Speaker 1: Welcome to the Big Blue and Cider and abbreviated edition
Speaker 1: of our program because coming up at seven o'clock is
Speaker 1: Kentucky Baseball. Darren Hendrick has pregame of the Cats and
Speaker 1: Mississippi State at six forty five, but we will be
Speaker 1: with you until then. Coming up in just a few minutes,
Speaker 1: we're going to visit with a new guest, Dubbs Anderson
Speaker 1: of fan Dual TVs to be TVG and he is
Speaker 1: from Australia and is quite passionate about horse racing and
Speaker 1: about the Kentucky Derby, and we will get his thoughts
Speaker 1: on this year's race. There could be more news, but
Speaker 1: right now we know this that Mike Roppoli, the guy
Speaker 1: who through the years has had some really tough luck.
Speaker 1: He had Uncle Moe back in twenty twenty twelve, had
Speaker 1: to scratch at Forte, the favorite a couple of years
Speaker 1: ago we did a one on one interview with him
Speaker 1: prior to the race, had to scratch. And now the veterinarians,
Speaker 1: the track veterinarians have scratched this year's Mike Ropoli horse
Speaker 1: Grande and Ripoli's stable released and this is through Rapoli
Speaker 1: obviously a statement saying the horse has been battling a
Speaker 1: slight cracked heel this week has been improving. Todd Pletcher
Speaker 1: had the horse x rayed on Monday, clean, they said. Wednesday,
Speaker 1: the state vets asked if they could do a pet
Speaker 1: scan and Grande had that yesterday. Apparently it was clean.
Speaker 1: Rapoli reports that the horse has been training and looking
Speaker 1: great on the track all week, said the heel has
Speaker 1: been improving and was improved again improved in this morning,
Speaker 1: but the vets came in and said they were scratching
Speaker 1: the horse despite the clean diagnostics, and Ripoli rites were
Speaker 1: very confused and all the clean diagnostics and improvement all
Speaker 1: week had them really optimistic. They calls it a rush
Speaker 1: to judgment. He said, with a race being tomorrow by Aza,
Speaker 1: already is drawn on into the race. And Rapoli said,
Speaker 1: we're shocked and confused why this decision was made now,
Speaker 1: And he says we were given no real explanation why
Speaker 1: the horse was scratched thirty six hours before the race.
Speaker 1: He goes on to say, we love these horses. Our
Speaker 1: number one concern is safety and welfare and that should
Speaker 1: always be the priority. But he said, you know, we've
Speaker 1: taken all these tests. We have a great Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame trainer and Todd Pletcher and Raapoli said, we're baffled
Speaker 1: and confused by what criteria the vets are using to
Speaker 1: determine who scratches. So Rapoli out of the race again
Speaker 1: and guess what that was the only Todd Pletcher horse.
Speaker 1: And that means Todd Pletcher will not be in the
Speaker 1: Kentucky Derby for the first time in twenty one years.
Speaker 1: Can you have a Derby without Pletcher? He has started
Speaker 1: sixty five Derby horses, Rapoli, by the way, over eight,
Speaker 1: Pletcher sixty five. He finally won one with street sense.
Speaker 1: He sends one another. But Pletcher is the record holder
Speaker 1: for most Derby starters and it was supposed to be
Speaker 1: a possibility this year. Well, they're all possible. I shouldn't
Speaker 1: say that some can't win it, but it's a lot.
Speaker 1: We're a lot better off in terms of information now
Speaker 1: since the points system began, and their horses running who
Speaker 1: belong in the race, whereas back in the day there
Speaker 1: are horses that did not belong in the race. So anyhow, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's the news from the backside. And by the way,
Speaker 1: I had seen where Kenny McPeak was keeping an eye
Speaker 1: on his horse and this is a rendered judgment. But
Speaker 1: as I go to air, as I pre record this,
Speaker 1: there had been no decision made about rendered judgment, but
Speaker 1: that could change by tomorrow morning. It may have changed
Speaker 1: by now by the time you hear this. But we've
Speaker 1: seen horses scratch on Derby Day. The most famous in
Speaker 1: my mind, APND back in the nineties, a prohibitive favorite,
Speaker 1: and he had a bruised hoof and went on to
Speaker 1: win the Preakness and a Belmont as one of the
Speaker 1: best horses ever, but never got a shot at the Derby.
Speaker 1: But that happens. That's horse racing. So yeah, keep your
Speaker 1: eye on the innerweb for updated info. And if you're
Speaker 1: a better a gambler, I know you will be on
Speaker 1: top of things. Hope you have a big Derby Day.
Speaker 1: And again we'll talk with Doubs Anderson coming up after
Speaker 1: the break. But there is some news to share with you. You
Speaker 1: heard about UK playing Saint John's in the CBS Classic
Speaker 1: coming up this Christmas time, Kentucky Purdue in rep Ana
Speaker 1: in a preseason game on October the twenty fourth, an
Speaker 1: exhibition game, and a lot of way too soon Posters
Speaker 1: have Purdue the top team in the country, so Mark
Speaker 1: Pope gets a chance to see what he's got in
Speaker 1: an exhibition with one of the best teams in America.
Speaker 1: And I know you've heard Pop talk about this, but
Speaker 1: he wants more college games period. He wants a forty
Speaker 1: game regular season. I don't know that that'll ever happen,
Speaker 1: but you may see more exhibitions like that. And keep
Speaker 1: in mind that same weekend is UK Tennessee at Kroger Field,
Speaker 1: so you could have a lot of fun in October.
Speaker 1: Kentucky Purdue basketball Friday, Kentucky Tennessee football on Saturday. And
Speaker 1: keep in mind that Saturday is the last day of
Speaker 1: the keenland Fall Meet. There's some major news coming out
Speaker 1: of the NBA, and that is that pop is stepping
Speaker 1: down as head coach of the Santencenios. Greg Popovich will
Speaker 1: no longer be the head coach, but he will transition
Speaker 1: to full time team president. Already in the Hall of
Speaker 1: Fame NBA is all time winning. His coach led to
Speaker 1: Spurs to five championships. But I guess he'll be the
Speaker 1: guy probably who appoints his successor along with the owners.
Speaker 1: But Pap is stepping down, and he's a guy who
Speaker 1: made the most of the talent that he had in
Speaker 1: San Antonio, and now somebody else will inherit one Biyana
Speaker 1: and some of the other young guys they have. And
Speaker 1: while we're talking coaching, if you follow the NBA at all,
Speaker 1: you know the Lakers have been eliminated all kinds of
Speaker 1: criticism of the head coach JJ Reddick. He's been a
Speaker 1: little bit combative, and why not, you know, I mean,
Speaker 1: if guys are coming after you, you can bark back.
Speaker 1: I don't mind that. But the word is already in
Speaker 1: that he has the support of Lebron James and Luka Donsig.
Speaker 1: People talk about how Lebron is the guy who hires
Speaker 1: and fires coaches. Well, if that's true, this is huge
Speaker 1: for JJ Reddick, even though they just lost in the
Speaker 1: first round again four to one to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Speaker 1: But interestingly, one of the comments that Reddick made after
Speaker 1: the loss was that the Lakers quote must get into
Speaker 1: championship shape. He said, I'll start with the off season
Speaker 1: and work that's required in an off season to be
Speaker 1: in championship shape. So we have a ways to go.
Speaker 1: As a roster so they'll be making changes. But if
Speaker 1: you're a Lakers fan, you know he didn't single out
Speaker 1: anybody in particular. But one of the knocks on Luca
Speaker 1: coming out of Dallas, primarily by people trying to support
Speaker 1: the decision to trade him, was it he never got
Speaker 1: in shape. Struggle with weight and conditioning and late game
Speaker 1: execus cushion was one way Minnesota dominated the Lakers in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter alone. Minnesota outscored LA one twenty seven
Speaker 1: to eighty five over those five games. So he might
Speaker 1: be thinking Luca, but not saying Luca. You can't knock Lebron.
Speaker 1: We know that he spends millions on his body. Luca
Speaker 1: might want to try doing the same if he cares
Speaker 1: that much. Who knows. All right, coming up next, we're
Speaker 1: going to talk about the Derby, gets some picks, get
Speaker 1: some betting decisions from Dubbs Anderson a fandual TV. Then
Speaker 1: at six forty five we'll step out of the way
Speaker 1: for Darren Heddrick. The wildcatch are taken on Mississippi State
Speaker 1: down in Stark, Vegas, Mississippi State. Remember now has just
Speaker 1: fired as coach, so you don't know what you're gonna
Speaker 1: get when the Bulldogs take the field. Maybe they're relieved,
Speaker 1: maybe they're upset, maybe they're distracted, who knows, but they've
Speaker 1: only won seven conference games in Kentucky right now. Looks
Speaker 1: like a team that's not only in the nca Tournament.
Speaker 1: But if it keeps winning at the same clip that
Speaker 1: it is now, maybe not every game, but if it
Speaker 1: keeps finding the success it's had, could be a three
Speaker 1: seed and maybe even a two seed in the nca tournament.
Speaker 1: Everybody gets in the SEC tournament right now, you've got
Speaker 1: to be thinking NCAAA. So big games start tonight. We'll
Speaker 1: have that for you coming up right here. Doubs Anderson next,
Speaker 1: and then Kentucky Baseball right here on your home for
Speaker 1: UK Sports, your number one spot for sports in fact,
Speaker 1: six point thirty WLAP Welcome back to the Big Blue
Speaker 1: Insider A joined now by a member of the fan
Speaker 1: dual Racing Talent. He is a racing analyst and a
Speaker 1: sports betting host, Dubbs Anderson. Dobbs, thanks for joining us.
Speaker 2: Excited to catch up. I mean, surely is one of
Speaker 2: the best weeks in sports, you know, on the betting
Speaker 2: side of things, second to none, and I feel like
Speaker 2: there's a lot of great storylines coming into this year
Speaker 2: is Kentucky Derby.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, and folks, as you could tell, doves not
Speaker 1: from around here, you're from Austria. Tell me first of
Speaker 1: all before we start breaking down the Derby, how did
Speaker 1: you come to be a racing fan?
Speaker 2: So, you know, you highlighted my heritage from Australia and
Speaker 2: we're a proud horse racing country nation. I've always been involved,
Speaker 2: I guess on the book side, on the betting side
Speaker 2: of things, and found my way into the I guess
Speaker 2: the sports betting landscape here in the States and had
Speaker 2: the racing backgrounds. There was a great opportunity to sort
Speaker 2: of merged the two together and you know, just sort
Speaker 2: of to paint the picture. You know, I've got the
Speaker 2: best shop of the world covering racing betting on the
Speaker 2: day we hear from Los Angeles in the States, but
Speaker 2: back in Australia, racing is up there with you know,
Speaker 2: domestic football, so cricket. It's just sort of part of
Speaker 2: the culture and you know, ultimately, I think for the
Speaker 2: great game of horse racing, we need to try and
Speaker 2: get some of the young eyeballs back out there into
Speaker 2: the track and certainly back and getting a part of
Speaker 2: the big race days, which we always get on Kentucky
Speaker 2: Derby Day. It's a monster. Everyone knows the Derby, but
Speaker 2: some of the other big days sprinkle around that they'd
Speaker 2: be the best part because trust me, I cover all
Speaker 2: sports and nothing is as exciting as you know, playing
Speaker 2: the Ponies.
Speaker 1: It just hits a little different. I'm glad to hear
Speaker 1: you said that. Having been born and raised in Louisville,
Speaker 1: I've been to the Derby somewhere between forty five and
Speaker 1: fifty times. I love it. Unfortunately I'm not going to
Speaker 1: get there this year. But one more question is the Derby.
Speaker 1: How big a deal is that in Australia the Kentucky Derby.
Speaker 2: I'm doing about sixty hours coming up this weekend covering
Speaker 2: it for the Australian audience. It's a massive deal. You know.
Speaker 2: Back in Australia's got the Melbourne cob which is the
Speaker 2: race that stops the nation, and it's it's the same
Speaker 2: as what we get here for the Kentucky Derby. You know,
Speaker 2: everyone's getting into it. It's about the pageantry, the history,
Speaker 2: some of the big storylines and all the biggest strain players.
Speaker 2: They come over the Derby week, they're all out there
Speaker 2: at Churchill Down, so's it truly is a massive deal.
Speaker 2: And I guess you know some of the big names
Speaker 2: that we'll discussed. You know, you're Bob Baffers, He's a
Speaker 2: household name here, he's an icon.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 2: Internationally you've now got the Japanese starbread to are trying
Speaker 2: to win and swerp on all the big races. They
Speaker 2: don't care if it's in Sydney, Hong Kong or out
Speaker 2: there in Louisville. So it really feels like it's turned
Speaker 2: out to be quite the global game. And we see
Speaker 2: them on the breeding side as well. But as long
Speaker 2: as you've got so much money on after five million
Speaker 2: dollars in the Kentucky Derby, they're going to be coming
Speaker 2: from are parts of the world. They want to win
Speaker 2: on the biggest stage and this is as big as
Speaker 2: he gets. At Churchill Down.
Speaker 1: Talking to dub d Anderson FanDuel TV racing analysts and
Speaker 1: sports betting host get two of the Kentucky Derby traditionally
Speaker 1: has been a really great betting race. Maybe not as dramatic,
Speaker 1: although Rich Strike turned out around there a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago, but really when the points system came into play,
Speaker 1: the chalk began to show up more and more. You
Speaker 1: can still get a decent price on a favorite, but
Speaker 1: can you tell me, have you figured out yet how
Speaker 1: you'd like to maybe with some exotics, maybe try to
Speaker 1: beat the chalk or make some money on Derby Day.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's the great hall lot. It's going
Speaker 2: to be a fantastic cut. Fourteen races in title here
Speaker 2: for the Big Sadday Derby guns off a rice number twelve,
Speaker 2: so there's a lot of ways to jump in horizontally
Speaker 2: around the derby, but you know, within the rice and
Speaker 2: it's similar to the same game Poloight you've got exactly
Speaker 2: as trifectors super effectors. And it was only as recently
Speaker 2: as two years ago that we saw the super effector,
Speaker 2: which is the first floor across the finish line, right.
Speaker 2: You could have played it for a dollar three hundred
Speaker 2: and twenty thousand dollars on return there. Now Rich Strike
Speaker 2: a bit of an outlivee but if you look in
Speaker 2: the last five years, the favorite tag gone missing, and
Speaker 2: now the big storyline for this year is journalism is
Speaker 2: the horse to beat. West Coast Warrior coming in from
Speaker 2: Michael McCarty and the team and look on paper visually
Speaker 2: impressive four wins. We saw it in the seam Phelipe
Speaker 2: was tested in the sin Anita Derby now goes over
Speaker 2: to church or its looks fantastic in the paddic has
Speaker 2: the pedigree, has the price take? What could go wrong?
Speaker 1: Now?
Speaker 2: For me on a day like this, I have to
Speaker 2: play against the chalky if I can find a good reason.
Speaker 2: Now the reasons for me? Journalism has only had one
Speaker 2: race outside of Breaking the Maiden, where there's been more
Speaker 2: than four competitors in that race, so it hasn't been
Speaker 2: a massive field. Sign as we're going against Erta recently,
Speaker 2: to his credit God journalism the win in that sen
Speaker 2: and need to Derby, but also found a bit of
Speaker 2: trouble throughout the race amongst a much smaller field. Now
Speaker 2: you look at SAT Day, one hundred and fifty thousand
Speaker 2: people are going to be out there on track. It's
Speaker 2: a lot noisier, there's a lot of commotion.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: Suddenly journalism is taken on a field of nineteen going
Speaker 2: a testing distance at a mile and a quarter and
Speaker 2: I just think if journalism goes off here at two
Speaker 2: to one three to one is your post time favorite,
Speaker 2: which I do expect to be the case, and what
Speaker 2: has to go in right. It's not just about the
Speaker 2: best horse on paper. It's all the other factors. It's
Speaker 2: a bit of rating luck that comes into place. I'm
Speaker 2: trying to play against.
Speaker 1: Oh, I don't blame you at all, and I try
Speaker 1: to do it every year. I try to beat the favorite,
Speaker 1: although you know, I'll play in maybe a saver here there,
Speaker 1: and I like journalism most of all. But you're right
Speaker 1: when they come out of that far turn dubs and
Speaker 1: hit that wall of noise, you know there are horses
Speaker 1: that just cower and then some just plow right through it.
Speaker 1: That's the fun part. But really it's that first turn
Speaker 1: where you might not be able to win it, but
Speaker 1: you can lose.
Speaker 2: It right absolutely, And you know the first five seconds
Speaker 2: of the race so crucial. And we talk about the
Speaker 2: big jockeys, and you know that they get the credit
Speaker 2: because they know when the city cup off the pace,
Speaker 2: they know when to hit that go but and they
Speaker 2: know what's underneath them. Now we always see a pretty
Speaker 2: quick tempo in the derby. I think we get that
Speaker 2: again coming into this ship now, we're meant to have
Speaker 2: the two Baffit runners. Rodriguez has been as scratch. So
Speaker 2: with Rodriguez not going, Citizen Ball likely with that inside
Speaker 2: starting spot will go forward. And not to be forgotten about.
Speaker 2: This is a massive redemption spot for Bob Bafford, been
Speaker 2: suspended for three years. The Citizen Ball, the two year
Speaker 2: old champ who was best of my journalism last out.
Speaker 2: Don't knock on its chances. I don't know if we
Speaker 2: were really dialed up for a big one then Bob
Speaker 2: Baffett he wants to make a statement on return. I
Speaker 2: think Citizen Bulls certainly will be that early pace set
Speaker 2: up could be right in the stick of it as
Speaker 2: they turned for home. But as you highlighted, it's you know,
Speaker 2: every horse is going to have to overcome a bit
Speaker 2: of adversity. They're going to have to have that fitness,
Speaker 2: that attrition, and you know, as we see time and
Speaker 2: time again, the good race horses, they've got characters, the
Speaker 2: gun personality, and they're really gonna have to dig in
Speaker 2: and show a little something white. You know, we had
Speaker 2: that fantastic finish last year. It was Mystic Dan. It
Speaker 2: could have gone to Pierraly on it could have gone
Speaker 2: to foreby young that were right there, and I expected
Speaker 2: to be another close one the ship.
Speaker 1: I really like Sierra Leone and I have to admit,
Speaker 1: and I know Kenny McPeak. I like him a lot.
Speaker 1: He's an election and guy h I was so happy
Speaker 1: for him, but I was on Sierra Leone. We're talking
Speaker 1: with Doubbs Anderson FanDuel TV racing analysts and sports betting hosts.
Speaker 1: You mentioned that journalism looks great, uh, and guys like
Speaker 1: you can can watch horses work in the mornings, and
Speaker 1: by the way, aren't the mornings great? I love Derby Day,
Speaker 1: but the mornings are even better, I think. Uh. But
Speaker 1: as any any horse jumped out at you in terms
Speaker 1: of what you've seen taking to the track, because that
Speaker 1: track has has some quirks to it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it really does. And you know, journalism, it's special
Speaker 2: to go off as your favorite on paper looks to
Speaker 2: be the best horse in this field, but there's more
Speaker 2: that goes into it. I think Burnham Square, who starts
Speaker 2: right alongside journalism, has looks fantastic going through the final preparations,
Speaker 2: is trained by Ian Wilkes, my fellow Ossie. I know
Speaker 2: this would be a great spot. And this is a
Speaker 2: runner that you know storms onto the scene winning that
Speaker 2: holy ball and then didn't have it in the Fountain
Speaker 2: of the Youth and you know a lot of pundents
Speaker 2: jump ship, but we finally saw it in the Bluegrass
Speaker 2: figured out and I think if there's been any standout
Speaker 2: for me, Burnham Square this week has looks very impressive
Speaker 2: and you know, certainly not going to lose anything on
Speaker 2: the connection side. Yet you hear from me and Wilson,
Speaker 2: this is a horse that's actually going to appreciate that
Speaker 2: stretch out and distance to a mile and a quarter,
Speaker 2: a distance where you know a volk of the field
Speaker 2: untested at, untried at. So to hear that from the connections,
Speaker 2: Burnham Square twelfth to one on the morning line, I
Speaker 2: think is absolutely going to be there right and the
Speaker 2: fig of it, and you know, for our regular horse players,
Speaker 2: well aware of pace makes the rice. But when we
Speaker 2: do get a lot of early speed signed up, there's
Speaker 2: always that chance that they could potentially take each other
Speaker 2: out of the rice and could open things up for
Speaker 2: that big charge down the lane that we saw from
Speaker 2: a rich strike. Well watch out for Burnham Square who
Speaker 2: can do that and watch out for a couple of
Speaker 2: the outside runners in Sovereignty and Standman. I think they're
Speaker 2: going to be seeing a bit more play on Rice Day.
Speaker 1: More with Doves Anderson and FanDuel TV. When we come
Speaker 1: back on the Big Booing Sider six thirty WLAP Welcome Back.
Speaker 1: We're talking with Doves Anderson fan Duel TV about tomorrow's
Speaker 1: Kentucky Derby. I'm also curious though about lux Or Cafe.
Speaker 1: The American Pharaoh called one of the Japanese horses. It
Speaker 1: just seems like one of these years a horse coming
Speaker 1: through Japan's gonna jump up. And he won two of
Speaker 1: the japan Road to the Kentucky Derby races. Tell me
Speaker 1: about them, the seven horse.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm glad you asked. You know, my top
Speaker 2: selection I've been going on for weeks, maybe months. Luksaw
Speaker 2: Cafe is going to take my dollars.
Speaker 1: Out of it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm that big on Laksaw Cafe. And what has
Speaker 2: to that to me is you highlight the trend the
Speaker 2: Japanese runners. They're trying to take over the big events.
Speaker 2: We've seen it everywhere extent at the Kentucky Derby they
Speaker 2: had two of the top five last year and you
Speaker 2: look at Forever Young now gone to be considerably one
Speaker 2: of the best race sources in the world. So that's
Speaker 2: a strong form one. You've got the pedigree for Laksaw
Speaker 2: Cafe being the son of American Fearer. It's a ten
Speaker 2: year anniversary. Not that we're just going to back off
Speaker 2: a bit of a hunch play, but Laksaw Cafe has
Speaker 2: won four races in a row, has beaten at My Daytona,
Speaker 2: the other Japanese horses Stuns right alongside. It's Joe Marrera,
Speaker 2: the magic Man who's dominated the Southern hemisphere from Hong
Speaker 2: Kong to back in Australia, and he's going to be
Speaker 2: aboard for the ride. And this is a cult that
Speaker 2: if you just go off the litmus test from what
Speaker 2: we have seen how these past races, there's something really
Speaker 2: special here now for Lasaw Cafe has one going left handers,
Speaker 2: there's also one going right handers. So just having that
Speaker 2: versatility and really that's finished. If whattsall Cafe can just
Speaker 2: navigate a middle of the pack run, I think it's
Speaker 2: absolutely live to get a big score here on Saturday.
Speaker 2: So I think Lasaw Cafe could be still sitdn't there
Speaker 2: double digits come kick off, and I think the time
Speaker 2: is now that the Japanese finally have their time out
Speaker 2: at Churchill Downs. I just think it's a polished look
Speaker 2: and race horse. And I don't think we've seen the
Speaker 2: same buzz that we saw from Forever Young this time
Speaker 2: last year. Why, I really couldn't tell you. I guess
Speaker 2: the numbers. You know, it's tough trying to stack up
Speaker 2: these international runners to what we have here in the States.
Speaker 2: But I think Lasaw Cafe is just still sneaking under
Speaker 2: the radar a bit.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad of you say that. And have you
Speaker 1: seen him on the track as you look good?
Speaker 2: He looks fantastic. You know, the pedigrees obviously there to
Speaker 2: build the confirmations there, and you know the Japanese are
Speaker 2: not known for really dialing it up in the days
Speaker 2: or weeks leading into race day. All I wanted to
Speaker 2: see from Laksaw Cafe is that this is a horse
Speaker 2: that's traveled across well, went through quarantine and Chicago, made
Speaker 2: the way down to Churchill dead fit coming in to Saturday,
Speaker 2: and I want to see that we've got that professionalism.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of distractions and for Laksaw Cafe really
Speaker 2: hasn't put a foot wrong. So I've seen nothing but
Speaker 2: green lights. And you know, I'm probably the biggest champion
Speaker 2: for some of these Japanese race horses at my Daytona,
Speaker 2: you know, right next door to lap Stoor Cafe is
Speaker 2: not how the picture either. We highlighted some of the
Speaker 2: other ways that you can play the Kentucky Derby. If
Speaker 2: you're building a trifecta or a super effected teamicket to
Speaker 2: the top four, I think you've got to be looking
Speaker 2: to have at least both of these runners on some
Speaker 2: of those tickets.
Speaker 1: Okay, that sounds good to me. And by the way,
Speaker 1: I remember what was it oh five where the super
Speaker 1: effect it paid almost a million dollars, so it's it's
Speaker 1: worth jumping in there. But that was a horror. That
Speaker 1: was a race where horses got out, got loose on
Speaker 1: the front end you might recall, uh and and burn
Speaker 1: themselves up, and the and the bombers came from way
Speaker 1: out of it. I think we'll have honest pace, like
Speaker 1: you said earlier, I don't know that we'll have suicidal fractions,
Speaker 1: but we may have a cavalry charge once again. Down
Speaker 1: the stretch. Do you see it that way?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I do, And I think, you know, that's the
Speaker 2: excitement of the Kentucky Derby. There's there's twenty horses in
Speaker 2: the starting game. You at least want to have a
Speaker 2: taken in and you know, be standing out of charing
Speaker 2: for your horse as as they might. That that turnaround
Speaker 2: behind Stuck looks than the gulch back in ninety five,
Speaker 2: that that was a massive, massive effort, And you know
Speaker 2: that's what I try and highlight to a lot of
Speaker 2: bet is. You know, we want to identify the best
Speaker 2: race horse in every race and who's ultimately going to win,
Speaker 2: and journalism is the is the top choice, and I
Speaker 2: absolutely agree with why. But they have three year olds.
Speaker 2: You know, for some of these horses, they're just making
Speaker 2: start number four or five into their early careers. So
Speaker 2: we're not so much looking for what we have seen today.
Speaker 2: But for me, I'm trying to bank on that potential
Speaker 2: next step that if we can peek, if we can
Speaker 2: get that best performance and a bit more improvement come
Speaker 2: the Kentucky Derby, watch out, and you know, I guess
Speaker 2: that there's another runner that there will be sitting at
Speaker 2: a big price for Steve Acterson in publisher, who's yet
Speaker 2: to win a race. But if you look at the
Speaker 2: speed figures like we look at player ratings and some
Speaker 2: other sports has improved with each and every start gets
Speaker 2: one of the best jockeys in the world. I rad
Speaker 2: or tease aboard, so watch out. It's been a while
Speaker 2: since we've had a maiden win the Kentucky Derby, but
Speaker 2: a horsepoke published out very similar to a mage and
Speaker 2: you know, I guess mister Dent trending at the right
Speaker 2: time and that's what you want to see.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, one more. You mentioned Sandman earlier. He is
Speaker 1: right now the second betting favorite as we speak. Uh
Speaker 1: and came through Arkansas, which which we've seen Derby winners
Speaker 1: come through Arkansas and Land seems to like the extra furlong.
Speaker 1: What do you what do you know about him?
Speaker 2: Sandman has that closing kick and I think that's going
Speaker 2: to be well suited on Saturday. And then again a
Speaker 2: bit of buzz. I don't know if saman is going
Speaker 2: to hold that value because people think, oh, Metallica, and
Speaker 2: we know that the bands, you know, reached out the connections,
Speaker 2: they sent all the all the team on the backside
Speaker 2: some Metallica shirt. So I think Sandman's probably going to
Speaker 2: get a bit of attention there from the regular players.
Speaker 2: But Arkansas Derby strong form line. You look at who
Speaker 2: uh Samman b publisher came out of that race whole battle,
Speaker 2: who continues to shop and give him massive effort on
Speaker 2: every occasion. So Man's life the only knock. And I
Speaker 2: believe this is right that the seventeen post is yet
Speaker 2: to produce a winner of the Kentucky Derby, the five
Speaker 2: gates unbelievable, seventeen yet to see a winner. So maybe
Speaker 2: this is the year and it's gonna happen eventually, just
Speaker 2: like the Japanese runners. Eventually they have that time.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and look there haven't been as compatibly speaking as
Speaker 1: many horses break from that gate. And you know back
Speaker 1: through the years so uh before and by the way,
Speaker 1: Sam Man's a great so people a lot of people
Speaker 1: are going to vote him, to bet him rather just
Speaker 1: because he's a grey. It's a great, great day the
Speaker 1: entire card. Like you said, do you have any anything
Speaker 1: else earlier on the undercard as we say that that
Speaker 1: jumps out at you, any tips?
Speaker 2: Look, I think in terms of some of the other
Speaker 2: surfers stars. It really isn't going to be short if
Speaker 2: some of the players are looking to get involved. I
Speaker 2: thought Spirit of Saint Louis in the penultimate I guess
Speaker 2: the race Pride of the Derby then race number eleven.
Speaker 2: The Turf Classic certainly looks to be a live one
Speaker 2: in terms of different ways to get involved. There's gonna
Speaker 2: be some great horizontal opportunities. You know, if you pick three,
Speaker 2: pick four, picks five players. I think the three year
Speaker 2: old pick three is going to be a doozy on
Speaker 2: game day, So it's gonna be a great afternoon of sports,
Speaker 2: sports betting. I just I think this one is absolutely
Speaker 2: prime to see a couple of big prices. I'm happy
Speaker 2: to be wrong and put the hand up. If journalism
Speaker 2: gets it done, you know, so be it. I didn't
Speaker 2: have that three to one ticket in the pocket, but
Speaker 2: I just feel like it's going to be a wide
Speaker 2: open afternoon for the one hundred and fifty first running.
Speaker 1: Oh it's always great. Deves Anderson FanDuel TV racing analyst,
Speaker 1: sports betting host, thank you so much. Have a great
Speaker 1: Derby weekend. Maybe we'll cross pass again someday, but I
Speaker 1: do appreciate your time.
Speaker 2: Oh you beer out at the track. If we can
Speaker 2: get one home, it's on a all.
Speaker 1: Right, let's do it. Thanks so much, thanks and I'll
Speaker 1: do it for now. I hope you have a great
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