00:00Deterministic was there for many years. He's been there for several years and he's been a joy to
00:13train at the age of two, a joy to train at three, and he's been remarkably consistent. So I guess
00:18the one great constant thing I've got going in my life, especially at the moment, is having a
00:22horse like Deterministic. When he first joined us as an assistant to my dad and we both loved
00:28him from the get-go. He was always amazingly consistent and perhaps this year he was able
00:32to improve his form a bit because we've been using more his tactical speed and he's
00:36able to probably look after me. He was Sable's first grade one winner now that we took over
00:40and he's been very, very good to us so I'm very lucky in that sense. He was very impressed
00:45in the Fort Marcy. We used his speed, he was 40 place, I think he broke a track record that
00:48day and then we decided to use the same approach going in the Manhattan Stakes, which for the
00:52ground was a bit soft, which may not have been ideal for him. Never has his class prevailed.
00:56From the four-star Dave, you know, he's not just one-dimensional when he's speed forward,
01:00he's able to rate and he's very, very rateable in the sense that, you know, he waits for the
01:04rider's cues. And the fact that he's that versatile where he can just wait for a rider's
01:08command was quite impressive, I thought. He was able to sit second just half the length
01:12off the leader and just waited for his cue. Not many horses could do that without traveling
01:17strongly or being a bit keen or rank or, you know, running too much freely on the bit. So I was
01:21very impressed by that. And then per usual, athleticism carried us and he showed a great
01:26turn of foot and he just stopped class. The British Cup is what it's all about at the
01:30end of the day. That's the big championship meets and it will be very rewarding and very
01:34fulfilling for many reasons. The source has been great to us because when we needed him
01:38most, he provided a well-needed distraction for both the stable, the family and his win in
01:44the Manhattan and the first day were very much needed. The British Cup is always the end goal and
01:49big, you know, championships that we need to attend. We had many, many painful memories. You know,
01:54when Gio Ponti struck the front and got run down by Zenyatta, I thought he was going to win that day.
01:58That was a very painful memory when he ran second to Zenyatta. And then he did the very next year
02:03where he ran second to Gold de Covas. That was a very painful memory too. I suppose we have to
02:08talk about the stable's highlights, which would be Pizza Bianca from Mr. Flea and Jose Ortiz,
02:12when they made that incredible turn of foot to weave through traffic to get up. That was very impressive.
02:17It's very special. It's very meaningful to the stable and we're very lucky in that sense.
02:22It's something we've done many times, but not with Dad by our side, so it'd be a bit different.
02:26We'll have to make it work.
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