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00:00I've been working for Steve for 21 years.
00:13I want to try to do my best.
00:15It doesn't matter what kind of horse you put me on.
00:19It can be a really cheap horse, you know, like a 5,000 climber or a stake horse.
00:24The horse that I worked with when I was with Steve was Curlin.
00:27Curlin was a little funny sometimes.
00:30You didn't want to pick a fight with him.
00:32And it's all Curlin in the race of the year for horse of the year.
00:36It's Curlin in an absolutely stylish performance.
00:42Gunrunner, when he first came from the farm or wherever they had him,
00:47I was the first one getting on him.
00:49And it was something exciting.
00:52But Gunrunner's on top of the world.
00:55He wins the Breeders' Cup Classic over Collective.
00:58So I started galloping Cogburn at the fairgrounds
01:02when they first brought him back from Maleo.
01:04And oh my god, he came back so different.
01:07And Steve come to watch him work, and he always
01:10asked me, how does it feel?
01:12Unbelievable.
01:14He's training like a champ.
01:16And they're off in the jiper, presented by Resolute Racing.
01:21He broke good.
01:22Quickly, but so is Cogburn.
01:24And right there, I was watching.
01:27And I'm like, he went to the lead.
01:30He's doing it so easy.
01:32I mean, look at the cross of the reins of Raul Ortiz.
01:36Look how Ortiz is setting on the horse.
01:39I mean, look at him.
01:40Look at the fractions.
01:41And look at him, how easy he's doing.
01:44And right there is when I said, you know what?
01:46He's gone.
01:46Nobody's going to catch him.
01:48This is over.
01:49Arzak is finding his best stride.
01:50Center of the course, mischief magic.
01:52But Cogburn dominates the jiper.
01:56Wins by four and a half.
01:58Cogburn, he's a fun horse to ride.
02:01But he's another horse that you have to get along with him.
02:05So the more you keep your hands down on him and go with him,
02:10he's better.
02:12When you work a horse, it's not about just stepping
02:15into the track and go fast.
02:17I think there's something that you have to use your head.
02:20It's important to have a connection with the horse
02:23because the horse knows if the person is scared.
02:26Show him that you're with him.
02:28Show him that you're going to help him, not hurt him.
02:31And most of the time, they know.
02:34Why?
02:35Because you have the communication with them.
02:37Not the same language, but if you figure it out,
02:41they're animals, but they're smart.
02:46This job is no day's off.
02:48And if you love it, you're going to do it.
02:51I'm not going to say that I don't complain,
02:54but it's hard to catch me in a bad mood.
02:58I want to do this as long as I can.
03:00I just love racing.
03:01I love the horses.
03:03I don't know what to do, nothing else.
03:06This is all I know.
03:08I'm just going to keep doing it.
03:09I don't know how long.
03:11There's no point of retirement.