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00:00We say this is the big one. I mean, there's $7 million on the line for this race, so this
00:08is the big one indeed. And City of Troy is the Morning Line favorite at 5-2 odds. He's
00:13only ever lost one race. He's coming here for Aiden O'Brien, coming off of three Group
00:18One wins in Europe. He's an extremely tactical horse. If you read through his comment lines,
00:23you'll see how he's steady, he's been in difficult positions, and he just responds comfortably
00:27every time. So he's no joke. He's definitely the one to beat, in my opinion, in here. Number
00:32four, Mick Stowe, 30-1 Morning Line odds. This horse, I don't think, really fits. He's
00:382-14 in his life. He did win the Grade One Pacific Classic last out, but that, I don't
00:43think, is going to be comparable to today's level of competition. It really was. So he's
00:49a California-based runner who I don't think is going to be able to hang with the best
00:53in the world. But number five is Senor Buscador, also a long shot at 30-1 odds. Almost a $13
01:00million winner so far who won the Saudi Cup in February. However, he's had three races
01:05since then and has had a little bit of deteriorating form each time. So I am not sure I'm ready
01:12to put my faith in him today. He travels about as much as Berto does, though. Senor Buscador.
01:17Derma Sotogake and Ushba Tesoro, the next two, Roberto, these are really talented horses
01:23and they're kind of coming in in different ways. Derma Sotogake was the classic runner-up
01:27last year, but Ushba Tesoro this year is in a little bit better form. Yeah, definitely.
01:32When you see Derma Sotogake, you say that he finished second behind Wyatt Barrio, but
01:38maybe he's not the same horse that he was last year. Regarding number seven, Ushba Tesoro,
01:45he finished second, remember, in the two richest races on dirt in the world. Saudi
01:49Cup, Dubai World Cup. I will say he's one of the Japan, Japanese horses that holds for
01:56this weekend. And also, he looked great in the mornings. And the question is, will him
02:04and Sierra Leone get the pace that they need? But if he gets it, talking about Ushba Tesoro,
02:12he could become the richest horse in the earning. He's kind of flying under the radar.
02:18He has produced $60 million, over $60 million. Because he was the buzz horse last year coming
02:23into the Breeders' Cup. He was only seven to two in that race and he kind of got a little
02:28bit lost in the race. I think he just got outrun. I love that he's already got that
02:32race under him now and now he's a little more acclimated to the U.S. style and to the North
02:36American style. Regarding number eight, Piran is, I'm not sure either, but she's having
02:41a fantastic year. But this is a whole different group. This is a group of horses. Now Fearness,
02:49number nine, is a whole different game. He's looking great. And one thing about Fearness
02:55is Bletcher loves him to run when he's rested, when he's well rested. He's kind of a small
03:01horse compared with the rest of the other horses here. So that time between the Travers
03:08and now he put some weight, which is looking good. It's Johnny Velasquez. I think it's
03:14a great post position for him. And now that he learned how to run, you know, like kind
03:20of following the pace instead of him being the pace. And he proved a lot of people wrong
03:26this year in that he proved he can put two wins together and run two big races back-to-back.
03:30He proved he can get a mile and a quarter, the distance of the classic. Those are questions
03:33we didn't have. We had to ask about him.
03:36We did an interview. I did an interview with Johnny Velasquez in Kentucky Downs. And Johnny
03:40Stolls, that's what Johnny Stolls, they say, I was telling everybody he doesn't need to
03:47run in the lead. He can follow the lead. He can sit and wait and then pass it. Well, the
03:52last two races, I think he proved that.
03:55We talked about Piranese. We talked about Fearness. It'd be so cool to see like Fearness
03:59forever young, City of Troy. If they all showed up with their best efforts, I don't
04:04know who would be the best, like who has the highest ceiling of them, who's going to take
04:07to the track or get the right trip. But all of them with their A game would be just really
04:12tough to beat in here.