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"Again, only start number four coming up later today, but that's one thing that I think sometimes gets overlooked. People get so caught up in the numbers now that they don't go back through and look at the horses that any particular horse you're looking to bet was facing in their previous starts and certainly talk to the nation has kept good company. He rarely has kept terrific company in those last two starts. It's a situation where you get a horse like him who's a two year old three year old and it looks like it's probably always thought well of them. You've got to give him a shot on the dirt. You always have to give these sources a shot at the Derby. But when he gets on the turf and runs big like he did last time, you pretty much know his future is going to be on the grass. I was fully expecting you to select the Tampa Bay Derby as your third race in this week's to inspire triple play, but you have not. You're going to go with race number 8 at Tampa Bay downs, which is the grade three challenger, $100,000 purse, mile and a 16th on the main track. This is for the older horses. How did you see this one? Tampa Bay downs since February 1st. There's been no horses win a dirt route rallying from four lens or more off of the pace. So I think all the jockeys there, all the people betting the track are well aware of how speed favoring that main track can play. And this challenger stake is a race where I just think there's a ton of speed signed on between trademark, mighty heart, classic causeway, thoroughly furious and tax. I think we have a real chance of a real contested pace. Obviously, skipping long stockings or worse to be, but to me, you have a horse like him who wins the Harlan's holiday and then runs in the Pegasus World Cup. And I don't think that this race was initially part of their plans with him. I think they had a little bit bigger goals and he ran so poorly last time that they're sending them back here. I always get a little bit uneasy when I see these horses that are opting for another star because all of a sudden their connections might not be so sure about them. I landed on the reds. Number 6, and there's a horse that he's sappy, Joseph's other horse in this race because you'll be long stock is going to be the big favor for him. And it's a little bit of against the grain pick where he's going to be running late. But I loved his effort to starts back at Churchill downs off the layoff. In fact, I look at the reds last at last race with one turn mile. I'm not counting that against him. And he went ridiculously wide that day. And three starts back that race was a mile and a half, which was too far for him. His other races at a mile 16th are mile and 8 are he's got to win. He's got a second, these are coming at Saratoga. And then he gets beat less than a lint in an allowance race. The stakes quality allowance and mid November Churchill runs behind run classic and happy American beats and by like a head and that horse comes back and wins back to back fairgrounds. So I thought that was a really big effort. I think this horse is going to have more to offer moving forward for safi just got him last summer and I think he's going to get the right setup. So the reds at 12 to one on the morning line. I'm going to bet him, but I'm going to bet him across the board Mike and I'm going to try to catch him at a decent price. If not first, at least second. Yeah, it should be a really solid price as they lead the gate. So the reds number 6, the selection race 8 and the challenger stakes for James Scully. So James, let's just recap the twins fires triple play for this week. You're going to kick things off at Oakland, race 7. You'll go with number four back ring luck at ten to one. The 7th race at Tampa Bay downs will go in number ten, talk of the nation, four to one on the morning line, and in the 8th race at Tampa will go in number 6, the reds, who is 12 to one. So I always love when you and Vance and Joe and Scott all come on the show here and you pick horses that are value place because really you connect with one, it makes the twin spires triple play profitable. Hopefully we went with two or maybe even all three. Yeah, no doubt about it. And, you know, that gives you options. You're playing a 7 to two shot and you're spreading your money out, place it show. I mean, there's nothing more bitter than getting beat like a head with a 20 to one shot, but it's a nice consolation prize if you bet 20 to win a place on it and it pays 13, 20 to place Mike. So there's nothing wrong with running seconds of tops. If you've got money on it to run second. I remember you can
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"My conversation with Brian boye was fantastic in the first half of the program, her first hour of the program, looking back on the life and the career of the late Jimmy Winfield and his impact on the sport, historically. It was a remarkable recollection from Brian and you want to go back and listen to that. And of course, the conversation with Eddie Woods about the success he has had with his horses on the track here in 2023 and looking ahead to the two year old in training sales coming up this year. All of that was part of our one hour two begins with John Green, who is with DJ stables, the owners of champion wonder wheel, returning to action her three year old debut in today's sunk cost stakes at Tampa Bay downs, Matt dinner men will be with me at 9 20 from Golden Gate and at 9 40 J prim and remembering the late Burt back rack. That's all ahead here in hour two. But let's start with John Green. Wonder wheel, what a day it is at Tampa Bay downs. John, appreciate the conversation, my friend. Thanks for being here. My pleasure, Mike. I'm a longtime listener and I really enjoy the show and I'm pleased to be on today. I can't wait to see wonder wheel strut her stuff. Her two year old campaign was so good. And Mark Cassie actually used the word great to describe her performance in what he thinks of wonder wheel when he joined me about a month ago on this show. And that's high praise because I don't know if your audience realizes. But when he found out that he was getting inducted into the Hall of Fame, he said, oh, that's good. So the fact that he said that one wheel is great in comparison really shows what he feels about this Philly. He said it because he said, look, good horses can win when everything goes their way. Great horses win when things do not go their way. And that was certainly the case with wonder wheel and the breeders cup juvenile Philly. So let's start there. Go back to that race. What do you remember about that day in that performance? That really shows and like, before I get into the breeder's Cup race itself, we've been in the business for 40 years. And we've had in tens of thousands of races. And I can honestly tell you that I can count on maybe one hand, maybe one finger, a race that was more incredible and astonishing and just turned around than the breeder's cup juvenile Philly race. Our instructions to Tyler definitely own. Where you don't have to be in front, but we'd like for you to be in striking range, maybe three, four lines off it and try to make a run. And by happenstance, you kind of broke flat footed, she got shuffled back to the rear of the group. And going into the first turn, I remember standing there next to my parents, and I turned to my father, and I said, we're screwed. I just, there's just no way that we can overcome this. Especially with the kind of courses that we're in that race. And Tyler was very patient and he kept her on the rail and saved ground and had to check her a couple of times and finally the rail opened up and he went through it and then he got checked again and repeated again going up the rail when the hole came and then when he slingshot at her to the outside at the top of the stretch when she finally had some clear running room, she just exploded. And I don't remember a race like that, whether it was a graded stake race or a claiming race where a horse had all that kind of trouble was absolutely against its own talents as far as running style. And still want and one by daylight. I mean, she won by Q three lines and it was just a remarkable ride by Tyler, a great training job by Cassie and his group. And it was a stunner for all of us, not that she won, but the way she won. Yeah, he also told me that he did not feel that her win in the darley alcibiades prior to that race was her best effort. He didn't think that she fired her best shot that day. She certainly did in the juvenile Phillies. Yeah, and that's what you have to really understand about then two year olds. They've only run a handful of times. Most of them have dominated their respective fields and especially in the early races. And they go to the front and they just keep improving. So to have a horse like wonder we'll be able to improve every single race. And her numbers show that that she improved every single race, would you look at the fires of the sheet numbers or whatever, whatever indicator you look at, she's improving every time. And that's what we're looking for for three year old years that she continues to develop and improve. And she's going to have to because, you know, there's a lot of good three year old Phillies that are out there. And people are shooting for for the oaks and for the black eyed Susan and the acorn.
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"For sure if newgate was going to be on the Triple Crown trail as he is trained by Bob Baffert, but he looked really good in winning the Lewis last weekend and now at best it sounds like he's not going to be back in training for two or three months, certainly hope that he comes back as good if not better than ever when we see him this summer. All right, let's get back out to the action Dave Tampa Bay downs has several stakes on their Saturday card. The first one we're going to discuss is race number 8. It's the $100,000 pelican. These are four year olds and up. They're going to sprint 6 furlongs on the main track at Tampa field of 11 going to post here. Morning line favorite number 5 sibelius looking for his second straight win. Yes, sibelius and Willie boy are the two graded stakes winners in here and not by a huge margin, but I think they look a little bit better or maybe what I mean to say is someone else would need to prove that they can compete with those two and they may there's some lightly raced horses and here that are stepping up with an opportunity, but sibelius is one. Three of 5, four of the last 5 were really quite good to mister prospector at Gulfstream on the final day of last year was a convincing win at about 9 to two. And this is kind of a prose pro. You know exactly what you're getting 5 wins and 17 starts. 11 of 17 in the money. And against this caliber of competition, you would expect sibelius to be right there. Willie boy ran in the breeders cup and did not run well and was not supposed to run well at 35 to one lost to elite power and Jackie's warrior in that group of horses in the sprint. And then came back at Tampa, the second weekend at December. And I would say ran kind of a disappointing second in a state bred stakes race, there are races that the Vanderbilt running third to Jackie's warrior and a couple of the races last summer at Gulfstream park that would fit really, really well here. The trainer is off to an excellent start this year. Willie boy and sibelius look a pinch better. I'm not that pumped up about them. If you went outside of that group, uphold the law, number two is a very, very lightly raced horse for Michael Stidham of 5 year old who's raced only 5 times, has four victories. I hate the race in August at colonial, I have a hard time making an excuse and that was a really bad effort, but the other four races are all wins. Yes, uphold the law is stepping up here, but the win at fairgrounds in January was good and if you don't love the two favorites, I think uphold the law makes a ton of sense. And if you think doctor Oscar number 6 can repeat the race last time at Tampa, that could be good enough or darn close to good enough here, Minnesota bread's first 11 races are not fast enough, but the win last time at Tampa would be. I picked sibelius, but sibelius and Willy boy look a little bit better to me. I agree with that, and that's kind of why I went with Willy boy. I think he's a much more generous price on the morning line. I like the fact that he's raced at Tampa three times and he's run well at Tampa all three of those races. He's a horse that has shown the ability to run well on the lead, but I think he may be even better coming just off the pace and that's good because there's a lot of speed in this field. So Dave and I a little bit chalky in this race taking the top two choices. He likes sibelius. I like Willy boy in the pelican stakes race 8 tomorrow at Tampa Bay downs. 9th race on the Tampa card is an interesting one. $150,000 on the line. It's the suncoast steaks. These are three year old Phillies going a mile in 40 yards, and I would venture to say that the sun coast stakes over the years doesn't usually come up as interesting as it does tomorrow at Tampa. Not only do we have last year's breeders cup juvenile Phillies winner, wonder wheel, making her sophomore debut. She's even money on the morning line, but the highly touted daughter of dreaming of Julia, Julia shining, who is undefeated, is in the race she's 5 to two, certainly looks like one of those two is going to have a big shot to win. Yeah, I wanted to come up with a reason not to pick wonder wheel and didn't find it. I like Todd pletcher. I love horses that are bred by curlin, Julia shining's two races are good, but they're not as fast as the races that wonder wheel has run. Julia shining very well May as a debuting three year old get her best career race here. But it would have to be her best career race and improved by, I don't know, 15, 20, 25% to compete with wonder wheel who all, by the way, has just as good a upper opportunity to improve. I think wonder wheel has done absolutely nothing wrong. I mean, 5 races four wins, one second, beaten the best fields working well. I just don't see a reason to pick against wonder wheel in this race and I understand from a value standpoint. We're not excited about even money, but I'd rather play wonder wheel at even money than Julia shining a plus two 50. And I think wonder wheel is going to be even less than even on him because there was a story that came out within the last few days where trainer Mark Cassie, the conditioner of wonder wheel, basically said she might be one of the best he's ever trained. And it may be a little early to say that, but that's also something that you don't normally hear. He's not a very braggadocious kind of a guy. He doesn't get up on his soapbox and beat his chest and say, I am the greatest or she is the greatest or he is the greatest. So for him to say things like that, I think people are going to take notice and going to bet wonder wheel. I'm going to pick Julia shining for the fact that I think she won last time out in the demoiselle despite not liking the sloppy track that day. She was heavily favored. I think she was just better than that field. And she grinded out a win, I think, while completely uncomfortable most of the way around the racetrack. We'll see how she handles what probably will be a fast track at Tampa Bay downs tomorrow. Like you said, I think she has a chance to improve just like wonder wheel does in their three year old debuts, but I'm going to pick Julia shining on top to win the sun coast tomorrow at Tampa Bay downs. Moving ahead to the tenth race tomorrow at Tampa. It's the grade three quarter $1 million Sam F Davis stakes. This is a points qualifier on the road to this year's Kentucky Derby 20 points on the line for the eligible winner of the Sam F Davis. It's also the major local prep for the Tampa Bay Derby will be run four weeks later. Myelin is 16th is the distance full field of 12 Dave and number 7 W and L for
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"Tough legacy price here. 15 to one for the team of norm Cassie and David Cabrera getting the job done from well off the pace. This is a daughter of hard spun who was kind of a non menacing 6th last time out at Gulfstream park blinkers coming off today. And I think very importantly, getting the pace that she needed in this spot. Listen, there's nothing worse when you have a horse in front and especially a low price tourist in front. Light number 8 door street, then when you see them clear on the turn and the jock is already going to work and shoving on the runner before they get to the quarter pole and the whip's coming out and you know there ain't much left in the tank. And when it came to Doral street, there wasn't much left in the tank and at 9 to 5, she faded into oblivion and probably softened up just a bit screwing around with Molly of Stratford through the first half mile of the race. But still, put that one away with ease. I'm just not really sure that the favorite wants to go to turns will probably see her sprinting next time out. Take nothing away from tough legacy. She ran a big race and gets the job done in the fourth start of her career. Before we go to break, want to get you the prices for the finale over at Tampa Bay downs where the hard knocking 7 year old Tracy Anne's legacy got the job done. Daughter of shackleford out of the trippy mayor tenacious trip owned by Robert cotran and trained by Joe orsino with Sammy camacho junior that Samuel camacho junior, different than Sammy. Samuel camacho junior in the irons, Tracy Anne's legacy paid $15 6 60 and $4 second ten linguistic $6 for 43rd two proper manners for 20, fourth number 8 curl talk. Exact a $114 $180 40 cents, the dollar super $2353. All right, we are going to take a break. When we come back, we owe you prices for the third race San Anita. Hopefully we'll be able to get you the race official and prices for the 7th race at Oak Lawn, more live racing to come and more races to talk about coming up this weekend. This is betting with Bobby on HR RN. People do some pretty cool things in their 40s and 50s. Why should saving for retirement be any different? I mean, they go back to college.
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"Career of Daniel Santana, Alan seawall, the trainer of uptown Charlie Brown, who got the job done some 13 years ago. Welcome back to the weekend stakes preview on HR and the Pasco is one of three stakes tomorrow, Dave at Tampa Bay downs and it's the first of the three stakes goes as race number 6. These are three year olds going for a purse of $125,000 7 furlongs on the main track at Tampa. We should have a pretty solid favorite in number four champions dream who's coming off a win in the grade three Nashville last time out. Yeah, I mean, champions dream makes sense in here. I kind of think 6 to 5 is crazy, though. Do you think that's the right morning line? Do you think champion stream is going off as kind of a big, solid, convincing favorite? Well, to be perfectly honest, I only see one other horse that people would bet in this spot, and that would be number two local a barrio who was coming off back to back wins at Gulfstream, albeit against what you would think would be a little bit softer competition. Those graded stakes lines, I think, stand out to a lot of people. Most of these runners are coming out of allowance, races may be listed stakes, champions dream ran in a grade one and a grade three in his last two, and he won the grade three. Yeah, he beat four horses in a slowly run grade three and in the grade one he beat one in a 6 horse field. His figs are not fast. He is coming off a lengthy layoff. He is getting Lasix for the first time. He is switching barns from Danny gargan to Mark Cassie. This is of course that they had some hopes for a $425,000 son justify. And I mean, two wins in three starts that you can't knock that. The race is just aren't particularly fast. I'm interested in what you make of the jockey usage here. The jockey un champion stream basically never works with Mark Cassie, whereas Cassie has another horse in cure, Armstrong, being written by a jockey that he's very comfortable with. Yeah, although neither of those riders have written anything for Cassie in the last couple of months, but I understand what you're saying. Meanwhile, you've got two of the top riders at Tampa Bay downs in Sammy camacho and Antonio Gallardo aboard these two. So I don't think it's that big of a deal. Are you saying that you're leaning toward Armstrong simply because Gallardo was riding? Yeah, well, not only because Gallardo's riding because Armstrong is run faster and I understand that it's not against anywhere nearly the same sort of competition and made in special weight going 5 and a half furlongs at woodbine on the synthetic and then a state bred or Ontario bred stakes race at woodbine on the synthetic as well that the races are just faster. The figs are just better and Gallardo is a jockey that Cassie uses. Not ton, but some, whereas camacho isn't an Armstrong 6 to one on the morning line. I think there's pretty good value there. Okay, I went to champions dream and I think loco a barrio is the only other one that I would use in this spot champion stream is going to be over bet. But he's going to get the right trip because there's plenty of speed in this race with loco a barrio and handsome Playboy not far away. Armstrong figures to be right there. So does zydeco from the outside. And I think champions dream is going to have some pace to run at and come a running. He's been facing what seems like better competition and faring okay against that better competition. He's not a standout in here and I don't want to take even money, but I think he's the one to beat and local a barrio is the only other one I'm going to use with him if I play horizontal wagers. Let's move to the 7th race at Tampa tomorrow. It's the $50,000 wayward last. They still write stake races for $50,000 purses at Tampa Bay downs. It's funny because you consider that maidens run for twice that much at places like Oak Lawn park and Churchill downs and things like that. But this is a steak race. These are Phillies and mayors. They're going to go a mile and a 16th on the main track. Field of 7, number one, Beth's dream coming off a very poor effort and the Molly pitcher last time out, but unless I miss reading this Dave, her best race is not only beat this field, they dump truck this field. I mean, yes, her best races are pretty darn good, but are we going to get that? I mean, I guess four of her last 5 have been really good. The Molly pitcher was not, of course, that was against much better competition. When you look at the races that Beth's dream has won, we're talking about a $16,000 maiden claiming race at Gulfstream going 6 and a half furlongs, a state bred $12,000 optional claiming race at Gulfstream that she won by open ranks in an optional claiming race for $25,000 that she won by 11 and a half lengths. Now that the figs are good, the races are fast, then she ran in that $100,000 sloppy race at Monmouth. The lady's secret and finished second as the favorite and then came back in the Molly pitcher and was a non factor. So I'm not sure exactly what to make of that stream that the races look fast, the figs are really, really good, but she hasn't beaten a whole lot. I think she's viable in here. I'm not going to play her at 6 to 5. I'm not going to play her at 7 to 5 or 8 to 5 either. I think past the champagne at three to one is the horse that probably has accomplished more. The second place behind mala fat and the grade one Ashland was a long time ago, but it was pretty darn good and I think that's the best race that anyone in here has run. Now past the champagne has a whole lot of difficulty staying on the racetrack. One race since April of 20 21, George weaver, those really good off of extended layoffs, both from a winning percentage and an ROI standpoint past the champagne has sharp works if past the champagne is ready. I think past the champagne has a big opportunity in here. Okay, I agree with everything you said, but I think that Beth streams just going to get out and get in front of this field and never look back. She hasn't been beating much bitch. She's been beating that sour competition like their sour competition. She's not grinding away to win by a head or a length. You know, she's winning by 9 or ten or something like that. She's beating the bad Phillies like their bad Phillies. I think she's going to get the lead from the inside post. And I think she's going to keep on going. So I like the favorite pet stream, Dave's likes number 7 past the champagne. In an interesting wayward last 7th race tomorrow at Tampa. Moving forward to the 9th race Tampa Bay downs. This is the gasparilla three year old Phillies going 7 furlongs per year a $125,000 field of 8 in this spot. Number four Dorothy Vader coming off a two race win streak is your three to two choice. I think Darth Vader is the most likely winner. I don't know how heavily favorite Darth Vader should be, but I think the win last time out against open competition in a $100,000 stakes race was pretty good. We know what gervin horses have been up to recently.
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"Have selected three races, our listeners should keep an eye on later today, including the 7th at Tampa, the tenth at Tampa and the 9th at delmar, which is the grade one Hollywood Derby, and I'm really looking forward to seeing who you think is going to win each of these three. We'll kick it off with race 7 at Tampa, which is a maiden special weight, 6 furlongs, 9 horses, number 9 Opus 42, is the two to one morning line favorite, Vance can we beat him? Yeah, I think we can. And Philly, I've kind of gravitated towards here as a first time starter actually. Number 6 white hot gold whose debuting for trainer Greg Sacco and his own and bred by the red oak stable. What intrigued me about this Philly pedigree wise is that she's a half sister to multiple grade one winner mind control who's likely running his last race today in the cigar mile. And I figured if this Philly is even on a third percentage as good as her hand as her half brother, mind control, I think she could be pretty dangerous in a race where a lot of the courses that have started already just haven't they've kind of been exposed a little bit in humor sense on the rail is zero for 5. Now Opus 42 who you mentioned as run second in both of her prior starts, but they've both been on the grass. We don't know exactly whether she's going to transfer that form to the dirt or not. So Whitehead gold has a pretty good work tab on stretching back to September at Monmouth park. She's got a few works over the deeper demanding surface at Tampa and she's buying 12% debut Sierra in candy right. So white hot cold is kind of the filling. I'm going to be looking at Springer, perhaps a mild upset in this race center debut. Yeah, and first of all, my apologies to Opus 42. I think when I asked you the question at the beginning of the conversation, I said, can we beat him op 42 is indeed a Philly, like all 9 contenders in the 7th race of Tampa Bay downs. So can we beat her advance Hansen says, yeah, I think we can. And we're going to look to number 6 white hot gold the first time starter for Greg Sacco. One of the things you mentioned Vance, which I think is very important in here. And I think it bears a little bit more conversation. The fact that white hot gold has several works over what you described as a deeper Tampa Bay track. That's a very unique surface there. How important is it in your opinion for a first time starter to have some experience over that surface? Well, I think very much so. And even if you kind of look back at some of the results of when we think of Tampa Bay downs when you think about the major three low preps that they have there, the Sam Davis and Tampa Bay Derby that we see every winter and oftentimes horses that have had experience over that track do well in those races and I would I certainly think on a day to today basis you need to kind of look for horses who are have had experience over the track or at least have gotten some early work over it before trying it for the first time. So yeah, it's definitely a factor I look into when looking at first time starters. That's a pretty good family, right? You mentioned mind control. That's one heck of a family there. Absolutely. And he's got a huge shot in the cigar mile later today at aqueduct and could go out of winter. He's and he was a great one winner at two. He didn't win first out himself. He was second, but he went on to win the hopeful, I believe it was, and so on. And so, yeah, like I said, if fiscally is anywhere half as good as mind control, I think she's got a huge shot here. Yeah, I had a chance to visit with co owner saw cumin earlier in the program, and he talked about mind control and what that means to send this horse off with a grade one victory. It would certainly be wonderful for his career. And he's had a great career already. Maybe one of the quietest millionaires that we've had in the sport and sometime. I don't think we view mind control in that fashion, but he certainly should be because he is dynamite, and he could be dynamite, as you said later today, in that cigar mile at aqueduct. All right, let's move on to the second leg of the twins fires triple play and by the way, you can head over to twin
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"It's not doing things wrong to the horse. You can take it a little bit long to you, but not let go wrong to the horse. I have guys here that particularly, I don't love the guy, but I never laid. He's never catch him beating a horse off. And he treats his horse well. He likes the horses. So that love that I don't have for him as a man as a person. I left it on the side and I just read him well, make sure he had what he needs. And he looked after the horses for me. Rafael my special guest here on trainer talk presented by phasic tipton. Rafael how many horses do you have in training now? Right now I have 32 horses. Based at Tampa Bay downs and then you'll go to Monmouth again this summer, is that the plan? Yeah, I have about ten to two years old. And 2020 other one in some ponies. But I only take ten to year olds and I will take ten other horses to mama and I go with a little bit of a gap to claim some horses over there. And then stuff like that. And I believe we will ship a wholesale due to colon and now if it suits the race for the host. Was in the headlines last year, a lot of it had to do with not just the great racing that they have, but a lot of it had to do with the fact that they banned the use of whips by jockeys in their races. You had a similar situation when you were riding in Norway. So you were really somebody who could relate and understand to that particular issue. Tell me more about what happened in Norway and how it helped you understand what those riders were going through at Monmouth last year. Well, they, of course, they went mad and I make friendship with one or two and I say like you are never going to be the government. Animal defense. This is, oh, we have to talk with the guys. And with John high and stuff up in marmot, because they had to change it. So he's not up to him. If it's up to him, I'm sure he will change it. But it's not up to him. The only thing you can do is go and make sure you can push all the way home because that's how it is. And everybody thought like if they run horses from behind, they could not win that I gave that interview and I say now horse is going to come a lot more from off the pace. Because when you are in front, your horse automatically going to relax. And whenever you want to leave that horse up, you're going to need the whip and you're not going to have it. But the horse coming from behind, he sees your horse in front, he will catch up for that horse. If you have a good hot enough, and that's what starts happening, a lot of horses come off the base there. They think they have the record last year versus coming off the base. We know it. Yeah, that's completely different than what the immediate perception was going to be. I think the jockeys too, they came out and said, wait a minute, this is a safety issue, but as a former writer and somebody who had to go through that in Norway, did you look at it as being a safety issue? I don't know. I mean, the track here is much more safe in over there. That is up and down and stuff. And of course, two years old, this is a little bit risky because they can slide in and out and you kind of need to whip to correct it. But sometimes it's even the frustrated for me because there is some hostess that I'm not taking up to mom on this year because they run three times. They were three times last. And they win already two three races here. Of course, the competition is a little bit low, but still the horse doesn't go without he needs one or two in the eyes to get going to get the gears warming up. So I'm going to leave those horses at home. I'm not taking it, you know? Yeah. Yeah, interesting. Rafael is my special guest here on trainer talk presented by phasic tipton, Rafael. We're coming down to about the final three minutes of the program, and this is really flown by. I would love to spend more time with you up the road because your story is just fascinating. And again, we'll encourage people to check out the podcast on our website if they happen to miss any of this. What goals have you set for yourself as a trainer? I know that you were very disciplined as a writer. What goals do you have as a trainer going forward? Of course, I'm aiming to be to be a well known training and being seen like whenever I put a whole scene like on a stake or something, I haven't won my first take yet, only been second, but I want to be well recognized and have the respect from everybody else that going racing and say, like, okay, when this guy coming, he's coming to win races. And of course, you're not winning everything, but he's a he knows what he's doing and I hope people see and later on hitting on the dollar some new owners and just as good as my owners and let's see what's going to happen and let's say I want to be a shutdown I want to be a top player. I want to be like them. I want to be big. But I know it's going to take many, many years. They did the same. But everybody, they didn't born big, I guess. Yeah. Yeah, Bill Mott tells the story all the time, how he couldn't get stalls at a very small race track when he was starting out because his horses weren't good enough and now here's Bill Mott the Hall of Famer and he's won just about every big race there is to win. So everybody has to start somewhere and certainly you're off to a very quick start. One minute left Rafael in one minute or less. Tell me something you enjoy doing outside of racing that maybe we haven't talked about yet. I like shooting like so normally on Mondays guys the racetrack it is off. It's not open. So we go to the farm. We do a little bit of a barbecue or check the horses there and we go to the back of the farm to shoot some guns. We have some nice different guns. So we should have a drink in chill out. And drive my wall cars. That's what I like sometimes. Yeah, well, it's a fascinating story, and I really appreciate you spending time to share it with our listeners here today, Rafael..
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"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"The Philip called lily moon and that was like a really tough race. And that really she could not get a whip on harass if you hit her she stops. So I was sitting last and they open up I pass inside from last to the first place and we went everybody like 5 horses to the line. Me and Paul versus to the line and the one by like an ahead or something. I like then it was like top chalk is as well. You have a few nice names up in German as well. I mentioned the fact that you speak for different languages fluently. You talked about having to learn English when you were stuck in Dubai after your first horse didn't make it. English, Spanish, German, and of course your native language of Portuguese. It was that kind of the same thing was out of necessity that you had to learn Spanish and German. A 100% was a ghost necessity necessity, as you say, it was not because I was keen to do it or anything. And I think I have a gift from God. I can simulate things and learn things pretty fast, let's say, you know? If I hear two times three times that word, I believe it hardly goes on my head. If I put attention on it. So and that thinks that I can not learn. Example, play golf and the worst person ever. And play guitar. Two things I would love to do, but I never managed to do. I tried, I tried to try it and I gave up. On those two things. You know, one of the articles I read as I was getting ready for the show was story that was done down at Tampa Bay downs by Mike Henry, who is the he works in publicity at Tampa Bay downs. And it was a fantastic story. And one thing he mentioned in there is that you also enjoy driving muscle cars. That's something you're pretty good at. Yeah, I love that. It all goes together with the speed on horse race on a bull ride. I love shooting as well. I think everything goes to one side. I did a few years of MMA as well. To keep my weight down, so all these it helped me to become a good ride and I like that kind of thing. And that's I believe why guitar and the goal of the suit into my system. I don't even know if I'm less hand the right hand when I go to that. How about with the stick, you're left and right, right? You can do both. I can do both very well on the second on riding it. Yeah. What was it that eventually led you to step away from riding and say, okay, I'm not going to do this. I've done it for 14 years. I had to do something different. It was a kind of drama, actually, and if you look on open Internet, you can see there is a 15 minute video. It was the year 2019 August 24, if I'm not wrong, was a day in Norway. And I have 6 rides. And end up winning 5 races out of those 6, but I wasn't able to ride because I took Lasix to get my weight down to manage to get my weight to the race day. And I was some weeks before. I've always got done and adopting. So and then they only gave me the announcement. I could not write 5 days to the race. I have all my rights. Everything was said to I was looking forward for the day. I have even some Australian friends coming over and then the jockey club called me and say you show up in the office because we have a problem. So I say all right. And then when I got there, they say you can not we're going to suspend you for 30 days. And even on the I said, I tried I tried everything to write that there and say you can take all the money I make today, you send it to Syria, Africa. You can keep the money, just let me do my work. This is my living. And so they say, no, so I just quit right. That's okay. Well, that's it for me. The same day the same day as the race day. I showed the track for the jockey who took over the rights for me that day. And my trainer book a ticket for me and I came to Miami. Wow, and immediately started to focus on training, I would assume. No, I went actually, I stayed in Miami for about 40 days, cleared ahead a little bit. And I want to do something that I have never done. I want to break yelling. So I search an Internet and I found stable in Ocala. Yeah. And once you work for him and then I met a friend that also knew him and recommend me to him. So I went to work for him and hold meeting successfully. We did very well there. And then I went to ansley oaks farm to just write some horses for them. They were shorter rider. I was waiting for my papers get ready to go back to France, to train there. And this meaning time and slave didn't let me leave. They just say, okay, it actually work out like a glove because it was kind of a little bit of a mess in the barn there and there was no nothing to follow. It was a mess. Everybody do whatever they want. So I put things in place. They give them the opportunity and I manage it to put discipline into the things and constantly job working on it. And I think workout for both of us. Everything happens for a reason and nobody knows that more than my special guest, Raphael here on trainer talk presented by phasic dipton. Gonna get to a short break, stay with us when I come back. We'll talk more about that segue into training. What he's learned and how he's gotten off to such a fast start. That's next. This is trainer talk, presented by facing tipton on the horse racing radio network..
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"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"Right, day three more stakes to look at. Let's go to race 8 on the Saturday card at Tampa Bay downs. It's the $150,000 suncoast for the three year old Phillies going a mile in 40 yards. We've got a field of 8 and perhaps the shortest price of any of the stakes we're going to look at in number two nest. Yeah, I think Todd pletcher places his horses, spots them better than any trainer. And I think he's found a terrific spot here. This is not a particularly strong field, or maybe what I mean to say is it's not a field that has accomplished a great deal, maybe some of these horses will going forward. I'm interested in Christophe Clement's long shot peaceful surprise. I thought the debut at Tampa was really strong at about three to one, beat 7 rivals, and now we get a second career effort, $300,000 daughter of bladder, maybe don't know yet, but certainly a possibility. We also don't really know about a little love and luck because the horses run 5 times and only one of them has been on dirt. This is a dirt race. The one dirt effort wasn't terrific. I thought last time out on turf and a stakes race ran very well, and if this was on turf, that would be a horrified seriously consider. But this is a dirt route and I believe in Todd pletcher and I read Ortiz and Mike ripoli and that looks the best, the daughter of nest. Okay, so I picked number two nest on top as well. It's just hard to get past the fact that she's already a graded stakes winner and she's going for a barn that's really just firing on great guns, not only having a great Gulf Stream meet, but the few runners that he sent to Tampa Bay downs have been phenomenal. 12 starts 5 win 6 second place finishes, and a third, so no out of the money appearances, nest getting irad Ortiz aboard once again. I think that she's speedy enough that she's not going to be far off the pace. May even find herself in front in a race where there's not a whole lot of other speed and if they let her get out in front, I think it's just all over. She's three to 5 on the morning line looks like more about two to 5 to meet. I'm not going to try to beat her. I think nest is the way to go as well in the sun coast race aid at Tampa. The big race tomorrow at Tampa Bay downs is race number ten. It's a points qualifier on the road to The Kentucky Derby with ten points going to the winner. The quarter $1 million Sam F Davis stakes grade three event for the three year olds going a mile and a 16th and Dave, we've got a full field of 12. Yeah, you know, the more I think about this Tampa Bay card, the more I like that pick 6 because I think that first race the 6th is wide open, maybe you get a price, then nest, I think might be close to a single and this race, I'm gonna use a few of them, but I think classic caused way has a very big chance of winning this race. And if you give me three to one the morning line I'm thrilled, I don't think you're going to get that classic causeway has been the favorite and back to back races hasn't won either of them. Those are grade one and grade two races want it keen on one at Churchill and last time out ran against two of the better Derby contenders right now, smile happy was the winner white a barrio was third classic caused away finished between the two of them and I think classic causeway fits really, really nicely here. I'm a little bit interested in make it big for safi Joseph, who, of course, won the holy bull with white of barrio last week. I don't know what to make of this source. The first two ran against Florida state breds and looked really, really good and last time went to Remington park and looked good and I don't know how good that race was, but you can not knock a horse that's three for three and has been impressive in each of them. And if we're going to get a little bit salty and look for a price on the far outside hidden mischief for Jonathan Thomas, has a little bit of intrigue. I thought was good as a maiden beat a field of 9 others at aqueduct in a race that was taken off the turf and then came back at 6 to 5 and finished a solid second good figs in both of them that second race was at Gulfstream in January. But I like classic causeway the best. All right, I can't fault you there. I think there are 5 or 6 in this field of 12 that have legitimate chances of winning. So although I think classic causeway is one of them, the fact that he may be the favorite. I'm not going to put him on top. I thought Shep stational is all right, make it big, all right, strike hard ran pretty well last time out behind simplification. Little Vic at a big price if he draws in, I think, actually has a chance in this race. I'm going to put number 9 howling time on top. He was two to one against classic causeway in the Kentucky jockey club last time out, the same race that classic causeway was 7 to 5, not a gigantic difference in the odds and those two. They were both, I think bet below was smile happy. And howling time in my mind was not ridden correctly that day. He had shown mid pack stalking, closing tactics, the first two starts of his career and done very well with him. And for some reason was sent to the lead last time out in the Kentucky jockey club, I think that's not going to happen. I think he's better with a target. I'm going to throw that race out. He's working very fast for Dale Romans since that race. If you draw a line through that race, his effort in the street sense would certainly make him one of the ones to beat and he's going to be a better price. He's 5 to one on the morning line..
The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"And they're all spendthrift farm presents, calling all three year olds, with Bobby Newman last week was somewhat quiet on the road to the Derby front, but we did see at least one horse who maybe headed down the path toward the Triple Crown races. The 7 furlong Pasco stakes was held Saturday at Tampa Bay downs, and the Juan Avila trained marcaim looked great in winning his stakes debut. He battled for the lead from the outset while in the unenviable position of being down on the inside, yet showed true resilience in the stretch to out game both the other speed and oncoming closers to win by over two lengths. The final time of one 23 and one was respectable and look for him to stretch out in the grade three Sam F Davis at Tampa on February 12th next. The points qualifiers for The Kentucky Derby get back into swing today with the grade three lecomte at fairgrounds. Three year olds will go a mile in a 16th for a purse of $200,000. Papa cap was a game second behind corniche in the breeder's cup juvenile two and a half months ago, and he's been working steadily at fairgrounds for his return. He'll have to beat Steve asthma since epicenter who's coming off back to back wins, including a 6 and a half length score in the gun runner last month. The lecomte winner gets ten valuable qualifying points toward The Kentucky Derby. Speaking of the lecomte and the Derby, no winner of this race has gone on to win The Kentucky Derby. The closest was no layout say in 1972 who finished second behind river.
The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"Holiday Monday. I had forgotten we didn't run at Tampa and I kind of forgotten that it was a holiday Monday until Sunday, and I was watching Santa Anita's races in the evening and I heard Frank say, we'll be back at it tomorrow here at the great race place. I have a weird thing I love to I love to listen to like if I catch the last rays of a card somewhere I always like to listen to each of the different announcer signs off. I adjusted mine when I got down here. I've always said, you know, at the end of everyone, drive home safely, good night, everyone. That's always been my thing. But when you on the tote board here at Tampa Bay downs, they have they put up a little graphic. And it's actually I took a picture at sunset and it's now my phone wallpaper, but it says, good night from Tampa Bay downs, and so instead of saying, good night, everyone. I now say, good night, everyone. From Tampa. So if you ever stick around, you'll hear that. I realize that there's like 6 people across the country that will hear that maybe. But I don't know. I'm always fascinated by that. But I hope you had a good holiday and good to be with you today. Very excited for our guest Frank lucarelli going to join us trainer at Sam Houston, trainer at turf Paradise, which is running right now. Longtime trainer up here, I should say talking about like I'm in Seattle, I'm literally far away from it as you can be in this country. But from up there in Seattle. So we'll talk to a Frank look really very excited to have him on the show. Super nice guy and you know I'm looking forward to it. I hope you guys will enjoy the interview with the Frank tomorrow Emily gullickson going to join us. We'll talk some fairgrounds, the stakes, the silver bullet day, coming up this weekend. We'll talk some fairgrounds with Emily and look forward to as always catching up with her. I think one of the more interesting handicapping minds to chat with in the game. So looking forward to that. And of course, I will be all by my lonesome. Maybe I still haven't decided I still got to figure out what we're doing with the whole Thursday thing, but we'll figure it all out. Wanted to talk about a general topic first before we get to a Frank coming up here in a little bit. First of all, I had to scuttle over here to my I can't remember if I mentioned this or not, but I started seeing a personal trainer a few weeks ago just before Christmas and then of course I got COVID shortly after so maybe that was why I was being in the gym, but I am very sore today. Like we kind of upped the workouts. The first couple weeks it was like, you know, it was hard, and I was sweating and tired and exhausted and stuff, but I feel like we moved into harder exercises, more weight and more sets and it's good for me. I know it. My trainer's awesome. She's like, you know, a little 5 foot tall 80 pound Italian lady who's really funny and kind of gets my sense of humor about how out of shape I am or was. I'm not in the worst shape I've ever been. I've been pretty good about walking last weigh over the last couple of years and doing all that. But this is a different level. I feel like it was time to I'd kind of plateaued my weight loss. I guess it was end of 2017. I was four 43. That's where I topped out at. And I had gone to a doctor appointment and I hadn't weighed myself for a lot of years, which in the last couple of years, one thing I've been a lot better at that I used to not do. And this includes looking at results from horse playing because I used to not do that as well. When I knew something was not good, I would avoid looking at it, whether it was my weight, my cholesterol, my bank account, my gambling, any of that, I would just ignore it and hope for the best. And when I got my weight, I remember I actually thought it would maybe even be more, so I was a little weird way I was kind of like, okay, that's could be worse. But it was good because now I knew what I was at. And I think that's why I always harp about checking your results with your betting, your long-term results, 'cause it will give you a really good indication of where you're at. But I've learned subsequently that it's important for me to know where I'm at in all of these things in life because it helps it's reality. It's where I'm at. And it's not a guess it's not avoidance. It's confrontation with what is real. And so I started walking more eating just a little bit better. I really have never been on a diet. I would say that's changed in the last couple of months since I got here. But you know I kind of would lose like 20 pounds each of the last three or four years. And when I got here, I was at three 70. So down 73 from the top, but still a long way to go. You know, I'm a big guy. I'm almost 6 four and a half 6 almost 6 5 and I can hold a fair bit of weight, but I need to be about a hundred pounds less than I was. When I got here and so I live right by a whole food, so I've been eating I make my own breakfast every morning.
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"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"FS two, two 30 to four Eastern Time, then switch over to FS1 from four to 5, 30, Sunday, FS two from two 30 to four 30, and then over to FS1 from four 30 to 5 30. Welcome back. Once again, a cool dozen races that we're looking at on tonight's edition of the weekend steaks. We're not done yet with the Saturday action day. We've got to get back to Florida over to Tampa Bay downs. They've got a couple of good stakes for the three year olds on their road toward the Tampa Bay Derby. The Pasco stakes leads into the Sam F Davis leads into the Tampa Bay Derby and the Pasco stakes is race number 5 on their card. $125,000 on the line for the three year old sprinting 7 furlongs on the main track, field of 7 set to go to post here. In the morning line favorite is number 5 cat and coming out of a good win in the inaugural stakes at Tampa Bay downs last time out. I think, though, facing tougher competition tomorrow. I don't know about that. Cat and who I had on the weekend stakes preview, won that race easily, and then with flattered by lightning Larry coming back and winning a $100,000 stakes at gulp stream park, I liked the move that cadden made for Ralph nix that day going from Gulfstream to Tampa, entering a $100,000 race winning going away and while provocateur on the rail is a really pricey Todd pletcher horse who gets a Lasix for the first time. The three races are kind of okay, the two at Beaumont weren't great to win in a maiden race against Tampa Bay against 8 rivals was good last time to rule off, but at four to 5, that's what provocateur was supposed to do. Cyber Viking number two went from Gulfstream to Tampa for this one is one back to back races, but those are not great races optional claiming races, state bread, allowance, race and kind of cheap horse to start with. I like cat and to repeat that effort. And I think that effort is good enough to win this race. Okay, I can agree with that the last race that cat and ran was probably good enough to put him right there. I'm going to go with a little bit more of a price and number four markian for one Avila and Marcos manassas or another one of the Gulfstream invaders trying Tampa Bay downs for the first time to be honest, I liked what I saw from him last time out at Gulfstream in that maiden win. And that's easy to say when you see a horse who stalks the pace and draws off to win by almost 5 lengths. It's hard to say that you don't like what you saw from him, but I just think the way he did it was very professional. I think the final time for the race was solid one 16 and two for the 6 and a half furlongs. I don't see any reason he can't continue to improve in just the third start of his career. Marcus manassas fit to drive the three and a half hours from Gulfstream to Tampa Bay downs to a stick with this one Avila training. By the way, we want to find that this is very interesting. Every one of the 7 runners in this race is getting Lasix for the first time tomorrow. It's absolutely it's hilarious. And the funny thing was, whoever wins this race will likely go in the graded Sam F Davis in his next start, which means they won't be able to run on Lasix that day. It's just the screwball rules that we have. And it's not Tampa Bay downs rules. It seems to be basically everywhere that has these kind of rules, Dave and it makes you kind of scratch your head to say, okay, well, should they be able to run on Lasix, or should they not be able to run on Lasix? It doesn't make any sense. Well, they can run on Lasix today, but they can't run on Lasix in three weeks. And then they can run on leasing 7 weeks after that. And it's more humorous than anything else. But they're all running on Lasix tomorrow. I'm going with number four K and Dave going with number 5 catan in the Pasco stakes race 5 tomorrow at Tampa Bay downs. Right after that, these 6th race Philly division. It's the gas barilla three year old Phillies, $125,000 on the line. 7 furlongs on the main track field of 8 Dave, and I think the bettors are going to really make it down to two as far as who they want for favoritism. Number 5 outfoxed coming off two back to back monstrous winds and down at Gulfstream park or number 8 strategic bird whose undefeated two for two and has already won at Tampa Bay downs in the sandpiper. Yeah, I think strategic birds can be in the favorite in this race for Mark Cassie. And you can't knock the two victories both of them or run with pretty quick fractions. The first maiden race by 12 and three quarter lengths came back in a stakes and won by a neck at even money. I mean, what's to knock about that? Be divine charger, who's back in this field? Number two here today who, again, solid solid credentials. I think Todd pletcher's goddess of fire, number four, one for three, but in the Pocahontas reigning against better horses last time out probably a disappointing effort, but I like cutting back to 7 furlongs. I like outfox the best, though. I mean, you're running the echoes Zulu first time out, then you respond with a 13 and a half length victory in a stakes race at Gulfstream. You come back and you know, very, very short price, absolutely crush steak's horses at Gulfstream. I just see nothing that outfoxed his done wrong..
The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"But I think he's kind of going his best right now. He's four of his less really 6 of his last 7. Other than the Phoenix, he's been awesome and the Phoenix got beat by special reserve and low ha west, and he was only being two legs. But for him, obviously the distance is the question, right? Being that I have a pedigree expert. Wink wink, not not. Blame could go a mile in a quarter, right? So that means much okay. For this pedigree handicap, it's easy. That's all you gotta do is see what their mom and dad did and then just say that if they're gonna do it and they're gonna. But yeah, fun race, though, the 5th season is very much looking forward to that. Here at Tampa Bay downs, we have three stakes races on Saturday's card and I want to in particular talk about the ones with potential Derby and oaks ramifications. The apasco stakes for the boys and the gasparilla for the girls. I don't try to pick favorites in racism. I'm going to call it, but I am really pumped for the gasp. The Philly race. Oh man. Why don't we start with that? It's the 6th race. They're actually early. The Pasco is the 5th and the gas barilla is the 6. Outfoxed shows up here who's right at Saratoga debuted. Didn't do a whole lot of running, went down to Gulfstream because she's a Florida Brad, and that obviously is part of this equation. Dominated in the Florida sire stakes 7 furlongs dominated even more well not actually actually less because instead of winning by 13 one by 9 and a 9 and a quarter. But it was for 400,000 to go into mile 16. So cuts back here and is going up against pretty good field. So I'm really jazzed about this race because Fox certainly connection wise Bill Mott and L and J and Sammy camacho getting on board Edgar zaya is not coming up to ride. Which I don't know if that's like I feel like that's not like a thing to read much into because it's not a graded stakes race. It is worth more if you're Florida bread in these races. So that's where that's where part of the reason I brought that up. But strategic bird who's on the outside is also Florida Brad and is extremely good. I was really impressed with her when in the sandpiper stakes. Now, the reason I say that is, you know, she free wheeled in her debut when at Gulfstream against state Brad's very easily. But she got pushed and hooked last time by divine charger, who's also in this race and to find charger took a big step forward in the sandpiper. And strategic bird like I mean, like I said, she got looked right in the eye and kicked back very game. It was only her second tour start it would start 5 for divine charger. And you know, this race, there is a lot of that horses with kind of the one good maiden race, pletcher sends and got us a fire who was a maiden winner up at the Saratoga. They tried the Pocahontas ran third and behind hidden connection when hid connection romp that day and then came back and the tempted and didn't do a whole lot of running. The other interesting thing is, you know, a lot of these newly turned three year olds getting Lasix for the first time. I think there's 5 horses of the 8 that are getting Lasix for the first time in the gasparilla. Strategic bird being one of them out Fox being one of them. So, you know, take that for what you would like. My dad used to live by first time Lasix. I used to have to go through in the program and circle all the one else because he used to love that angle. And you know, I mean, I don't know, I don't know that it's like a move forward thing for horses that are already running good. But we'll see. But yeah, fun race. And even a local horse platinum Jim, who was a maiden special winner here at Tampa, back in December 4th, was really eye catching that they came right back in one against optional 75, Maria Bauer sock the trainer is having an extremely good start to the meat and a problem Ralph, the jockey has been insanely hot. He's had 5 winners each of the last two Saturdays, which is nuts. But I just thought it really, really fun addition to this race. I'm excited about the gasparella now. The boys race, the Pasco, which obviously starts the road to the Tampa Bay Derby. Is a smaller field 7 and catan was the winner of the local I don't want to say prep for this race, but the first race in the series, the inaugural. And one pretty easily just kind of stock the leaders pounce on them and it's two actually really good efforts in a row, finished behind octane and those Florida sire stakes for the boys in the last couple starts before that. But other than getting beat by octane is a nice two for two and the runner up in the inaugural did come back to win. The fourth place finisher for that from the inaugural is in this race. But we got some new shooters as far as from out of town. One of those is cyber Viking chantel Sutherland coming up to ride for trainer Jorge Delgado. Three for four this horse is and they've taken their time. I mean, debut for maiden 12 5, one, they jumped all the way up to optional 35 second and then one that same condition last time. Now, the distance I get, I don't want to say the question because they won going this distance last time. And so I don't think it's a question at this point. The 7 furlongs is still it's kind of an interesting little.
The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Horse Racing Radio Network Podcast
"Bobby Newman and James Scully on the Thursday edition of the briss net dot com call in show first Thursday since the Thanksgiving holiday and before we went to break James, I asked you what I think is a difficult question. And I don't want to put you too much on the spot, but it seems to me with the purses growing exponentially almost everywhere. Whether it be places like Churchill downs at Oakland park, the purses are massive at aqueduct during the wintertime. They're decent at Gulfstream, they're decent at fairgrounds. Tampa Bay downs is kind of lagging behind. And they have great weather. Arguably the best weather in the country that time of year certainly right there with Gulfstream park. They've got dirt racing. They've got turf racing. They've got phenomenal weather all winter. Their purses for a lack of a better term stink compared to everybody else's. And I'm wondering if they're far enough their purses are falling far enough behind some of their competition, especially considering Oak Lawn park is starting 6 weeks early and is really not that far away. If this is when the quality drops off a bit, the other choices are looking rosier in rosier with the bigger purses. Well, you might disagree with my take on this, Bobby, you know, you know, a lot about the South Florida racing. But my thought is, this is a phenomenon that they've always had. I understand what you're saying about the person's continue to rise, but I think there's been a there was like an influx of like casino money and other big purse money and years in the last decade. And one thing I'll say about Tampa Bay downs. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I think when super saver came along and won the Tampa Bay Derby in 2010, did that track really? It's reputation like sort of began to change a little bit. Because I thought I always thought it had like a little bit of a reputation of being like a cheaper track and I've always been like there's a lot of like mid Atlantic courses Midwest horses that are gonna win are there. And one of the peels that the track though does have to horsemen that might be a base hit Gulf Stream or a different training facilities like put your Chad Brown Kristoff come on is that they run all these turf races and dirt races at two different two distances. And sometimes they can just get their horses a race there and they don't mind shipping them in and running them in like a two turn made on the turf or on the dirt. Especially on their big stakes days, do you think I'm off course there? No, I think everything you've said makes a lot of sense. And I agree that super saver kind of helped them turn the corner as far as public perception. But what I'm talking about and I still think they're going to get good horses for those days for the Tampa Bay down for the Tampa Bay Derby for the Sam F Davis and for all the supporting stakes that they have on those days, there's usually several it's a multi stake day, both of those big cards. And I think the pleasures and the browns and whoever else and the mots are still going to support them and Mark Cassie, like they always do. It may not always be with the number one horse in their barn at that specific distance or age range, but I think they're going to send good ones. What I'm talking about is more on a daily overnight level. We've seen a lot of it through the last several years. It's not uncommon to see Chad Brown running maidens on the turf at Tampa Bay downs. Christoph Clement running maidens on the turf at Tampa Bay downs. Todd pletcher, Bill Mott running horses at Tampa Bay downs. Jonathan Thomas does it a lot. Guys that are more associated maybe with South Florida than they are at Tampa. And my question is whether somewhere along the line, not every owner is somebody that doesn't care about money. And that's the dumbest thing that's ever come out of my mouth, but I said it and it is what it is. The difference between let's just say it this way. The difference between running for a $27,000 purse there and a $97,000 per somewhere else is a pretty big difference. You know, it's not like, well, you know, in the end, if we win, and we get this, it's probably only costing us three or 4000. No. I mean, this is two, three, sometimes four times the money depending on where you're willing to travel. Gulfstream part doesn't have the monstrous purses that Oak Lawn and aqueduct will in the winter time. But still, there's significantly more fair grounds is not that far away. And if they have decent weather, they have turf racing there too, and their purses are basically twice what they are at Tampa Bay downs. I'm just wondering if the big names and the big barns send their quote unquote good horses there for these non steak races as much as they used to. Yeah, that's a fair point. And like I said, I saw where. Turfway park, at least they put out a press release for the holiday meat, which is like 18 or days or something, it runs to December 31st. But they're made special weight races, Bobby, are worth 62,000. And they're allowances range from 63 to 68. So, you know, their purses are up. They didn't need to be running $62,000 allowances there. And I'll give you an example. We had, I'm part of a partnership, and we had a horse claimed for $20,000 at Churchill. He won. And it was like, that race had like a 50 $5000 purse. I mean, it was ridiculous. How big the person was and it's, you know, we're happy for it. Glad for it. But you're right. I mean, you would think Tampa Bay. I mean, their purses are just not going up at all year to year. And I think there was like a rob renaissance there where like a few years ago, there were some barns that were sending like divisions there and you know to give it a go for the winner and it seemed like it's just interesting that they haven't been able to race their purses. I don't know why that is. And this is the first time that I've actually seen in print people coming out and really mentioning it. Mike Stidham, most nobly said that he can't afford to run at Tampa Bay downs with the purse is the way they are there compared to everyone else. And it's not that he would necessarily base a Tampa Bay downs. He just he's just saying it makes no financial sense for him to do it just to get a little bit nicer weather. Yeah, Ian Wilkes. He's a guy that's had horses there. And yeah, that's amazing. You know, you look at both those guys, those guys have had horses that ran in the Derby that were stable on a Tampa Bay downs, like over the winter. And we're like contenders. Ian Wilkes had mccracken and Stidham had win, win, win. Is that right? So yeah, it's like, yeah, you're right. If those guys bail out on them, it's going to be more like just they're going to be having to try to reach out and get Barnes from my cheaper and cheaper.
The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"To you by twin spires, and pleased to welcome our next guest as an analyst and handicapper with me here Tampa Bay downs. You can also see your work on the breeders cup social channels and other spots around the racing world. Happy to welcome back rent to others. The show rent. How are you? Oh my gosh, I am doing amazing. Can you believe it? The 96 season. I mean, I know it officially kicked off with the summer festival. But that whole thing is a little tricky sometimes to remember that because Marty McGee messaged me about the season he had he was doing like the preseason right up or whatever and he's like, when's closing day? May 7th or 8th, I go, well, technically, it's June 30th Marty. Exactly, right? Yeah. But it's awesome. And I know that you've already been there in the booth, but I still want to say welcome aboard, obviously we're going to miss Richard grinder, but you are a worthy worthy successor to the microphone and I know you'll be dropping it like it's hot. I appreciate that. Yeah, tomorrow definitely of course speaking on Tuesday evening. Tomorrow definitely feels different than summer. I mean, it's definitely feels more like opening day. I was told that the July 1st is the first day of the meat tomorrow is actually opening day though. Okay. Well, there we go. So you've got the terminology all worked out. We've got a new we've got a new paddock. In there with the logo, it's pretty neat. They've got the place looks at the place looks awesome. Even just since I first got here, a week and a half ago or whatever it's all the signage is up, everything's cleaned and polished and ready to go. Now, this is is this your second season? Is that correct? 'cause you started during college, right? Yeah. Yes. This is my second season as trek analyst. Originally asked me to do it the year prior, but I was still getting used to mommy hood. So the other carruthers came in. But then I was able to take on over after now I've got the swing of things with mommy hood and everything. My child is now three. So got it worked out and I thought the meat was great last year. Not to pat myself on the back or anything. But hey, I did have one day where I picked the winner of every race except for one. So that's not too shabby. Not that they were all giant prices or anything. But still, and the thing I do love about Tampa and you'll see this time again, if you have a horse with any type of ability, they'll be able to show the Tampa because the main track play so fair, the turf course, which is gorgeous place so fair. So I really love it from that perspective. I know a lot of times people will say, oh, that was a funny result. You've got a big price. But if you really look back at the past performances, you can make a case for horses at long prices. And go and look back at nothing to me ever in retrospect looks fluky. Yeah. It all makes sense. I'm really curious because it's a long grind of a season two, right, which is a handicapper. I feel like could be good and bad. I think sometimes you can maybe, you know, just get I don't want to say burned out, but just like need a break or whatever. But on the other hand, you gain a lot of familiarity with the product, the connections and all that. And so for you with doing that first season, did you feel a lot different there from when you started to the end of the year in terms of just having a feel for the races? Yeah, because you started just what you touched upon. You start seeing the patterns. You get a sense of when a horse is well meant or if they're being placed in a spot because they basically run a condition. Were their competitive or they're moving up only because they're out of the condition and they have to step up now and they're over matched. Another thing that I love to see is you so often would take into account fields where it's the salty season stalwart horses who are going against each other every time the problem with that, which I would find is that they are so evenly matched, one of them could win on one given day. You'd see the other one win the next time they met. You'd see another one from that same field, get the better of both of the others. The third time they all. So that's one of the things you find and it is good when you do get used to seeing it. You would see horses with particular running styles and they always ran that way. Equipment change maybe give that horse it needed. You'll also see horses where the quirks and get used to that knowing, okay, this horse I'm going to leave off because last time you did this and he did it a second time and so on, you know, the three strikes you're out. And it's funny because I was talking about this in regards to the breeders cup like juvenile day for me. I just feel like I'm completely clueless taking shots, guess and you know, some of that's just yeah well that was kind of going to be my point because I know that, you know, your approach is to handicap in a special to pedigree stuff. Obviously, way different than mine. But speaking only from a confidence familiarity kind of angle like Saturday, I felt like I had a lot of really good opinions and most of them ran pretty good, which obviously kind of reinforces your thoughts about it. Maybe if my horse is on the two year old day ran better, maybe I'm thinking a little different, but I do think there is something to really having just a sense of the track you're following and playing. And so many of us are guilty of, you know, big big weekend coming up at, you know, John cue public downs. And so we got to hop in, even though we really don't know a whole lot about that. So that's one of the things I'm excited about for here with the long meat is to just really kind of dive in because colonial it's a lot of the same connections, but it's so fast. It's like 6 weeks, and then we're out the door, so I'm excited. You have a lot of yeah, and I'm sure it was nice to see as you're going through the past performance is a lot of the horses who were at colonial here at Tampa now. There is a, I call these convergence meets and winter. And because there's one race later on, the 8th race and we're going to talk about the late pick four here in a few minutes..
The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"It's like sunny and mid 60s. Little tiny chill in the air as we get set for opening day here at Tampa Bay downs. We will talk opening day at Tampa Bay downs, I'm obviously recording this the night before, so I got a nice not in my stomach going. But we'll talk about the at Tampa card with ren carruthers, who's our analyst at Tampa Bay downs, obviously does selections on the website, along with Luis Acacia who does selections as well as Spanish speaking analysts and looking forward to getting the 92 day meet up and running. So long one, we start three days a week for this first few weeks and then after Christmas. Sundays come into the mix, so we'll be four days a week racing Wednesday Friday, Saturday Sunday 1240 first post, believe is the it says 1243 in the program, but I feel like it's 1240 and then three actual minutes. But I know that our general manager is very active in post times and, you know, avoiding the other folks. This week is actually kind of interesting because there's no, there's no Gulf Stream this week, right? They start the championship meet next week. And I know Churchill does run on Wednesday. I know Charles town runs later in the day, delta's later in the day, Angela's later in the day. Finger lakes runs in the morning. But no, no Gulf Stream. Oh, we do got parks, though. Definitely still got parks. And turf Paradise is underway. I don't know, I have not been paying attention. I don't know when turf Paradise started. I feel like they started not that long ago, right? Anybody been watching some turf Paradise? But we will spend more time talking about the weekend coming up on tomorrow's show. It'll just be me because it's a Thanksgiving addition, didn't want to make the boys have to come jury on because we're not doing a Friday show because there's obviously the holiday. Old chase gets a holiday once in a while. And so I will just do a little preview of some of the weekend racing action that's coming up between delmar and aqueduct and Churchill and us kicking off a Tampa. I feel like it's a pretty good weekend of a stuff coming up, even with no Gulf Stream. It's funny because during the I realized that I hadn't been a part of Saturday racing in a while other than Monmouth park, most of my tracks that I work at are kind of weekday tracks and so but it's funny, I'll go to emerald like when I'm back home and you'll sit in the OTP and watch the Saturday races and you know it might be a big day at or even Belmont still late fall, but you know, Gulfstream is kind of this just omnipresent thing on these weekend days, and obviously a lot of people play the track there. So it's kind of funny to not have them this weekend. Obviously years past we've had Gulfstream park west, Calder for October and November, but with the new all weather course, things pretty much year round at Gulfstream with the exception of this one week. I remembered, when I was down at GPW, they kind of used this time to repaint the grandstand and obviously let the turf course kind of get back to its best. I'm curious how the turf course at Gulfstream will I don't want to say behave, but we'll just hold up. You know, they kind of alternate normally with that inner and outer. And now with the all weather, I'm sure some of the races will go to that. I like the all weather. I'm not, I'm not afraid of it. I don't dislike it. I've noticed on optics. A lot of those races seem to run kind of true to how the pace projector and the plot thinks they're going to. And so, you know, I know the knock on the synthetics, at least from a lot of horse players when they kind of became popular. I think was that they felt unpredictable. And I think of those early delmar days with horses looping up 8 9 wide and keenly was kind of like that as well. I mean, it's certainly a different course, right? It is different. There is nothing about the all weather to me that reminds me of dirt from just a pure race shape and you know, that kind of thing. And even handicapping, right? Even though like biases do happen on the all weather, so I guess that's similar to dirt racing sometimes. There's times in the all weather. It's very good to be forward with the place. You know, various tracks. But I think that it's just different enough from dirt racing and turf racing for that matter. That a lot of horse players get turned off to it. But I've never been one for that. I always felt like you know, maybe it's because I don't have a great handle on any of the three surfaces as a horse player handicapper, but I don't know. It never scared me away. So obviously, I'm curious to see how much they use it during the, you know, the championship portion of that meat, obviously, a lot of eyeballs on those races as they, as they get down to the the finish line here should mention as well, of course that opening day at the fairgrounds is coming up on Thanksgiving. We'll probably talk a little bit about that. I remember there was there was all this talk about the jazz fest, and that was supposed to be like a different part of the because I think they were going to.
The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"tampa bay downs" Discussed on The Jason Beem Horse Racing Podcast
"New apartment. My new podcast desk, my new podcast lamp, my new podcast chair, which is pretty comfy, by the way. I think the most comfortable podcast chair I've had. The one at my place near Seattle is the worst. It's so uncomfortable. My one in Oregon is tied for the worst. It's very uncomfortable as well. It's like an old wooden chair. But now I got a nice padded comfy good office chair and happy to be down here. Got all moved in on Tuesday. And you know, I'm a third floor person. So all my I got to furnish apartment, which is awesome. Just coming in and having all the furniture, they set up all like, you know, they have all your towels and soaps and everything. It's almost like checking into a hotel. It's just you're going to live there for a long time. So I just had to haul all my clothes and stuff up in doing laundry all day and kind of getting it to feel like a home, which it's going to be for the next 6 months. So really happy to be settled in here. It's like 73° and perfect outside. I'm I walked out of the grocery store and I was like, God, it's so nice here. This is unbelievable. So I promise that I will get used to that. I will stop mentioning how beautiful it is and how great the weather is and we will just move on with the normal podcast. But let me live in enjoyment here for a little bit of the newness of all this, but yeah, happy to be with you guys. Went out to Tampa Bay downs and visited with Margot, my boss, and talked to some folks out there as we get ready for opening day, which is a week from today. We open up the Wednesday before, Thanksgiving. I hope you guys will join us. For racing at Tampa Bay downs, this winter, I think first entries are Saturday. So looking forward to that, but I went up to the booth and kind of spent a little time up there. I didn't really get anything set up or anything. Just kind of wanted to go and be in the space, keep working on getting comfortable in there. I know that sounds weird, but I always like to I go to work usually an hour or two earlier than I need to just so I have some time up in the space to get comfortable. So I kind of try to make that a practice before the season as well. Just getting used to being in there and getting used to the sight lines. It's a low booth. I want to say it's even lower than grant's pass, which isn't that high, but it's tricky, so. But I'll get used to it and it'll be good. So we'll certainly talk some Tampa on next week's shows. I want to try to get a Tampa centric guest for Wednesday's show for sure. With the holiday, we will have a show for Thanksgiving. It'll probably be a weekend preview show of just me. For next Thursday, then we'll be off that Friday. I schedule snafu this week. For some reason I had it as though this was the holiday week. So we will do a show of just me tomorrow. I did put out a note to James and Scott to do a jury for Friday. So we'll do that along with the weekend preview. Probably a little bit of weekend previewing tomorrow as well. I like kind of like having an extra, you know, we often do the interview format for Thursday for a horse player. Thursday and obviously, with the inside the pylons interview yesterday, we kind of did that to the extreme with the 90 minute interview. Got a lot of good feedback on that. I appreciate everybody who listened. As expected the download numbers were very big. Yeah, blew away all of our breeders cup downloads and all that kind of stuff. So thank you everybody for tuning in for that. And I excited today, welcome to our guest Sabrina Moore is going to join us from greenmount farm in Maryland, Sabrina, one of the breeders of Nick's go. The breeders cup classic winner, they're a small Maryland operation, and I will talk to her about her family's farm about breeding horses about breeding the breeders cup classic winner and mile winner. You won the mile dirt mile last year. So we'll talk about all of that more. I think Sabrina is 32. So I mean, she's been doing 30 to 30 as well. So should not 32, but you know, young. And so obviously having this kind of success, you know, does it mean a lot? I mean, certainly, it means a lot for a breeder to win a breeders cup classic, but does it change their business? Is it, you know, I feel like if a trainer, I feel like if a trainer wins The Kentucky Derby if they're a small barn, it has to change their profile, right? We've talked to a lot of trainers. But I don't know if that's the case with breeders particularly with breeders who are focused on having some brood mayors, breeding them to studs and selling them. And so we'll talk with Sabrina about all of that and more coming up here. In just a couple of minutes, so looking forward to that. A couple of news items out there in the world of racing. It was announced Jack Christopher to resume training in the early 2022 after he had a screw inserted in his left shin by a doctor Larry bramlage, Chad Brown. The trainer, of course, looking to have that horse back and ready for possibly the Triple Crown trail. You know, we're obviously a show sponsored by to inspire, so The Kentucky Derby is a big part of our our content plan. And some of that is just because The Kentucky Derby is a part of everybody's content plan. And it's our big event. But it seems one of the items that gets talked about a lot on that trail is you kind of just can't have much go wrong, right? Along the way. Injuries or missing time. Now Medina Spirit did miss some time, right? Wasn't he out for just a smidge of time? But it seems like the prevailing thought is you kind of have to have everything go smoothly. So I mean, does that mean Jack Christopher can't contend or win The Kentucky Derby? Well, some people will claim that. Also, domestic spending, they said he was pulled out. They said he's going to be out for three months with a suspensory ligament injury. The Chad Brown barn a couple of setbacks there was announced that rock your world was retired. Of course, the Santa Anita Derby winner, much much hyped in The Kentucky Derby had the bad start, never really got going again and then didn't do much after that. Said he's going to stand for $10,000 in yeah, he of course, since that, you know, he was perfect three for three to start, and he was good on the grass. They ran The Kentucky Derby. He ran very poorly. They ran the Belmont, didn't do.
In The Gate
An Interview with Jockey Daniel Centeno
"He's won nearly twenty nine hundred races here in the United States and nearly nine hundred more in his native Venezuela. Many of those wins have come Tampa Bay downs. Where Jockey Daniel? Centennial was in search of his seventh riding title even earned his first ride in a triple crown race. The preakness where we finished eleventh on it always mining all jockeys have obstacles to overcome. That's obviously the nature of the business. But one year ago Daniel Centennial had an even tougher burden to bear in January of two thousand. Nineteen centennial's longtime partner Ashley. George died after a nearly lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis roses. She left behind their daughter. Jasmine who's now in seventh grade. It's tough enough being a single dad and oh by the way Santana also has a twenty year old son son in college but it's pretty tough to work from home when you do what he does. So let's find out how he makes it all work as we welcome for the first time here to win the gate jockey. Daniel Centeno already. A handful of wins for you at the Tampa Bay. Meet a place where you've had quite a bit of success over the years more so than in Maryland where you ridden over the summer. What's been the key to your success in Tampa I dunno being here for light Fifteen sixteen years now for my first time and I I talk like it. I love the weather. I'm never been relieved. Grind with the cold weather. I never try to stay up on the winning thing and I did year by year. You know writing better courses that train and I got to my support here at the beginning from gaming as Kathy O'CONNELL and ride them for their like. WHO So? Maybe you know. Open a lot of a lot more awesome around the track and you know all my area that had been working for Greg to you split you. Year between Laurel Park in Maryland and Tampa. But now I know we're not going to see you what aqueduct in the winter based on what you just said but what made you choose those tracks supposed to say New York or California well because People that are right in for here in Tampa wants to go to Laurel Delaware and the year see bars. So that's like my shadow. God Nora Bill and it's pretty time so I'm really basically driving them. Everywhere are but We're doing good and a lot of oxygen around jockeys are said to have particular writing styles go for example Paco. Lopez takes horses away from the gate aggressively. Everybody knows that likes to go to the early lead. Pat Day was known as wait all day coming from behind. Nine Calvin Burrell is Calvin Bo Rail. You know where he's taking is horses. What do you consider to be your style? Well I I would say eighty two. I like to be more delay but You know it depends on what kind of house I've gone awry but I would like to be close to my thousand dollars outbreak throats to the Leo to pay Being the lead. But it's a defendant to pry. Sometimes you gotTa Jenny a little bit your style to fit all on the horses you know and then workout good too but I'm I feel more comfortable. Really close to the lay or something. That'd be proponent department of your nearly two thousand nine hundred career wins. You've won five grade three races in your career and a single grade to aboard ring weekend in the two thousand fourteen Tampa Bay Derby. You weren't a ride in the preakness as well in two thousand nineteen. What do those kinds of races mean to you? They they mean a lot for me. You know because I can help your mom. I Don t still down so I'd be doing building my curry of keying in this country like little by little step-by-step working hard right in the for different track The Great State for me the main a lot for me you know like I were so hot. And it's like a bay off for my work and I'm never give up and try you know especially luckier when I wrote a pregnant of like a drink of through. You know the the big horse and it would broaden your really good him. Kelly Rowland the ordinary. They give me the opportunity right. Trading is what so I drink too for me. Was it hard not to look around and just take in the atmosphere and instead focus on what you were doing. How hard list to do? Yeah well I come from Venezuela complete different compare here and then you really have to focus at work workout every day so you can get your business and you know doing your job and you know made me thanks you know and then try to cloud what every day. How hard was it making the adjustment from Venezuela coming here as a young man not sure of the language and not knowing what's at your prospects would be? What was that adjustment like well? There's a big chance you know especially with the with the language that you have to really talk to do every body and understand what they wanna tell you frighteners on there. When I was in Minnesota last dot doing English class and private I went to high school and in a private school so when I came back here I can't hear one time? Nineteen Ninety six. So I didn't really good because language I think more mar and then went back to Venezuela so I wanNA come back yet again and and do the same. That's what I do. Day lift classes private and Eleven when again by Two Thousand and three door. Hi You I was big little be I understand a little bit and then I got it your breakfast every day. You're talking every day so make as you Jackie Daniels. Centeno joins us here on the gate. It's been a year or so now. I belief since your partner Ashley George passed away from cystic fibrosis. What was it like losing her? And what's alive. You know US work together for the book thing and we went to a lot of work on every time Fago. What's getting worse and especially my daughter Yachtsman but I'm blessed my daughter's so throng which Banja La doing amazing and Making it every day you gotta be strong for my daughter and then their best for her. Now I believe when you have cystic fibrosis yes you have it almost your entire life so you must have known when you met her that she had this condition. Is that right. Yeah Yeah Yeah keep telling me from the beginning to doing doing okay. But in the meantime wanting her lungs would getting worse and worse than that was boring. They're are there only chantey how they would've transplant. And the medical cameras are not that both longtime plans doing quake and one day. Keep them back home for Halloween. And she that stroke and she was to call my mom to wake like Lamb and never for memory to talk in everything but no memory and keep going. I asked me and see what's in the two years and and doctors say to her body was rejecting everything again and then get get Her body stop working. Did you say she was in a hospital for two years. was that kind of in and out or was she in a hospital all the time time for two years to two years. Happy because you know she can be herself grandma what they get her. I was flying back and forth some time with me to see her but kick No recognize anybody know memories your longtime memories. The more you so I went to Work Yom okay and too much medication So it was really good time for my daughter and either adopt nine so oh my goodness now. It's one thing to being a dad but it's another thing when those kids are both teenagers because says many of our listeners know teen is four letter word I know I have a teenager and yours are on the opposite end of the teenage spectrums. Just when when you finish the teenage thing it all starts over again. How have you been able to manage all of that and your job well? And that's another the team did it. Don't nobody could All I think I'm blessed and my father and me to do everything so and then report report anything. I wasn't never pectin something like that but I was thinking