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00:00it is a grade one so the highest level the highest caliber of racing and the reigning horse of the
00:06year torpedo anna is going to be running in this field and what tends to happen when you have a
00:11really really good horse running in a race that's not like the breeders cup or the kentucky derby
00:16a lot of times they scare other horses off and that's what happens with torpedo anna because
00:21the other fillies and mares i don't think want to face her a bunch of times throughout the year i
00:26think they'll maybe pick their spots and face her once or twice in the biggest races but in this race
00:31overall it just doesn't feel like she has very many legitimate competitors no you don't want to
00:37be happy clapper which was a horse who consistently ran against winks in australia who winks is just
00:45like one of the all-time best horses won like 33 graded stakes races in a row she even won the race
00:52they named after her and happy clapper was always second to winks because it's just going to be
00:56second to wink so i think torpedo anna is one she's so talented this is a race where as a fan
01:01you're just like honored to watch her run and do her thing i am so in love with her i mean she almost
01:09she has lost two races out of her 11 starts and one was to the boys in one of the biggest toughest
01:17greatest stakes races and she lost by a neck it was devastating it was yeah so she's just awesome
01:23and you're right people don't want to lose to her because you're gonna we don't probably have too
01:28much to say about some of the other runners but we can meet them kind of quickly we start things out
01:32with sweet alissa like the problem i had with even like the first two horses in the field they just
01:37seem so overmatched like they've never run anything in the range you you can kind of make a case for a
01:43couple horses in here that have run at least a race is fast enough to kind of compete with torpedo anna
01:49i just don't think sweet alissa or neon beach have those races though i don't i agree there's
01:56something interesting so you hear us say handicapping which is the process of selecting
01:59um doing your research right selecting a horse but it's kind of a weird term where does it come from
02:04well um you know still today but definitely back in the day when horses were really really good they
02:10added weight to them to kind of level the playing field which is giving them a handicap so
02:14that's kind of where that comes from and it does come into play here i don't usually pay a lot of
02:19attention to weight because i feel like on a 1300 pound animal a couple pounds doesn't make that much
02:24of a difference people have different opinions on that but in this race like for example the one gets
02:29a 10 pound weight allowance like yeah compared to torpedo anna so carrying a lot less weight in the
02:34race so perhaps but nah i'm passing on the one and two as well yeah the three free like a girl
02:40she ran second to uh torpedo anna most recently and so she's a horse that you could maybe say
02:46uh you can build a case for the the kind of knock would be torpedo anna when we last saw her her most
02:54recent race it was her first start of the year that probably was the time to try to beat torpedo anna
03:01where she might have been a little rusty she might not have had a fitness level built up i think she's
03:06going to be better as these races move forward that's why i'm a little worried about a horse like free
03:10like a girl i just think the margin might be a little bigger this time yeah look free like a
03:15girl was sold for 5 500 and is now the all-time richest louisiana bread with over two and a half
03:22million dollars i think in earnings or 2.25 million craziness super successful got within four lengths
03:27of torpedo anna in that last start has tactical speed has consistency finished third in this race
03:33last year so lots of upside but i still don't think she'll beat torpedo anna i have her in second though
03:39noble miss i i can't really make a case for at all and she's got a year plus layoff can you say
03:45anything really positive nope yeah where's my ring though the the five this is like a legitimate
03:52uh contender based on her last race like she's run races that are good enough to compete with
03:59torpedo anna i know alexa's got a fan in the background who's uh who's popping in right now to
04:03the uh the broadcast but where's my ring alexa i'm worried because she ran such a big race last time
04:09it's hard to put two really huge races together but she to me just is the main contender i think
04:15if you're trying to beat torpedo anna or if you're looking for kind of a fresh face
04:19yeah i mean that was such a huge improvement like that last race so you're kind of like wow are we
04:25seeing a new horse or wow was that a fluke so i mean there's definitely question marks there she
04:32she can be forwardly placed she can stop the pace um so if if she just like tuned into her inner horse
04:40and now is incredible then yeah she could potentially be a threat torpedo anna's the six
04:45we've been talking about her all throughout the race is what makes her so tough she can show speed
04:50she can come from off the pace she's proven at the distance she's proven at the track as we move to
04:55wild about hillary can you build a case for the horse on the outside at all i mean i think she could be
05:00the main speed threat if she clears easily she could hang around for a piece um but controlling
05:06the pace against this group will be tough
05:07you