forward to it.
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  Speaker 1: Bye bye, Dick, you got a pal. Tick carroady right there.
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  Speaker 1: Back on sitt and Friends in the Morning. Once again,
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  Speaker 1: he likes the nine tomorrow in the preak mistakes. It's
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  Speaker 1: the name of that horse. I'll have it Iron Honor.
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  Speaker 1: Then he likes the seven the hell we did, And
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  Speaker 1: then he likes the two horse, which is o'celly, which
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  Speaker 1: just happened to finish in the show position in the
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  Speaker 1: derby going off at twenty three to four. And then
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  Speaker 1: he likes the over one minute and fifty five seconds
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  Speaker 1: for the total time of the race. You can pet
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