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00:00I mean, honestly, what better guest to have on this Friday morning ahead of a major weekend
00:08in the world of sports than Dubs Anderson, a guy that can do everything for FanDuel TV.
00:13He will preview the second leg of the Triple Crown tomorrow at Pimlico.
00:19That's the Preakness Stakes.
00:20And then he will also talk what has been a wild morning ahead of the second round of
00:24the PGA Championship of the second major of this year in golf.
00:29That's the PGA Championship.
00:31Dubsy, our guy, Dubs Anderson, glad to have you here bright and early on a Friday morning
00:36for you out on the West Coast.
00:38It's not even 7 a.m. for you, Dubsy, and so much has already occurred.
00:43Mate, the phone started pinging about three hours ago.
00:46That massive news coming across in the golf world there for Scotty Scheffler.
00:49I don't think we've ever had a morning like this one.
00:52Sort of feels like when the news broke of Tiger Woods back there in 2021 when he had
00:56that car accident.
00:57I mean, Scotty Scheffler, superstar in the sport, and as you highlighted, Ben, we're
01:01also going in to the second jewel of the Triple Crown on the horse racing front.
01:06So a lot of activity early in a Friday, that's for sure.
01:10The 149th running of the Preakness Stakes following the 150th running of the Kentucky
01:18Derby earlier this month.
01:20It is the second leg of the Triple Crown and the winner of the Derby, Mystic Dan, is currently
01:26the betting favorite.
01:27Let's start with who entered Pimlico as the betting favorite, but was scratched earlier
01:32this week on Wednesday, Muth, who was expected to be, Dubsy, that pre-race favorite after
01:39winning the Arkansas Derby.
01:41How does that change your approach to the Preakness?
01:45It changes everything, and this is one of the big storylines coming into this week.
01:49Trainer Bob Baffert, Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who is still suspended from Churchill Downs,
01:54was not allowed to put his horses forward to the Kentucky Derby.
01:57So suddenly we had the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Mystic Dan squaring off against
02:02who's believed to be the best three-year-old in Muth.
02:05Muth was set as the morning line favorite as the one to beat, being a scratch this week.
02:10Muth will not go.
02:11Mystic Dan now takes over favoritism, but Bob Baffert still has a runner here in imagination
02:16in terms of the betting side of things.
02:18It changes it completely because we look at the pace of a race like a game script.
02:23We look at a football game.
02:24The early speed was Muth and was going to be very tough to catch in this spot.
02:29Now what does it mean for Mystic Dan?
02:31Well, the path just opens wide open here.
02:34It has a very good chance of picking up the second jewel towards the Triple Crown.
02:38Set at five to two on the morning line, plus 250.
02:40We've only had 13 Triple Crown winners, the last being Justify in 2018.
02:46So this is one of the biggest achievements in sports, and this race, it sort of gets,
02:50you know, a little disrespected, discounted, but this really is the bridge between winning
02:56the Kentucky Derby and going on to be one of the all-time greats in the sport of horse
03:00racing.
03:01So for Mystic Dan, now has a really good chance of getting it done.
03:05So for some people out there that don't watch a lot of horse racing, we just tune into the
03:09Triple Crown.
03:10We watch the Kentucky Derby.
03:11There's a lot of horses in that race, but now we only see eight horses in the Preakness.
03:15Is this the norm for that?
03:16And what's the reasoning for why we have such a bigger field in the Kentucky Derby?
03:19Yeah, it's really tough, Johnny, because we run it two weeks back, and I guess that's
03:24probably going to be the knock towards Mystic Dan.
03:27So a lot of these horses need a bit more time to recover, and you look at when Mystic Dan
03:31turned it back really quickly early in the career, it was a bit of a bounce, and that's
03:35sort of a common theme amongst the form cycle.
03:38It's a big performance, then a bit of a bounce.
03:40Then it's a big performance.
03:41So for Mystic Dan, at that short price, that could be one of the concerns, turning it around
03:46just two weeks after giving such a massive performance there at the Kentucky Derby.
03:51A smaller field, we're not getting the same prices, the same numbers that we saw going
03:55into the starting gate at Churchill Downs, but certainly looks to be a very competitive
03:59race on paper.
04:01And whenever we get a Kentucky Derby champion turning it back into the Preakness, they always
04:05bet down hard because the public are thinking, well, two weeks ago, this horse was good enough
04:10to win the Derby.
04:11Surely, they're going to be the one to beat in the Preakness, but that would be my hesitation
04:16on the wagering side of things for sure.
04:19Mystic Dan looking to become the 37th winner of the first two legs of a Triple Crown to
04:24try to etch his name into history.
04:28But in this eight-horse field, Dubsy, what is the best bet for the 149th Preakness stakes?
04:35I think it's catching freedom.
04:36Catching freedom comes in for trainer Brad Cox.
04:39We get Flavio Pratt in the irons, was a devastating performance in the Louisiana Derby, ran in
04:44the Kentucky Derby.
04:45Was a very game fourth place finish on that outing and just didn't get the trip.
04:50You know, when you've got 20 horses in a race, you need a bit of luck, a bit of good fortune
04:53on your side.
04:55Didn't get it back there at Churchill.
04:57I think this shapes up to be a very nice placing here for catching freedom.
05:01A superstar.
05:02Looks to be a progressive time.
05:03And again, these are the three-year-olds.
05:05They're only three-year-olds once in the Derby, in the Preakness, in the Belmont.
05:09I'm looking for a bit of a step forward.
05:11I think we could get that with catching freedom.
05:14The early speed of this race will be coming from that Bob Baffert runner in imagination.
05:18I'm looking for a nice closing kick.
05:20I think we get the pace set up here for catching freedom, who should still be sitting at a
05:24bit of a price listed at plus 600, at six to one there on the morning line.
05:28And we'll start from post position three for conditioner Brad Cox.
05:32So if I ask you a quick question here, let's just say Mystic Dan does win this race here
05:37heading into the Belmont.
05:38Would he be considered a favorite for that as well?
05:40And also the prognosis of, do we see a triple crown champion this year?
05:44What's the probabilities?
05:45I think we'd have a really good chance.
05:47And for Mystic Dan, I mean, smaller field now.
05:50You take out one of the classiest looking three-year-olds has been a superstar on that
05:54training track.
05:55Good chance that we will see Muth run in the third triple crown.
05:59So I think things get a lot tougher for Mystic Dan.
06:03I've got question marks.
06:04I think we're a little vulnerable coming into this spot to be the 14th winner of the triple
06:08crown.
06:10So I think that's going to be a very special race horse and not to take anything away from
06:13that performance that we saw underneath the twin spires, but forever young was riding
06:18the mix.
06:19Sierra Leone was bested by a nose catching freedom.
06:22Wasn't too far off.
06:23So it wasn't really that dominate, you know, dominating performance by two, three, four
06:28lengths for me to sit back and say, this is the best three-year-old of the crop.
06:32So in terms of a triple crown question marks, next step starts tomorrow there with the Preakness.
06:38Of course, the closest finish ever in the history of the Kentucky Derby and the race
06:43in the first Saturday of May was the 150th running a nose might be too much.
06:50It might've been a whisker or a little bit of spit that one Mystic Dan the Derby, but
06:55doves we now transition to one of your other areas of expertise.
06:59That is the 2024 PGA championship.
07:02We have video fresh into our newsroom of Scotty Sheffler arriving this morning in that black
07:09Range Rover after being booked, but released on his own recognizance, making his way to
07:15get ready for round number two at the 2024 PGA championship reports from Friday, a golf,
07:22a great coverage site for all things, professional golf reporting that the owner of Valhalla
07:27golf club was the driver who went to jail to get Scotty Sheffler to only add another
07:32wrinkle into this chaotic Friday at Valhalla.
07:36So does he, it's hard to anticipate what Scotty Sheffler is going to be thinking as he gets
07:42ready for play in round number two.
07:45What do you think the atmosphere is like on this Friday at the PGA championship?
07:50I mean, we've never seen anything like this in the world of golf.
07:54There's quite the buzz.
07:55And obviously it's, it's terrible news with that fatal incident, which led to Scotty Sheffler,
08:00I guess, being detained earlier today, but he's going to be in a different kind of headspace.
08:05You know, golf is not everything for Scotty Sheffler.
08:08He's a new father just welcomed in his very first child in the last couple of weeks.
08:12He's a 10 time winner.
08:13He's a two time green jacket holder.
08:16So for Scotty Sheffler, if golf is not the ultimate, I can't imagine he is going to show up there and be
08:22capable of given his best effort.
08:24He is the best golfer in the world right now for under par there.
08:28Yes.
08:28So he was absolutely right there in the mix for him to shoot under par today.
08:33I would be absolutely blown away.
08:35He'll be walking on that fairway between the ropes.
08:38You'd be looking for a distraction, but all he will be able to think about is the family and everything off the golf course.
08:43What comes next?
08:45I mean, I don't know Scotty Sheffler's booking record, but I imagine this is the first time that he's ever had to go through such a thing.
08:52Under these circumstances, the second major championship of the year, it's already tough enough.
08:58This does not help Scotty Sheffler in any way in trying to make a bid towards the PGA Championship.
09:05Sheffler tied for the second best price to win this tournament outright alongside Rory McIlroy, only behind Xander Schauffele.
09:12It's a plus 450 number on Scotty Sheffler.
09:15Dubsy, we appreciate the time as always.
09:17Looking forward to some great coverage this weekend of The Preachers on Satchel TV.
09:21More on the early lineup next.