1/ST Things 1/ST with Frankie Dettori

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00:00In this week's edition of First Things First, I caught up with the ever-smiling Mr. Frankie

00:05Dettori.

00:06Take me through your trip Frankie, it looked like it was pretty easy, were you surprised

00:15to be up there on your own?

00:16Yes, I mean when I looked at the form, there was not particularly a lot of speed, and I

00:22jumped with the intention to go forward, I got a nice easy lead, and when I got him to

00:28the back, I just got him off the rail a little bit, he was playing with his ears, it went

00:31great.

00:32And from the 3.8 I winded up, and I thought well, it's good enough, because I had the

00:38perfect trip, and when I pressed the button, I looked around, I was free in front, and

00:42that was it, all over.

00:43Nobody was coming.

00:44Good, I like it.

00:45I like it.

00:46When are we going skiing?

00:47Well soon, because we had a bit of rain, and hopefully we'll get some more rain next week,

00:53so we're all on.

00:54Alright, let's go.

00:59And yes, we're looking forward to going skiing, but not this Monday like I had planned, because

01:05we do have a four-day racing week coming up on Presidents Day, so we will race from Friday

01:12through Monday.

01:15So just a reminder that we will have special holiday racing on Monday, as far as the stakes

01:19are concerned.

01:21The Grade 3 Palace Verdes is the headline on Saturday, and it will feature last year's

01:25winner in Big City Lights.

01:28Good news for horsemen and horsewomen, as Santa Anita has announced some purse increases,

01:33which is absolutely brilliant to hear.

01:36Between 8 to 11% for overnight purses, and those will start on February the 28th.

01:42Good things happening at Santa Anita.