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00:00It's officially Derby week, and this morning at Churchill Downs, we caught up with trainers
00:06D. Wayne Lucas, Bill Mott, and Tim Yakteen.
00:09You know, going into the week, I was apprehensive about even putting money on the eligible because
00:16I didn't think it was a big chance.
00:18I'm happy for the owners.
00:20I've been there, it's like my old Kentucky home, watched it all happen and everything,
00:25but they're new people, new clients, are very enthused about everything, and so they're
00:32tickled to death.
00:33I'm happy for them.
00:45Just took Messier out early, he can get a little strong, and he looked really great,
00:48got over the ground very well, so I'm very happy with the way things went this morning.
00:54Totally different individuals, Messier, he's just a little more aggressive in his exercise
00:59in the morning.
01:00Ty was a little more reserved, laid back, and so that's sort of the differences between
01:07the two of them.
01:19She's come into it real well.
01:20I thought she had a very good work when we breezed her, and on the bridle, but was willing
01:28to have a strong gallop out.
01:30I mean, she looked like she was moving very well and full of herself.
01:33She had plenty of energy, and I was certainly happy with her the next morning.
01:38She came back out of it in good shape.
01:41Early on in her career, she was dropping way back, and she was coming from last, so she
01:48was kind of coming from left field, but with racing, she's gained a little experience,
01:54and now she's putting herself up in the race a little more.
02:09I have great respect for the horses that are in the Oaks.
02:12There's three or four or five of them in there that make it the best Oaks in my era.
02:18I've never, in my years here, ever seen a better Oaks.
02:21She's one of them.
02:22I think if you could only go one day, Oaks or Derby, you'd see a better race on the Oaks
02:27than the Derby.