00:00Intricate spirits, he came to us, we followed him all winter long, he was at Kinsman Farm,
00:13and an exciting type, a great hind leg, that's what really stuck out. He always showed a lot
00:19of speed, plenty of toe, and as a result, we thought to try the different surface,
00:24which is the grass, which just turned out to be the winning ingredient. He broke very well,
00:28showed a lot of speed early. Joel was always motionless, the rest of the field were all
00:32being sent hard, and he was able to be forwardly placed, sitting right next to the leader. My
00:36only instruction was, he's got a tremendous amount of speed, just make sure you keep something for
00:40the quarter pole wire, and then when he asked him a bit, he instantly accelerated, and it was impressive.
00:46You don't see that often in cheerleaders to win by open lengths, especially at Saratoga.
00:50Intricate spirit, in complete command, scoring by four lengths.
00:55Hopefully, if all goes well, you have two races between now and the Breeders' Cup.
00:58One would be at Kentucky Downs, he'll be stepping up in Tripp, and the course will be a bit tougher,
01:03and stiffer. Nevertheless, he's a good horse. Complexity is a very good sign, and he's probably,
01:09you know, not typical of most of them, but he's got a great hind leg, like similar to most of them,
01:13and he's actually a turf sprinter at the moment, so we'll see.
01:16Onalaya is just a remarkable-looking horse. Really excellent conformation, a good-sized,
01:26beautiful filly. She came in highly regarded from the Best Clifton Sale in Maryland, and she
01:31really never missed a day. She came in here and trained super right off the bat and was impressive,
01:35and moving through her works nicely, and I was just concerned at the start when she didn't get
01:39away from the gate well, and she fell far back, but she showed her overall immense ability,
01:46and a lot of heart, and a lot of poise for a horse that's never run before to win first amount.
01:50Onalaya salute wins with style.
01:57It reminded me of a female version of Chance McPatrick last year. It really did the same thing,
02:00got tangled up at the start and came running, so I'm going to run the spin away, and you know,
02:05there's some other nice fillies that broke their maidenhead this summer, so it'll be quite an
02:09interesting race, but she's one of the ones, I think. I haven't had many Gervins, only a couple,
02:14but the ones I've had have trained very solid, exclusively on the dirt, the ones I've had.
02:20Very consistent horses, and seem to have a wide range in distances they can run.
02:27So deep learning I actually picked up at the two-year-old training sale, and another really nice
02:32horse was bred and race at Delridge Farm, which I really like. We bought her and brought her into
02:37the stable, and I'll tell you, she trained great right from the start. Identified herself as a turf
02:41horse early on, but in a good way. Good turn of foot. We expected a lot in her debut, and she delivered.
02:47You know, I thought that she showed a lot of patience and a lot of maturity that first start to sit
02:53inside of horses and wait, and wait for the commands of the rider, and then accelerated when asked.
02:59Coming swiftly to inhale the top pair, and what a promising debut for deep learning.
03:07I'll probably wait to run her in the Miss Grillo. I've had a lot of luck in that race as a prep for
03:11the Breeders' Cup, right down in Aqueduct. Just have to go for good weather. Cairo Prince has been good
03:16to us. I had a filly on the dirt named Merle Charlotte that was a grade two winner. Very versatile
03:21stallion. I think a great value sire, as I'd put him. I always, if I like horses at the two-year-old sales
03:27by him or at the yearling sales, I always leave them on.
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