Where did that

fall in line? Oh, wow.

Well, so I'll answer the second one first.

I don't think I'm on any of those guys' scales.

I think much, much less funny.

But yeah, I was fortunate enough when I was a young man to spend some time with W.T. Young.

And he told me some great advice.

So since you're no longer telling jokes for a living case, what do you enjoy the most about what you're doing right now?

and the fact that the horse went into it so inexperienced against horses that were hardened from the triple crown like golden tempo and renegade what did you believe going into the race Well, we thought that he was a serious horse from last

October when he had to scratch in Keeneland.

But you never know until they load the gate.

But that was validated the day after the Belmont when he won at Churchill Downs.

and he was a TDN Rising Star.

And then the way he won the Indiana Derby in his second start, really, and on the numbers, he was right up there at the top of the horses loading the gate on Saturday.

So we were very confident going in, but he was not seasoned.

So that rather I think you're sort of in a roundabout way saying that you wouldn't necessarily run him in the classic this season.

Leading change, the decision going into that day, what was that like?

Well, backing up to October last year, his two-year-old year, he was entered at Keeneland.

And Brad and I were excited about the race.

And he came up three-legged lame the morning of the race.

Wow.

And so we had to scratch him.

He had bone bruising.

so loft and racing came together a couple years ago um it's the organization for the mirror of qatar at what point did they kind of loop you in because you've been around the industry for a long time you know at what point did you get looped in with them how did it come to be where you took on this role with them