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00:00But when we go through this field and we meet some of the horses,
00:03one of the horses that you actually like a little bit is the nine who we can
00:06start with. And that's Burnham square.
00:08This is a horse who you have had the chance to see run at Gulfstream park.
00:12He actually won the Holy bull.
00:14And then he came back and he won the bluegrass over at Keeneland.
00:17You sort of know what you're going to get from him too, right?
00:19He's a deeper closer. He's going to kind of drop back.
00:21He's going to make that one late run.
00:23Yeah, exactly. I saw him all, all winter at Gulfstream. You know, he,
00:26yeah, he won the Holy bull. He had a little bit of a, you know,
00:30throw a bad race in and the fountain of youth and came back strong in the,
00:33in the bluegrass. He looks like a monster, right? Training at, at,
00:36at Churchill downs and our good friend,
00:39Matt Bernier has been on him since February.
00:42Keep getting the text messages. And I'm like, if I leave him out,
00:45I'll be in big trouble. So I'm going to, I'm going to use him.
00:48I'm a little nervous about the distance.
00:50I'm not sure he's a hundred percent bread like some of these guys,
00:53but I definitely got him in there to hit the board.
00:55Alexa, what are we going to do with Burnham square?
00:57Yeah, I like Burnham square as well. You know,
00:59he beats a Pan street who then came back to win the Florida Derby and would
01:03be a really solid choice in here.
01:05If he didn't suffer an injury and have to scratch out of the race.
01:08So I think that is, is an interesting thing to keep in mind.
01:12Also,
01:12he has Brian Hernandez aboard and he won both the Oaks and the Derby last
01:17year, riding for Kenny McPeak. And he rides for Kenny McPeak.
01:21So the fact that he chose to not ride for Kenny this race and,
01:26and get on Burnham square, I think are all really positive signs.
01:29We just showed you Burnham square winning the bluegrass at Keeneland.
01:33The number 10 Pete is Grande.
01:35Grande is the wood Memorial runner up,
01:37but is another horse that you probably saw run a couple of times at Gulfstream
01:41park.
01:41He won his first two starts before stepping up into a stakes race and he goes
01:45out for top connections.
01:46Another one of your co-stars, right?
01:49Mike Rapoli, who was in a race for the crown owns Grande and Grande goes out
01:54for trainer, Todd Pletcher and John Velasquez.
01:57So we have a trainer who's won the Derby,
01:58a jockey who's won the Derby and an owner who puts a lot of money into the
02:02sport.
02:03Yeah.
02:04I mean,
02:04the idea that Rapoli is under the radar here at this,
02:07this time around is a little crazy,
02:09but finally I think they have a horse rounding into form,
02:12right?
02:12Yeah.
02:13Usually they have a horse at the top and trying to keep his form,
02:16but this one keeps getting better with each race.
02:18You're going to get the price on him.
02:20He had a wide trip as we're seeing right now in the wood.
02:23I could see him stepping forward.
02:25He's bred for the distance.
02:26The price will be right.
02:27Good connections.
02:29You know,
02:29yeah,
02:30I'm using them.
02:31Not maybe he's not in my top,
02:32my top four,
02:33but I'm going to use them underneath and tries and,
02:36and the exotics.
02:37Alexa,
02:38talk to us a little bit about Grande.
02:40Yeah.
02:40I think Grande is a really strong pick in here.
02:42I know Gino,
02:43you like him a lot.
02:44He's I think your top selection,
02:46but he just has a lot of tactical abilities.
02:47He's been part of the early pace.
02:49He's been,
02:49you know,
02:50coming from impact and closing and he's so lightly race.
02:53He's the most lightly race horse in this field.
02:56So there's no reason to believe we've seen a ceiling from him yet.
03:00And I think running style,
03:02the post position draw was really nice in the 10 hole.
03:05And there's just so much upside.
03:07So I do think at a morning line,
03:0920 to one or plus 2000 is this is a definite win contender.
03:12Yeah.
03:13A lot of the things that you both said about Grande is why I like him a
03:16little bit.
03:16He's moving forward.
03:18He had a wide trip last time.
03:19He could sit up a good trip in this race and he's going to be really nice
03:23value.
03:24He could sit up a good trip in this race and he's going to be really nice to see you.
03:30He could sit up a good trip in this race and he's going to be really nice to see you.