Newgrange stars in 1/ST Things 1/ST at Santa Anita

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00:00Well, it's time for first things first.

00:02While myself and Randy were having a whale of a time

00:06at the Pegasus, the four-legged namesake

00:09was winning a race at Santa Anita.

00:11Myself and Doodle set out to find out more about Shamu.

00:21Newgrange has plenty left in the tank

00:23and it's back to back in the San Pascual

00:26for Newgrange under Victor Espinosa.

00:29Hi, Shamu.

00:32All right, Phil, Buck's back for Newgrange.

00:34It looks like he's made this year a winning one already.

00:37Yeah, I think he's kind of found his stride and his confidence

00:40and came out of the race in good shape.

00:42Did you ever have any doubt he wouldn't make the lead

00:44and Victor aboard him?

00:46Yeah, I mean, Victor's great about getting early position.

00:48So we all thought it was a good fit.

00:51And when he was where he was at the three-quarter pole,

00:55I was very happy.

00:57And it just unfolded perfectly and had enough in the stretch

01:02to hold off Newgate and get the job done.

01:06Who was the happiest person in your barn, Phil?

01:09Oh, of course, my wife.

01:11She gets on him every day.

01:13She's been his pro, you know, that's been her project.

01:16And she's great with these big horses.

01:18She also gallops pretty much all my steak horses,

01:21Desert, Dawn, and the likes.

01:23And, you know, takes her time, gets along with them,

01:26and gets the job done.

01:28What's one of his quirks?

01:29Like, why is he a project for Sherry?

01:32You know, he's just kind of a horse that early on,

01:37he kind of wanted to do things his way all the time.

01:39And she got him, you know, to do things our way.

01:44And his gallops just kind of, you know, find his,

01:47get into a more comfortable stride early and finish strong.

01:51He kind of wanted to do things the opposite, you know,

01:54when we got him and we've gotten him to relax

01:57and finish better.

01:59What's the plan?

01:59So are we going to Dubai?

02:01I'd say we're definitely leaning towards that way.

02:04You know, we've got plenty of time,

02:06but he'll come out of the race in good shape.

02:08And he's a horse, I don't think a mile and a quarter

02:12would hurt him any.

02:13He's got that big, long stride, nice tactical speed.

02:17Does not need the lead, but you know,

02:20he needs to be forwardly placed.

02:22But all those things are, you know,

02:24good traits to have when you run in big races.

02:27Did you have to buy a mind even before the race,

02:30because you put Victor on,

02:32and Victor in my mind's a good rider,

02:34but he's certainly not hot at the moment.

02:36Yeah, I mean, he's, Victor's good friends with the owners

02:42and has good rapport with them.

02:44I've won graded stakes with Victor in the past.

02:46And, you know, to draw on his experience

02:49in big races like this, you know,

02:51that's what you need.

02:53And, you know, that proved very useful.

02:57Thanks, Phil.

02:58Thanks.

03:03Hello, Shamu.

03:09Great to find out about Shamu there,

03:11and a really, really good to talk to trainer Phil D'Amato.

03:15Well, Santa Anita does continue this weekend.

03:18We'll have a 1230 post time on Friday.

03:21And on Saturday, it's the first racing tour.

03:24The first leg kicks off with races from Goldstein Park.

03:28And of course, Santa Anita will have four stakes here

03:30highlighted by the Bob Lewis,

03:33which we will get to in just a moment, guys.

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