00:00My name's Jamie Linwood. I'm the rider of El Cordova, why he's in America. He's an amazing
00:07horse to ride. Right at the start, I was 16. I was at school and my stepdad, he used to be an
00:16amateur jockey when he was younger. So I've always sort of seen horses on the TV and heard about the
00:21racing school in England. Decided to give that a go. Went there. Being a novice rider, never
00:26in before. Loved it. Loved every minute of it. You've had dogs and cats, but horses are a different
00:32nature, you know. They're amazing creatures and if you get to click with a horse, there's nothing
00:39better. As soon as I started in a job, yeah, I was hooked. I sort of had an opportunity to get a job
00:45at Charlie's. Put my CV in and he was good enough to give me a trial and managed to get the job.
00:50And now I've been with Charlie for two and a half years now. With Charlie's, you know,
00:55there's a lot of amazing horses there. Rebel Romance, I had a sit on him. I deal with a
01:03filly called Cinderella's Dream. I've looked after her since she was a yearling. And then,
01:08yeah, I managed to get this fella. I can't claim I ride him all the time. There's one of the lads
01:13called Roy Carter. Roy's done an amazing job on him. I've just been very fortunate to pick up the
01:17ride now. Since I've come out here and started dealing with him, he's a lovely natured horse and
01:22just to brush and, you know, get out to a pick of grass and to ride. He's just so easy to handle.
01:27Everything you want in a nice horse. As soon as we get him to that parade ring, it's up to the jockeys,
01:32really. So, yeah, it's just as long as they behave and do everything right. He got a little bit warm,
01:37but it was a big occasion. And on the whole, he took to it well. Obviously, during the one gate,
01:43it was a question of getting out and just getting into an easy river from there. I see Nations was going well,
01:49and obviously, we're a team. So, I was happy for Nations pride to take it up. And all of a sudden,
01:54I see my lad get all the splits. And as soon as he lengthened out the straight, I knew he'd find the
01:58line strong. And it was just, if he was going to get there in time. And Flavian Pratt, he gave him
02:03an amazing ride. And yeah, he got there in time.
02:06Rivals decisively. Here's El Cordobas in between horses. And he comes to take the lead. And he will win the
02:13resort's World Casino sword dancer. He's just a lovely animal. He's sweet natured. There's no
02:21malice in him. And he's very easy to handle. It's just my life. You know, I've done it for 20,
02:2820-odd years now. And it's gave me a career. And it's gave me, like I say, to see the world. I've been
02:35Australia. I've been to Hong Kong. I've been all over Europe. I've been everywhere. America now.
02:41And yeah, it's an amazing job. Amazing just to deal with these animals day in, day out. And yeah,
02:46it's an amazing job.
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