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00:30I talked earlier about one of our new sponsors, or one of our old sponsors in Pleasant Acres.
00:36I was talking about Chess Chief, and earlier today I managed to hunt down Christine Jones,
00:42who is the stallion director at Pleasant Acres, to find out just who do they have.
00:47So Christine, we're here at OBS. Who have you got? Who have you got standing at Pleasant Acres?
00:53Well, I'm very proud to say that we have 13 stallions in all,
00:57and each of them is very important to us for different reasons, obviously.
01:02But I'd just like to say a couple of things in regard to, well, first of all, let's talk about Magic On Tap.
01:08He has his first foals this year, and they are absolutely terrific.
01:12I couldn't ask for a better crop for his first group of progeny,
01:18so that's helping me in my booking department as well, so that's always a plus.
01:23Then we can move on to our new big guy, Verifying.
01:28The first son of Justify to stand in Florida, the only one of two that are standing in the United States.
01:36So that brings us just a whole other level of where we're trying to go.
01:43And I love Verifying. I watched him run. He's a half to that wonderful, wonderful mare, Midnight Bisou, right?
01:51Yes, that's correct. That's correct.
01:53He's trained by Jeff Bloom, who also is in the partnership of people on this spectacular young stallion.
02:03What can you tell me about Simplification? Is he the hometown hero?
02:07Simplification is definitely our hometown hero.
02:10He is the Florida Horse of the Year, and I'm happy to tell you that the owner of Simplification
02:18is supporting him in every way possible, which certainly helps me a lot.
02:24It's nice to know that they are bringing between 25 and 30 mares to him themselves.
02:30So the outside people will be able to count on a lot of support from them in the ring.
02:37Wishing you the best of luck. It's a fabulous lineup. It really, really is.
02:40So what would you tell people to get them out to Pleasant Acres to come and see your stallions?
02:45Well, I would just say that I invite everyone to come out and visit us,
02:50whether you're going to buy something this year or not.
02:53We count on our breeders. If we do not have our breeders, we don't have anything.
02:58So my thanks to you.
03:00Brilliant. Thanks.
03:02Many thanks to Christine Jones.
03:04And yes, we'll be talking a lot more about all these fantastic stallions standing at Pleasant Acres.