With Linwood, El Cordobes At The Top of His Game

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In this episode of Breeders' Cup Connections, we checked in with El Cordobes after his win in the 'Win And You're In' Sword Dancer Stakes and met the horseman who helped get El Cordobes to the top of his game in Saratoga. Jamie Linwood shares his background in the sport and talks about the talented gelding who brought him to the United States.

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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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