00:00I think that we've got to remember people that we really do this job because we love
00:04horses first.
00:05That's why I picked this job, because you deal less with people and more with animals
00:10and the connection that you have with them, it's real, it's there.
00:14And that's what I love about my job.
00:16You've had dogs and cats, but horses are a different nature, you know, they're amazing
00:20creatures and if you get to click with a horse, there's nothing better.
00:26From the beginning I've been loving horses, it's my passion, you know.
00:29I've never done anything else except my horses, come in the mornings and enjoy it.
00:33Like usually I never take a day off because I feel like something's missing through my day.
00:39I obviously love horses, I think I would work with horses no matter what, but it's definitely
00:45this community of people within the thoroughbred industry that makes it extra special for me.
00:59I love adrenaline, so the feeling you get, you know, the power underneath you and stuff.
01:06Just the connection with the horse is like something kind of hard to describe, I guess.
01:11I remember the first time I got up Nevada bitch, coming back to the barn and telling the foreman,
01:15like, I want to keep this one.
01:17He was just such a sweet boy and he's like, he's a huge horse, but he's like such a gentle
01:24giant.
01:25Now as journalists, you don't really feel him when he's touched on the ground.
01:30He's got this big body, you know, and when you work with him, you feel like he's not even
01:36touched on the ground.
01:38She feels pretty.
01:39I've had a good relationship with her.
01:41She can be like a little quirky as well, you know.
01:44She's like an effective communicator, I would say.
01:47She's actually really quiet, she's really sweet, but in her training, like she knows her job
01:51very well.
01:52She, like, she doesn't need your help really, you know, she wants you to just like leave
01:56her right there and she'll do the rest.
01:59Oh, I just remember I just hit it on the first time, Nakatomi, start riding when it's a baby,
02:09and I just remember telling one, oh, this, I like it, really, I like this court because,
02:13you know, that is, I feel it's strong.
02:17I'm so happy, you know, I'm so glad, so, to Nakatomi, to, to win that race and now go
02:24to the Breeders' Cup, be so happy and if Nakatomi brings the victory to the band.
02:30You're proud because that's your babies, you know, that you train all year long for that
02:35because, well, Breeders' Cup, that's, that's the target.
02:38That's our championship and I feel blessed every day when I get to gallop those horses.
02:43I mean, I can't even put into words, it's huge, it's, it's just so exciting.
02:49Our whole team is so excited.
02:52It's everyone's, every trainer, assistant trainer, Barnes' dream to compete for a title
02:57in a Breeders' Cup championship race.
03:00It makes all the hard work, all the early mornings, all the traveling, it makes it all
03:04worth it.
03:05It's my life, you know, I've done it for 20, 20 odd years now.
03:10It's, it's, it's gave me a career and it's gave me, like I say, see the world.
03:15Yeah, it's, it's an amazing job, amazing just to deal with these animals day in, day out and,
03:19yeah, it's, it's, it's an amazing job.
03:22Horses are like your family, you have to know every, every horse got a different attitude.
03:28I had to make them feel that we're not working, we just can have fun.
03:33What I love about what I do is just working with the horses day in and day out, I mean,
03:39they're so special to me.
03:40All of them are different and building those connections with them is just, it's something
03:44special.
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