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00:00The Breeders' Cup firmly on the horizon.
00:07I thought I should catch up with General Manager Nate Newby right here at Santa Anita to find
00:12out what's going on.
00:14Nate, how are you doing?
00:17Doing well.
00:18I'm looking forward to Friday, an opening day.
00:21You know, autumn meat is always fun, especially on a Breeders' Cup year because, you know,
00:25six weeks we start off with the first two weekends just packed with steaks and then
00:30right into Breeders' Cup pretty quickly, so it'll be a fun meet.
00:32We won't be bored, that's for sure.
00:35It looks like things are shaping up for Breeders' Cup already because I can see you've got half
00:39the grandstand out there on the apron already.
00:41Yeah, a lot of the temporary build is done.
00:44We try and do as much as we can in the summer and the off-season.
00:47We've got a few more things to do, but we'll be ready to go.
00:50What new wages can we expect?
00:51Is there a new one that's an old one coming back?
00:54One of my faves?
00:55Yeah, I'm a big fan of it, too.
00:57The traditional Pick 6 is coming back with a $1 minimum, so it's a little bit different,
01:01but it kind of finds that happy medium, I think, for the larger bankroll players and
01:06the poor players.
01:07Play it for a buck, it's a little bit cheaper, but I still think we'll get some carryovers
01:10and the traditional format's definitely popular, so we're excited about that.
01:15And then we've got another new bet, the All-Turf Pick 3, focused on the turf racing out here
01:19in California.
01:20We have the best year-round turf racing in the country at Santa Anita, so we're going
01:24to highlight that and do a $3 Pick 3 on the last three turf races every day.
01:30What else can we expect from Santa Anita other than great weather and great racing?
01:34Well, we've been working on the facility all summer, so it looks fantastic.
01:38We're ready to show it off to the world.
01:40If you're in the paddock starting opening weekend, we've got two new, brand-new video
01:45screens in the paddock, the big boards.
01:46So those have been replaced, they look great, and we're excited, plus some other amenities
01:50around the track.
01:52We've got an 88-year-old building, so we had to put some work into it this summer and have
01:58it ready to show off to the world in November.
02:00Thanks so much, Nate, we're looking forward to it.
02:02Thank you, Zoe.