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00:00In this week's edition of First Things First, I caught up with Richard Mandela and Sub Sanador to talk about all things peppermint.
00:14Oh, he's peppermint trained, eh?
00:17So, big congratulations. Take me through the race and what you were thinking as the race was playing out, because what a terrific ride by Mikey.
00:28Yeah, it really was. The thoughts I had as he went down the backside, he'd never been in tight for us in a tight spot like that.
00:37With a lot of pressure from the outside and kind of surrounded and I didn't know if he'd like it or not, but Mike said it just made him tougher and he tried harder, so we're pretty proud of him.
00:49Age is just a number for Mike. He won two races yesterday and it seems like he's riding in the form of his life.
00:55I find when it gets to a million dollars, he loses ten years and each million goes backwards ten years.
01:03Dick, what's going to be the plan for him going forward? Just take it easy and eat peppermints?
01:09Yeah, that's all. We're just going to live it up for a while, but we'll consider the British Cup classic and I think the stable has serious eyes on the Saudi Cup and Dubai Cup and something like that.
01:29Woffman Racing, great guys, new in the game, putting an awful lot of money. How appreciated are you to have a horse like this for them?
01:36I'm very privileged because I haven't met anybody. They just sent me a gift on my doorstep.
01:43Happy early birthday.
01:45Here he is.
01:47He's beautiful. Thank you, Dick.
01:53Many thanks to Dick Mandela for spending the time with me. And yes, Mike Smith does get younger and younger with the more zeros on the price of the race.
02:02All right. Just a reminder that Santa Anita does continue this Friday and it's a very important Friday as we do have a pick six carryover over $83,000 going into Friday's card.
02:14The pool expected to exceed $500,000. This weekend is Japan Family Fun Day.
02:21Loads of things going on at Santa Anita, including the grade one American Pharaoh.
02:26We'll have the Tokyo City Cup on Sunday, as well as the Zuma Beach for the two-year-olds on the grass and the Surfer Girl for the two-year-old fillies on the grass, all with Breeders' Cup implications.
02:39See you at Santa Anita.