The Saratoga Minute: John Ortiz Talks Brightwork

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00:00In this week's Saratoga Minute, our Katie Petruniak stopped by Barn 12 in Saratoga to visit with trainer John Ortiz and

00:07his new star, the Adirondack winner, Brightwork.

00:23Just through my binoculars, I just watched her coming towards me and

00:28I was just, I took it all in. You know, everybody's yelling, screaming and jumping around me

00:33and I just waited till she crossed the wire.

00:36Once she crossed the wire, I put my binoculars down and I was just proud. Checked up the bucket list, you know.

00:41No doubt about a performance from Brightwork, who wins it by four widening lengths.

00:47I think it hasn't hit yet. I'm very proud that we got a win here. I feel like I belong.

00:53You know, I just didn't, I'm not a rookie trainer anymore, you know.

00:57I still, you know, we all got, every day we got something to learn on the racetrack.

01:02But I feel like, you know, I know, we know what we're doing. We're here to compete and here we are.

01:07So, she was picked out at the sale by Jared Hughes, which has been doing a fantastic job and is really showing some talent early.

01:14She's showing some, some pretty good mindset and I said, I think she's gonna be ready before we think she will be.

01:22And she did.

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