Rising Stars and Seasoned Racers at Pegasus World Cup

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00:00Formidable Man is the two gonna face older horses for the first time

00:03But what he has is a tactical speed advantage on probably a lot of these horses down on the inside

00:08So don't be surprised to see this horse

00:11Outrun his odds or maybe hit the board at a very fair price. We have the number three me Hermano Ramon

00:17He's a grade two winner

00:19And he was second last time out behind

00:21Johannes who was one of the finalists for an Eclipse Award and if he was in this race

00:26He would probably be favored in there

00:28So me Hermano Ramon, I think fits off of that form and he's in really really nice form right now, Alexa

00:35I'll pass it to you for the number four win for the money

00:37Yeah win for the money 12 to 1 morning line odds won the great one would buy mile with a super fast speed figure

00:44Second only to nation's pride in here with that fast figure earn him a spot in the Breeders Cup mile

00:50He got last place. So that distance might have been a touch long for him

00:53But when he shows up, he's definitely a force to be reckoned with

00:57Samantha the number five integration was actually favored in this race last year

01:02But feels like he's been around for longer than he is. I keep looking back

01:06He's only run ten times

01:07But he's been a real mainstay the last couple years in big races and he feels like it's a really good spot for him again

01:14Yeah, it does and I feel like he's maybe slightly a better horse than he was last year coming into this Pegasus

01:20World Cup turf for sure and he's got that confidence coming off of the the the win at the aqueduct meet

01:26Which is a good sign coming into this race and when you get Frankie to Tory in the saddle

01:31You know, you're gonna get a textbook ride

01:33The number six major dude Samantha has like a real good running style and I think that's one of his major advantages, right?

01:39He always can put himself in the race where he's not right on the lead

01:43But he kind of sits in that next tier right behind the leaders and he can get the jump on some of the deeper

01:48Closers, he's just a fun horse to use because of that versatility

01:52Yeah, he is and he is such a dude as well

01:55And I caught up with trainer Todd Fletcher about him and you know

01:58They're happy with the way he's coming into this race

02:00Of course, you have to be coming into a great one event

02:02But those two wins in at least the the great to Fort Lauderdale win last time out

02:08I think they put him on a good confidence boost coming into this race is obviously familiar with the track

02:12He's familiar with the surroundings and that gives you I feel like a little bit of a tactical edge on some of these

02:18Alexa, let's move to you for nation's pride

02:20Yeah

02:21morning line favorite two-to-one odds

02:23For Charles Appleby and William Buick won the Arlington million this summer has the fastest lifetime speed figures of anybody in here

02:30And puts those up pretty consistently

02:32I actually don't think he's a lock in here, but I don't think you can leave him off your tickets

02:36But you do like the horse right next door a little bit at a price. Did you know I was born and raised in st. Louis

02:44Yes, so spirit of st. Louis

02:46Runs right through you the spirit of st. Louis

02:50And a great horse won nine of 13 races got second and three others now

02:55This is absolutely the most difficult ever have tried

02:59Almost all races have been against New York breads

03:01But you know

03:02He was only about a length and a half behind more than more than looks in the grade one turf mile to back who went

03:08on to win

03:09Pretty big races. So I think you have to include this horse at the odds. I mean 20 to 1 morning line

03:16So the number nine Balin the cough

03:18Alexa what I know about him because I'm in Southern, California

03:22I'm watching these races quite often. He hates Santa Anita if you talk to his trainer his owner his connections

03:28He does not like Santa Anita and for a horse who's out here on the west coast

03:32They run at Santa Anita like seven months of the year. So that's not great. But he has nine races at Santa Anita

03:37He's only run second twice in the 13 races. He has everywhere else in North America four wins three seconds

03:45Four thirds and a troubled eighth. So he is just way better outside of Santa Anita. He needs to move, right? I know

03:54Really they should relocate because when he when you see him show up elsewhere

03:58He just is so much more competitive in those spots

04:01Samantha we both like Battle of Normandy as a horse who I think could outrun their odds in here. There's not that much speed

04:08He's really sharp. This feels like a should type horse too. He's such a patient trainer

04:13He really is and how can you leave off a horse that is one for races in a row and even if maybe

04:21The figures seem a little bit slower than some of the others on paper

04:25I just when a horse wins four races in a row and this is a race if you're spreading at least for sure

04:31He's got confidence coming in here. You mentioned about Shug. He points for big days about like this and he's won

04:38But I'm also maybe you guys are the same way if a trainer has one two or three in a race like I

04:44Have to use all of them

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