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00:00With just over a week out until Belmont weekend, we stopped by the Brad Cox barn at Churchill
00:07Downs to visit with their three Belmont contenders, as well as Champion Caravelle, who put in
00:12her final work ahead of the grade one jiper.
00:17Angel of Empire, he's obviously third in the Kentucky Derby, he's doing great.
00:21He's going to breech here on Saturday and then chip on Monday.
00:23All of our Belmont horses are going on Monday evening.
00:26He's had two good works since the Kentucky Derby, excited about getting him around a
00:30mile and a half.
00:31I think he has more to show.
00:32I think he's a horse that, you know, we always thought he would get better the more he does
00:36it based off pedigree and his physical.
00:38And he has.
00:39His numbers in his life, his number in the Kentucky Derby went forward.
00:42He's had five weeks to recover from that number.
00:45And you know, from a physical standpoint, he seems to be continuing to develop.
00:50And I love what we've seen from him in his two works.
00:53He's another one that always gallops out well.
00:55Probably the best part of his works is, you know, around the second turn, he just continues
00:59to, you know, want to gallop out up the back sats.
01:01So, you know, excited about, you know, giving him the opportunity going that far.
01:07Hit show, thought ran a really good race in the Kentucky Derby, was fifth.
01:10Got a good trip actually from the one hull, you know, excited about him going a mile and
01:15a half as well.
01:16He's had some success at Aqueduct, you know, Niagara Track.
01:19You know, they seem to be just a little bit deeper and sandier.
01:24So, you know, he was capable of getting through Aqueduct where hopefully he can get through
01:27the Belmont Track.
01:29Manny Franco come back and thought, you know, mentioned the Belmont right away.
01:31So, you know, he could be a horse that could move forward in the Belmont.
01:34So that's exciting.
01:35And then we're going to give Tappett Shusen an opportunity at a mile and a half.
01:40He's by Tappett, which is obviously everyone knows that, you know, those horses do perform
01:43well a mile and a half on the dirt.
01:45He was second, just narrowly defeated in the Bathrow Stakes at Oaklawn.
01:51And, you know, another one that he's a half to Cyberknife.
01:54He seems to be getting better the more he does it.
01:56He's had plenty of time to recover from that.
01:58He took a move forward in that race and in the Bathrow House Stakes and, you know, I
02:04think he obviously has to take another move forward and, you know, I'm hoping that he
02:08will.
02:09Caravelle just breezed here on the dirt, a really good move from her on the dirt.
02:13She's a good workhorse all around.
02:14I had her in 49 flat, good gallop out.
02:16We've obviously turned our attention toward the Jiper.
02:19She'll ship on Monday as well, super happy with her.
02:22She had a big run there at Belmont last year in the Intercontinental, so we're going to
02:25see if we can do it again this year, only against the boys in a grade one.
02:29You know, she's obviously capable of that, having won the Breeders' Cup and, you know,
02:34we think she's really doing well right now.
02:37She physically looks amazing.
02:38She's happy.
02:39Once again, she had a move here on the turf last week.
02:42We opted to breeze on the dirt, just with the scheduling and shipping and everything
02:45and happy with the way she looks and how she's moving.