Burnham Square and Grande Stand Out in Kentucky Derby Preview

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00:00But when we go through this field and we meet some of the horses,

00:03one of the horses that you actually like a little bit is the nine who we can

00:06start with. And that's Burnham square.

00:08This is a horse who you have had the chance to see run at Gulfstream park.

00:12He actually won the Holy bull.

00:14And then he came back and he won the bluegrass over at Keeneland.

00:17You sort of know what you're going to get from him too, right?

00:19He's a deeper closer. He's going to kind of drop back.

00:21He's going to make that one late run.

00:23Yeah, exactly. I saw him all, all winter at Gulfstream. You know, he,

00:26yeah, he won the Holy bull. He had a little bit of a, you know,

00:30throw a bad race in and the fountain of youth and came back strong in the,

00:33in the bluegrass. He looks like a monster, right? Training at, at,

00:36at Churchill downs and our good friend,

00:39Matt Bernier has been on him since February.

00:42Keep getting the text messages. And I'm like, if I leave him out,

00:45I'll be in big trouble. So I'm going to, I'm going to use him.

00:48I'm a little nervous about the distance.

00:50I'm not sure he's a hundred percent bread like some of these guys,

00:53but I definitely got him in there to hit the board.

00:55Alexa, what are we going to do with Burnham square?

00:57Yeah, I like Burnham square as well. You know,

00:59he beats a Pan street who then came back to win the Florida Derby and would

01:03be a really solid choice in here.

01:05If he didn't suffer an injury and have to scratch out of the race.

01:08So I think that is, is an interesting thing to keep in mind.

01:12Also,

01:12he has Brian Hernandez aboard and he won both the Oaks and the Derby last

01:17year, riding for Kenny McPeak. And he rides for Kenny McPeak.

01:21So the fact that he chose to not ride for Kenny this race and,

01:26and get on Burnham square, I think are all really positive signs.

01:29We just showed you Burnham square winning the bluegrass at Keeneland.

01:33The number 10 Pete is Grande.

01:35Grande is the wood Memorial runner up,

01:37but is another horse that you probably saw run a couple of times at Gulfstream

01:41park.

01:41He won his first two starts before stepping up into a stakes race and he goes

01:45out for top connections.

01:46Another one of your co-stars, right?

01:49Mike Rapoli, who was in a race for the crown owns Grande and Grande goes out

01:54for trainer, Todd Pletcher and John Velasquez.

01:57So we have a trainer who's won the Derby,

01:58a jockey who's won the Derby and an owner who puts a lot of money into the

02:02sport.

02:03Yeah.

02:04I mean,

02:04the idea that Rapoli is under the radar here at this,

02:07this time around is a little crazy,

02:09but finally I think they have a horse rounding into form,

02:12right?

02:12Yeah.

02:13Usually they have a horse at the top and trying to keep his form,

02:16but this one keeps getting better with each race.

02:18You're going to get the price on him.

02:20He had a wide trip as we're seeing right now in the wood.

02:23I could see him stepping forward.

02:25He's bred for the distance.

02:26The price will be right.

02:27Good connections.

02:29You know,

02:29yeah,

02:30I'm using them.

02:31Not maybe he's not in my top,

02:32my top four,

02:33but I'm going to use them underneath and tries and,

02:36and the exotics.

02:37Alexa,

02:38talk to us a little bit about Grande.

02:40Yeah.

02:40I think Grande is a really strong pick in here.

02:42I know Gino,

02:43you like him a lot.

02:44He's I think your top selection,

02:46but he just has a lot of tactical abilities.

02:47He's been part of the early pace.

02:49He's been,

02:49you know,

02:50coming from impact and closing and he's so lightly race.

02:53He's the most lightly race horse in this field.

02:56So there's no reason to believe we've seen a ceiling from him yet.

03:00And I think running style,

03:02the post position draw was really nice in the 10 hole.

03:05And there's just so much upside.

03:07So I do think at a morning line,

03:0920 to one or plus 2000 is this is a definite win contender.

03:12Yeah.

03:13A lot of the things that you both said about Grande is why I like him a

03:16little bit.

03:16He's moving forward.

03:18He had a wide trip last time.

03:19He could sit up a good trip in this race and he's going to be really nice

03:23value.

03:24He could sit up a good trip in this race and he's going to be really nice to see you.

03:30He could sit up a good trip in this race and he's going to be really nice to see you.

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