WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.319 But nine day, Holy crap, I don't know who the 2 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:03.960 hell we think when we are. 3 00:00:03.839 --> 00:00:06.120 Get off our show, idiots. 4 00:00:06.280 --> 00:00:08.599 The kids are playing to tail off. Your countries are 5 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:09.279 screwing it up. 6 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:12.599 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 7 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:15.720 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 8 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:17.480 Who's the kid here? 9 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:20.280 Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 10 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:21.239 Now? 11 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:29.120 Here's Nick Coffee. 12 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:34.920 I'm gonna ask the question if we're ready or not? 13 00:00:35.560 --> 00:00:37.719 Meaning are we ready to get this thing started? And 14 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:40.359 it really is is pointless to ask the question because 15 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.840 it doesn't matter if you're ready. 16 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.359 I'm ready. My name is Nick Coffee. I hope you 17 00:00:44.399 --> 00:00:47.039 knew that. Austin Montgomery. I know you know him. He's 18 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:50.799 the travel chief. I know he's ready, right, I stay ready. 19 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:51.359 We're ready. 20 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:54.399 So collectively we're all ready. And if you're not ready, 21 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:56.600 you'll be. You'll be up to speed. 22 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:57.000 Here soon. 23 00:00:57.000 --> 00:00:59.359 It's coffee and company, and we are fueled by Thornton's 24 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.439 here on sports to seven ninety on a beautiful, beautiful 25 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:06.040 Tuesday afternoon here in Louisville, Kentucky, beautiful. Right now as 26 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:09.719 we speak, it is three oh one and by you 27 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:11.640 know who knows in the next ten minutes, maybe it's 28 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:14.439 not as beautiful. But when I made my way from 29 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.519 my vehicle here in the garage at for Street Live it, 30 00:01:17.799 --> 00:01:19.400 I mean, it was one of those beautiful days. So 31 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:22.480 hopefully that that continues. And we're gonna take you up 32 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:26.000 until not six o'clock because unless I'm wrong, aren't we 33 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:27.079 out early today for the Bats? 34 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:27.560 Yes? 35 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:29.040 Bats, Gay Spas back. 36 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:30.760 So we'll be we'll be out of here about five 37 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.439 thirty ish today, So two and a half hours. 38 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:36.159 That's a little bit less than what you're. 39 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:38.680 Used to, so let's just all join in and making 40 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.400 sure we make the most of these next two and 41 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.879 a half hours. Derby is over, obviously, and yesterday was 42 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:48.959 a big recap and enjoyed doing that. And uh, you know, 43 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:54.439 Derby is a tricky thing for me, as I've probably 44 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:56.480 discussed more than I really needed to. But you know, 45 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.879 it's such a big deal around here. But obviously it's 46 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.599 just not something that I have as much as much 47 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.359 knowledge and I guess or interest when it comes to 48 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:07.480 horse racing. But the Derby event, everything that comes with it, 49 00:02:07.519 --> 00:02:09.159 that's been a big focus in the last week and 50 00:02:09.199 --> 00:02:11.599 some change and it's been fun, but I want to 51 00:02:11.719 --> 00:02:14.759 shift gears here, or maybe I should more so say 52 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:16.520 turn the page, because there's a lot. 53 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.560 Of other things I want to get into. And we'll 54 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:18.800 do that. 55 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:20.879 We'll have some pubb'll mix it up, and I hope 56 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:22.280 you guys will stick with us. You can take us 57 00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:23.919 with you wherever you go. You can listen live on 58 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:26.919 the Hour radio app. Also listen live at seven ninety 59 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:28.280 Louisville dot com. 60 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:31.400 And I say all that to say, but. 61 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:34.639 You know, this is me letting you know that I 62 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:36.439 don't want you to think that we're going to just 63 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.360 do horse racing stuff the rest of the show after 64 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:41.080 we start with it. But it is worth mentioning that 65 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:42.960 we did get some news. But then I believe the 66 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.560 last hour or so that this year's Kentucky Derby winner 67 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:50.879 sovereignty winner of Derby one point fifty one is going 68 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:57.080 to miss the Preakness Stakes, which obviously eliminates all potential 69 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:02.039 of a triple crown. And I from what I've gathered 70 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:05.360 again and i'm i'm i'm I'm sharing this just based 71 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:08.680 off of literally what I've what I've read from the 72 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:12.400 coverage at NBC, the coverage at by Pat forty at 73 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:16.919 Sports Illustrated and just some This is this is where 74 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:18.800 I am when it comes to just kind of knowing 75 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:21.039 like where to go when it comes to get legitimate 76 00:03:21.960 --> 00:03:24.159 trust information you can trust when it comes to these 77 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:26.080 kind of things. Is that you know, it's just people 78 00:03:26.080 --> 00:03:28.240 who I know that love horse racing. And apparently Bill Mott, 79 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.039 trainer of Sovereignty, is old school to where he will, 80 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:35.800 not to say others don't, but he is believed to 81 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:39.560 be somebody that will not necessarily worry about chasing that 82 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:43.240 triple crown. He'll think about the horse first. And it 83 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:45.639 sounds as if owners do trust Bill Mott to where 84 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:48.319 as much as a triple crown would be you know, 85 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:53.199 would be amazing because those don't happen very often. They're 86 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:57.080 making the decision that they believe is best suited for 87 00:03:58.080 --> 00:03:58.520 the horse. 88 00:03:58.680 --> 00:03:59.240 Sovereignty. 89 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.120 So again, I think it was about about one thirty 90 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:06.039 when the news broke that Sovereignty will be skipping the Preakness, 91 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:08.680 and it was the Pimlico Race course, of course, you 92 00:04:08.719 --> 00:04:12.039 know the Preakness event itself. They released a statement kind 93 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:16.079 of putting it out there and Pat forty and I'm 94 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:17.720 not picking up Pat at all. I just I'm reading 95 00:04:17.720 --> 00:04:20.079 directly from because that's the first place I saw it. 96 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.000 As far as the news being broke, not to say 97 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:24.000 he deserves credit for breaking it. Maybe he just put 98 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:25.399 it out there and I happen to see it at 99 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:29.120 that time. But the last sentence in his post is 100 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:30.560 what I wanted to kind of start with it, because 101 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:34.199 it says horse racing is the king of self inflicted wounds. 102 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:38.759 And I mean, I wouldn't be the one that could 103 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:40.920 tell you if that's fair or foul, but like I 104 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:42.839 kind of get why he's saying it, right because if 105 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:46.600 you are Pimlico and the Preakness, I mean, you already 106 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:51.480 don't get anywhere near the attention and the coverage that 107 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:54.959 the derby gets and that'll never change. But the scenario 108 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:56.759 where you do, I mean, like this is the worst 109 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:59.040 case scenario for them. No, like they'll have I mean 110 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.439 assume they'll still have plenty of people that attend, plenty 111 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:05.720 of people that wager, but like best case scenario for them, 112 00:05:05.959 --> 00:05:07.720 and it's all I mean winsl. I mean, I know 113 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:11.199 this has happened before, and we can look back and see, 114 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.360 you know, just how common it is. But for the 115 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:16.839 Preakness race. To know that the horse who just won 116 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:20.639 the Derby is already out, like that's gotta be a like, 117 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:23.560 I get it like that, that does seem as if 118 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:27.199 it is a self inflicted wound. But again, who's self 119 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:27.839 inflicting it? 120 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:29.600 Right? Like that? 121 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:31.639 That's what interested me today to where I you know, 122 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:34.040 believe it or not. I'm not trolling you, I'm not. 123 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:36.639 This is this is in a bit, it's the truth just 124 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:38.160 kind of here, you know. And again I'm not picking 125 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.480 on Pat forty like you said something crazy, but who 126 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:44.279 inflicted the wound? When you say self inflicted? Is it? 127 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:48.920 Is it Bill Mott and his team? Is it? 128 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:52.120 Is it the fact that these races aren't spread apart, 129 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:57.680 meaning with more time in between. Because again, this is 130 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:00.000 where I'm just being transparent. I'm out there on any 131 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:03.120 telling you guys, I don't have a clue what you know? 132 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:06.519 What is what the consensus opinion is for those that 133 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:10.279 do enjoy horse racing as this, you know, the sport itself, 134 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:12.360 and don't just think about the Derby. They think about, 135 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.519 you know, the other races like the Belmont and the Breakness. 136 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:19.800 But could they make some adjust because this I think 137 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:24.439 could turn into at least maybe a conversation about the 138 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:27.879 ball rolling to adjust the schedule here, because it's been 139 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.519 a long time, right, Like, we went many many, many years, 140 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.839 many decades without having a triple crown winner, and then 141 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:36.399 it happened with American Pharaoh, and then not long after 142 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:39.600 it happened to Justify. But all I it was almost 143 00:06:39.639 --> 00:06:41.600 like it was on a loop when you would hear 144 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:46.040 people discuss a triple crown, the chances of it happening, 145 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:49.439 that kind of stuff. What I feel like I heard, 146 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:52.000 you know, my memory, if you know, my memory is 147 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.600 relatively solid. I feel like what I heard more than 148 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:56.959 anything when it comes to that loop, I reference was, well, 149 00:06:57.000 --> 00:06:59.439 you know, it's just not realistic, it's just not practical. 150 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:03.079 It's this day and age. There's just such little time 151 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:08.480 between races. Therefore it'll never happen again. And when you 152 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:10.839 say self inflicted wound, I wonder if that's more so 153 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:13.920 because they don't realize they could make some slight adjustments 154 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:18.959 that might in fact make, you know, make this a 155 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:22.879 little bit more doable for horses to go from Derby 156 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:27.079 to to Preakness or you know, is it saying that 157 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:29.759 you know the trainers and the owners are at fault 158 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:33.879 for not wanting their horse to run in the second 159 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:35.519 leg of the triple Crown. 160 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:37.240 You know, I think the. 161 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:39.079 Triple Crown again, and this is where I get out 162 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:40.519 there and I'm just you know, I'm not in my 163 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:42.399 comfort zone. So I'm letting you guys know ahead of 164 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:46.279 time a triple crown happening when it did with American 165 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.279 Pharaoh and then and then justify that really did debunk 166 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:51.560 those who said it would never happen again. And it's 167 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:55.240 one thing to get one triple crown winner since I mean, 168 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:57.639 who was the one before that, I mean it wasn't 169 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:58.639 secretaryat was it. 170 00:07:59.160 --> 00:08:02.879 The last triple crown winner before before we had the 171 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:05.959 two before American Pharaoh. Yeah, I mean I could look 172 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:06.279 that up. 173 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.600 I mean yeah, and actually if you could look it up, 174 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:09.839 because I want to know the year when it was, 175 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:12.279 because I think I sometimes exaggerate just how long it 176 00:08:12.519 --> 00:08:13.439 we went without one. 177 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:15.040 But it just seemed to be. 178 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:18.040 And again, I'm talking about folks who are into horse 179 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:21.360 racing like it's what they do, meaning that they their fans, 180 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:24.040 they cover it and they you know, it's it's the 181 00:08:24.279 --> 00:08:27.639 it's their gig. It just became from what I gathered 182 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.560 in their minds something. Well, we need to just stop 183 00:08:29.600 --> 00:08:31.800 talking about because it'll never happen again. Let's just get 184 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:34.480 over it. Let's just realize that that will not be 185 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:37.639 doable again. And then it happened twice, you know, in 186 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:39.440 a in a relatively short amount of time. 187 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:40.559 I got it. 188 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:43.000 Last one before American Pharaoh was do you remember the 189 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:43.519 horse name? 190 00:08:43.600 --> 00:08:44.200 Affirmed? 191 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:47.480 Yes, I don't know why the hell I said, Secretary 192 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:51.440 Seattle Secretary was two before him. Okay, And so there 193 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:52.360 have been one. 194 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:57.679 Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, 195 00:08:57.759 --> 00:08:59.480 only thirteen triple crown winners. 196 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:02.960 I mean it cause and again, when was the first one. 197 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:07.960 That was back in nineteen nineteen where it was Sir Barton? 198 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:12.000 So nineteen nineteen up until a firm? What year was affirm? 199 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:17.679 He was nineteen seventy eight. Yeah, so we're talking about 200 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:19.720 a it happening. 201 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:22.440 I mean, even even as many times as it happened, 202 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.159 like I feel, I think from nineteen nineteen on until 203 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.679 a firm, it's still not something that was happening super frequently. 204 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:30.559 Right, It's pretty rare, pretty hard to do. 205 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.279 Nineteen nineteen, nineteen thirty nineteen thirty five, then two years 206 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:38.399 after that nineteen thirty seven and forty one, forty three, 207 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:42.480 forty six, forty eight. Then that's where we had like 208 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:46.159 almost a twenty year drought, was seventy three, seventy seven, 209 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:48.240 seventy eight with the firm, and then we had that 210 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:51.480 drought again until twenty fifteen. In twenty eighteen. 211 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:54.879 So wow, so gosh, it's crazy. So justify I was 212 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.200 twenty eighteen. Yes, wow, I for some reason thought it 213 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:01.279 was much more recent than that. Believe it's been that long. 214 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:03.679 But again it went from being something we thought we'd 215 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:08.159 never see to happening twice. And you know, here I 216 00:10:08.200 --> 00:10:10.519 am being so hyper focused more so just on the 217 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:15.639 derby and seeing all the attention deservedly. So that was 218 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.879 given yesterday once we got the TV ratings. As far 219 00:10:18.919 --> 00:10:20.279 as the amount of people that viewed, I mean, it 220 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:21.600 was the most watched derby. 221 00:10:21.279 --> 00:10:22.240 In a long long time. 222 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:25.159 It proves that big, big events here in America, when 223 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:29.679 it comes to sports, they still will gravitate to people 224 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:31.240 to where they're going to stop what they're doing. It's 225 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.159 appointment viewing. They're going to make sure they're able to watch. 226 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.840 So then you know, to see that love and then 227 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:41.480 it be ended with a little caveat of well for 228 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:44.360 a sport that's struggling, for a sport that you know 229 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:49.000 is you know is dying, as some say, that's pretty good. 230 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:51.919 So like if you could do things that could prevent 231 00:10:51.960 --> 00:10:56.679 that from happening, like why why not make adjustments? Like 232 00:10:57.159 --> 00:11:00.480 the Derby is going to be fine regardless, right, Like 233 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:03.879 the Derby is in a world of its own when 234 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:05.919 it comes to like ever having to worry, Like they 235 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:10.360 don't have to worry about interest and attendance, right And 236 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:12.519 I don't know enough about the Bellmont or the Preakness 237 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.919 to know sort of where they are, but they're not 238 00:11:14.000 --> 00:11:16.200 Churchill downs in the Derby. So like, if there's things 239 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:19.600 that they could do to extend from the Derby, meaning 240 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:22.320 giving people a more realistic shot at looking at a 241 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:25.519 triple crown winner because you have stretched out these races, 242 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:28.360 like why not do that? So Mike Rodgers is the 243 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:32.360 VP of Form I gather, He's the VP of Pimlico 244 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.399 Race Course, which of course is where the Preakness is. 245 00:11:34.440 --> 00:11:35.240 Here's his quote. 246 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:37.799 We receive a call today from trainer Billmont that sovereignty 247 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:40.200 will not be competing in the Preakness. Bill informed us 248 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:43.159 they would point towards the Belmont Stakes. We extend our 249 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.679 congratulations to the connections of sovereignty and respect their decision. 250 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:50.000 We continue to see the excitement building toward the milestone 251 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:53.120 celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth Preakness Stakes, and 252 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:56.080 we look forward to an incredible weekend of world class 253 00:11:56.200 --> 00:12:00.720 racing and entertainment. So, I mean, there's there's no scenario 254 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:04.240 if you're Billmont or the ownership group that you wouldn't 255 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:06.480 I mean, you're doing this because you care about the horse, 256 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:08.799 right Like, there's no other reason why you would not 257 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:11.120 do it like you would, you know, I don't think 258 00:12:11.120 --> 00:12:13.200 it's a scenario where they felt like they got lucky 259 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.440 in the Derby and don't want to you know, risk 260 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.080 really you know, being I don't think. I mean, again, 261 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:21.600 what do I know? But I just I would highly 262 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.200 be shocked if that has anything to do with it. 263 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:26.759 So the biggest reaction that I've been able to gather 264 00:12:26.799 --> 00:12:28.559 in the last hour and a half since this news 265 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:31.200 broke is that, hey, why don't we why don't we 266 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:34.320 spread these races out a little bit like the Derby 267 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:37.480 should always be the first Saturday in May. To be fair, 268 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.240 if there's one race in the triple Crown that deserves 269 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:41.559 to be able to say we're going to do this 270 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:45.200 however we want. It's the Derby, but the Preakness, why 271 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:48.519 not do it? Why not do it in you know, 272 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:51.080 early June. Maybe you make it the first Saturday in June. 273 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:55.120 Hold the Belmont, you know, make it a fourth of 274 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:58.399 July kind of thing. Whatever weekend happens to, you know, 275 00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:59.879 fall closest to fourth of July. 276 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:00.399 Do it. 277 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.159 Then it gives you more of I think a modern 278 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:08.080 schedule where you know all three you know you can, 279 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.120 you can realistically being you know a little bit better, 280 00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:14.080 better prepared to to be able to run in all three. 281 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:19.000 So anyways, that's the news following two days after Derby. 282 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:20.559 We now know that this year's Derby winner is not 283 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:22.960 going to be participating in the Breaknas. 284 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:25.279 But and again, I mean. 285 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:28.600 I if it's if it's the right reason for the horse, 286 00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:30.240 then you know that's really all that matters. It's the 287 00:13:30.320 --> 00:13:33.120 right reason. But I think the chase of a triple 288 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:36.159 crown really became realistic again because it went so we 289 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:37.200 went so long without one. 290 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:38.240 Then we had too. 291 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:40.919 Well, now we already know there's no there's no shot 292 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:43.200 at one because the guy who you know, the horse 293 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:46.120 that just won Derby is already is already out. So 294 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:47.440 I don't really know, Like this is one of those 295 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.080 things where, yeah, it sucks, because we would all probably 296 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:53.559 like to see at least a chance to see if 297 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:55.759 we could have another triple crown winner. As Austin just mentioned, 298 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:58.679 with those numbers, it's very rare, so you know, to 299 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.120 know already that like it's not happening, it does suck. 300 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.919 But who you mad at the person that wants to 301 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:06.120 keep a horse safe? You know, like I just you know. 302 00:14:07.240 --> 00:14:07.840 It's a bummer. 303 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:11.039 But sometimes when you realize like things just didn't work 304 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:15.360 out the way that you wanted something, you know there's 305 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:18.440 a result you don't like, or a decision that's been 306 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:22.519 made that that maybe impacts you in a negative way, 307 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.440 Like all that sucks, But if you have no route 308 00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:28.200 to really point it back to, like. 309 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:30.919 But like you could eat you could, you know, you 310 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:32.039 could deal with it a little bit better. 311 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:33.799 But I just to see that the news and then 312 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:35.519 it turned to well, hey, horse racing man, they just 313 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:37.960 can't get out of their own way self. Inflicted wounds, 314 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:39.799 like who we mad at here? Like who did something wrong? 315 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:42.639 I mean, if anything, I would assume that if this 316 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:45.840 race was maybe a little bit later than the current 317 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:49.600 date that's scheduled, then maybe that maybe sovereignty would be 318 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:51.960 able to go. And if so, I think you point 319 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:54.480 the finger at the schedule and whoever decided on that 320 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:58.000 probably ain't even around anymore, like horse racing seems to have, 321 00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:00.600 and again i'd say seems to have because I'm letting 322 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:02.879 you know right now, I've stepped out, I've stepped out 323 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:04.759 of said comfort zone, and I'm now sharing thoughts on 324 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:07.360 horse racing, well aware that I'm not as informed as 325 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.759 a lot of you listening, and also horse racing will 326 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:13.720 be found without my thoughts, my suggestions. They understandably so 327 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:16.159 would not have any interest in any kind of suggestions 328 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:20.480 that I would make. But horse racing again seems to 329 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:23.200 have a little bit of like the the golf element 330 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:25.840 to it, to where like it's historic and it's the 331 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:28.559 way we've always done it, so that's just the way 332 00:15:28.600 --> 00:15:32.159 it is. And I get sort of the mindset behind 333 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:35.679 that from the purists. But like this day and age, 334 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:36.960 you got to grow the game. You got to you 335 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:39.120 got to understand that if you want people at a 336 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:41.919 high level to be interested in engaging in your event, 337 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.039 your content, whatever it is you're doing. I meant the 338 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.440 end of the day, horse racing is what entertainment. 339 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.320 It's business. 340 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.559 I mean the people who make a lot of money 341 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.200 and are the ones who own the horses and are 342 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:55.080 trainers that kind of stuff. But like if it's on television, 343 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:56.960 it's because people can watch it and they can wager 344 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.200 on it. 345 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:59.240 Like that's that's that's what it is. It's entertainment. 346 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:01.000 So you got to keep in mind there's a lot 347 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:04.960 more competition in twenty twenty five for people to be entertained, 348 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:08.360 and if a slight adjustment to the schedule would give 349 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:11.679 you a better ability to really make these other you know, 350 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:16.159 really just the second leg, because you know, the the Bellmont, 351 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.679 it just comes down to, like, all right, do they 352 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.559 knock off the first couple of legs and if so, 353 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:25.879 that's the best case scenario obviously for the Belmont, But 354 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:28.159 they can't control that, and you know. 355 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.720 They have to know that going in. 356 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:33.120 But with the Preakness, when horses decide not to go, 357 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:35.080 and it's just because it might be too close and 358 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:36.960 they don't have enough time to rest. That to me 359 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:39.200 seems like an easy fix. And I'm thinking, like, who 360 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:42.799 says no? I mean, especially given this time of year, 361 00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:47.039 Like I could be totally wrong here, And again, disclaimer, 362 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.360 I'm stepping outside of not even a comfort zone, Like 363 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:53.159 I'm just out here rambling about things that, like, you know, 364 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.960 a lot of you are probably thinking, the hell's this 365 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.480 scut talking about? Didn't he know that the Preakness race 366 00:16:57.559 --> 00:17:00.159 is on this, Like I'm assuming NBC has all so 367 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:01.399 the Preakness and the Belmont. 368 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:02.039 Don't know. 369 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:04.000 But if I'm wrong, I'll stand correct. But it only 370 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:07.039 makes sense, right, Yeah, it only makes sense. So I 371 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:10.440 mean again, you're not competing on NBC with a lot 372 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:12.480 of other things to put on television at that time, 373 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:14.559 Like a slight adjustment that could make it a. 374 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:15.759 Little more doable. I think. 375 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:19.240 Put it this way, it can't hurt, right, Like, what 376 00:17:19.400 --> 00:17:23.880 what's what's the downfall? I mean that again, And maybe 377 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:26.359 there is legitimate downfall and a reason why they don't 378 00:17:26.359 --> 00:17:28.319 do it, And I'm just, you know, that ignorant. That's 379 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:32.920 certainly a possibility. But to see the winner on Saturday, 380 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.920 and there'd be so much, you know, energy, and you know, 381 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.240 I think after the Derby it's always the first question 382 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:40.720 that comes to mind for people once they sober up. Hey, 383 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:43.480 you think we could have a triple Crown winner? And 384 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:45.480 a lot of times we don't. More often than not 385 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:48.480 we don't. But this is the moment where you really 386 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:52.240 never know, right, Like you're sitting here thinking this race 387 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:55.599 or this this this horse Sovereignty clearly did enough to 388 00:17:55.759 --> 00:17:58.359 generate enough buzz to be in the conversation as one 389 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:01.599 of the favorites and got it done, got the win, 390 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:07.880 and the lead up to the Preakness about can Sovereignty 391 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:10.839 get the second leg down and get even closer to 392 00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:13.680 you know, the pinnacle of horse racing, the Triple Crown, 393 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:16.079 and it's already eliminated, and I just feel like, you know, 394 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:19.960 it could be avoided if there was a slight change. 395 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:24.079 But again that's just my thoughts on it. I'll step 396 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:28.400 now back into like, you know, my comfort zone because 397 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:30.359 I rarely just get out there and share like, hey, 398 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:32.839 here's what horse racing should do, because again, like they 399 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:35.440 don't need to appeal to me, but if it's such 400 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.759 a oh, they can't get out of their own way 401 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:38.880