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00:00There's going to be somebody going out to the lead.
00:02Rodriguez was one of them we thought that would set the pace.
00:05Some people believe that this is going to be flying.
00:08This could be one of the fastest paces we've seen.
00:11Are you buying that?
00:12Is there a closer here we should be looking at?
00:15Yeah, I think the Derby tends to have a fast pace.
00:18There's just so much at play.
00:21And what's interesting is a ton of the speed drew to the inside.
00:24So all the major speed is on the inside, which is a total bummer for them.
00:29But it does open up the outside of the field.
00:31So I like, too, in here, I do like the favorite journalism.
00:34He has a really good running style for this Derby.
00:36He's clearly the best figures.
00:38He's run faster speed figures than typically win the Kentucky Derby.
00:43He has been running in small fields, though, out in California.
00:47So that's something you could say, well, he's done really well.
00:50But who has he beaten?
00:51He hasn't beaten that many horses in his most recent start.
00:54But it was Rodriguez who now is out.
00:56Baeza, who's now in, and Citizen Bull, who's the other Baffert horse on the inside.
01:01So he's going to be fairly low odds, probably 3 to 1, maybe plus 300.
01:07But a good bet.
01:08And then I also like Sandman, who's the strongest closer in the race.
01:12This horse basically went to his knees in the Southwest at the break.
01:16It was scary.
01:17You're like, oh, my gosh, what's happening?
01:19And then he came back and just overcame so much in that race.
01:23He didn't win.
01:24He got second.
01:24Since then, he won the Arkansas Derby.
01:270 for 3 at Churchill.
01:29But those were early in his career.
01:31I like Sandman.
01:32He'll be a longer price, maybe like 4 or 5 to 1 if you're looking for a big long shot.
01:36The Japanese contingent, Luxor Cafe is the number 7.
01:41Japanese contingent is getting stronger and stronger every single year.
01:45And, you know, they're always a little bit of a wild card because we don't know how they're going to do when they come over here.
01:50But he looks pretty commanding in all of his starts so far.