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00:00We move to Flying Mohawk, Pete.
00:03For a lot of the sports fans watching this show,
00:05you probably know the name Jason Wirth, Major League Baseball All-Star.
00:09He's part of the team that owns Flying Mohawk.
00:11He's gotten into horse racing in the last couple of years,
00:13and he is a huge ambassador for racing.
00:16He absolutely loves how he's had the experience he's had being an owner.
00:21Do you think Flying Mohawk has a shot?
00:23He's probably going to be one of the longer shots in the field.
00:27Well, no, I don't.
00:28I want him to run well.
00:32I love Jason Wirth.
00:33He's great for the game.
00:34I'm glad he's here.
00:35He's taking the shot.
00:36He's got the points.
00:37He deserves to be here, but he's never been on the dirt.
00:40He's not bred for it.
00:42So many things have to go in his favor,
00:45and the other horses just not show up, I think, for him to make an impact.
00:48Alexa, yeah, I kind of agree with Pete.
00:51I'm excited that he's in here.
00:53It's good for racing to have a big name like a Jason Wirth out there
00:57talking positively, sharing his great experiences.
01:00He was part of the team with Dornick last year.
01:02But not only will Flying Mohawk try the dirt for the first time,
01:06this is like the toughest group he's ever faced.
01:08He's kind of a deeper closer, too.
01:10There are just a couple things that I'm concerned about with him.
01:13Yeah, I mean, props to Jason, right?
01:15He's been in the game for a couple of years,
01:18now had two Derby contenders, won the Belmont.
01:20I mean, he's killing it.
01:21But do I think Flying Mohawk is going to fly to the wind this year?
01:24Probably not.
01:26I love Baeza, who's the 21 horse.
01:29We haven't gotten there yet.
01:30So not currently in the race.
01:32Somebody has to scratch out for him to get in.
01:34There's some rumors maybe that that could happen.
01:36But I was looking at Flying Mohawk, and I was like,
01:38how is he in here and Baeza isn't?
01:41So I just think he's a cup below.
01:43But we'll be rooting, of course, because it'd be great for the game.
01:46East Avenue is the number 12.
01:48That's the next one we're going to talk about, Pete.
01:50He was one of the best horses in this group last year.
01:53He was really precocious.
01:54He was fast.
01:55He came out of this group and was one of the horses
01:58who was just ready to win right away.
02:00And then in the Breeders' Cup, he didn't really run a great race.
02:03He had a bad start.
02:05And then in his first start of this year,
02:06he was a little bit disappointing.
02:07But he did bounce back with a good effort
02:10when he was second last time out in the Bluegrass.
02:13And he is one of the faster horses in this field.
02:16I think the draw is pretty good for him
02:18because he's in the middle of the field.
02:19And a lot of the other really fast horses are down to the inside.
02:23I'm just worried that there are a lot of other fast early horses
02:27that are going to make life hard for him.
02:29Yeah, I agree.
02:30Look, he gives me a bit of those Mandaloon vibes
02:33when I'm winning the Kentucky Derby a couple of years ago
02:36after a disqualification.
02:37I think he's undefeated when he's alone on the lead.
02:41Is that going to happen?
02:43Probably not.
02:43But because he's a bit wide, maybe they keep him out there
02:47where he thinks he's out there by himself.
02:49And there's a lot of the speed to the inside.
02:51It's his third race off his big layoff.
02:54If you can make an excuse at the Breeders' Cup,
02:56the race after that, not so good.
02:58But again, wasn't on the lead by himself.
03:02He's got the breeding.
03:03He's got the connections.
03:04Godolphin.
03:05You know, I feel like he's sneaky at a big price.
03:10And he's going to be up close.
03:12He's a horse I would use first or last.
03:14I might take a shot and put him on top only
03:16because what happens if there's a bad break inside?
03:19Next thing you know, he finds himself out there.
03:21You've seen the movie.
03:22That's my only.
03:24Yeah.
03:25If you're not first, you're last there.
03:27Alexa, what do you do with East Avenue?
03:30Yeah, I was not high on East Avenue at all
03:32prior to the post draw.
03:34And I mean, I'm still not super high on him.
03:35But I think the post draw helped him so much.
03:37Because if you look at the time from US pace projector, right?
03:40You see on the screen that that top one is the early pace.
03:43And so you see the 1, 2, 4, 5 all have a lot of early speed.
03:48But realistically, you know, all those horses bunched up,
03:53all getting their way, getting to the lead.
03:56And I mean, that's not necessarily a super realistic start.
03:59So with him drawing to the outside, like you were saying, Gino,
04:02and so much of the other speed drawing to the inside,
04:04I do think it elevates his chances quite a bit to get a trip that he needs.
04:09But that's the key word, right?
04:10Needs.
04:11Because he needs it.
04:12He's got to be on the front.
04:14And I just don't really suspect him to be able to hang around.