00:00In this week's edition of First Things First, not myself, but Santanita's own Michelle Yu caught up with the kind
00:06of small connections of the winner of the Buena Vista in Thought Process.
00:17Just got joined by Billy Koch right now, founder and managing partner of Little Red Feather Racing, but also with
00:22Ben and John.
00:23They were going to be deputies, so I'm going to talk to them first.
00:25Go ahead.
00:26How exciting was this win for you guys?
00:28Really excited.
00:29Wait, are you twins?
00:31Yeah, yeah.
00:31You are?
00:32Yeah.
00:32Oh my gosh, you guys even have the twin thing going on.
00:35Where'd you get your cool sunnies?
00:36I just found the shop over there.
00:38Just right here.
00:40Also, last time you guys were here for this filly, she won the Surfer Girl, and you got to ride
00:45the surfboard.
00:45What did they let you do today?
00:47Did you get to hold the trophy?
00:48Yeah.
00:48Yeah, we got to hold the trophy.
00:50Are you going to take it home?
00:51Yeah, we're going to take it home.
00:53Look, take this too.
00:54Here, take it and run.
00:55We're going to send this to Brett.
00:56We'll send that later.
00:57All right.
00:58Congratulations, you guys.
00:59I'm going to talk to Billie now, and you guys are amazing.
01:02Yeah.
01:02Head up to the champagne room.
01:03It's right behind there.
01:04Get yourselves an ice cold soda.
01:06Billie, you and I, very good friends.
01:09I asked you a couple weeks ago, I need the horse that's going to win a graded stake right off
01:14her little red feather for my fantasy horse racing stable.
01:16And you said thought process without even thinking.
01:18You said she's going to have a big year.
01:20I mean, were you ever right?
01:23It's nice to be right every once in a while.
01:24We were on a one for 29 streak right there.
01:27So getting a victory is really special, especially for our partners, all the little red feather partners and Madiket and
01:33Brett Jones and Airdrie.
01:35I know those guys are watching right now.
01:37So I know everybody's excited to the way she came back.
01:40Billie, you and Collected.
01:42I mean, that is a partnership that is going to go down in history.
01:44I don't know.
01:45Well, he's out here in California now, so it pays to own a cow bread.
01:48Go see Collected.
01:49I'm not even getting paid for that.
01:51You've gotten paid plenty.
01:52You know, great job by Phil D'Amato and his team.
01:55They're so good at what they do.
01:57And this Philly coming off that, you know, six-month layoff and being able to run against what I thought
02:01was a really good field today.
02:03I'm just very impressed.
02:04I'm really happy.
02:05You know, here is a mile, but she's gone further before.
02:07Do you have your summer plans mapped out for her already?
02:10You know what?
02:11We'll discuss it with Saul and Brett and Phil and the team.
02:15But ultimately, I mean, our goal has always been the game lead, which is here at home.
02:19So hopefully we can get there.
02:20All right.
02:21Congratulations.
02:21That was a huge win today for Thought Process.
02:23Thank you very much.
02:28Good to hear from Ben, John, and Billy Koch about Thought Process and where she is going to be going.
02:34But I just want to remind you where you could be going next weekend.
02:39Friday, Saturday, Sunday, racing at Santa Anita.
02:42Friday kicks off with a nine race card.
02:44We do have a pick six carryover of over $45,000.
02:48Pool expected to be about $400,000 after all is said and done.
02:53On Saturday, we'll have Super Saturday at Santa Anita.
02:57The first racing tour does continue.
03:00Multiple graded stakes.
03:01We've got the big cap.
03:02We've got the Kilro Mile.
03:03The San Felipe is three-year-olds take center stage along with the grade one behold the mile.
03:09Lots to talk about at Santa Anita this coming weekend.
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