00:00It's now time for this week's edition of First Things First, and I throw it out to my good pal,
00:05Michelle Yu.
00:11I'm joined right now by Charlie, who's representing Little Red Feather today, right?
00:15You were so excited. This is Billy Koch's nephew, and are you a big Gold Phoenix fan?
00:21Yeah.
00:21Did you think he was going to win today?
00:23Yes, I knew it from the start.
00:24Even though he's 0 for 5 at the mile and a half, no doubts.
00:27Yeah, I came here from the start. I was not going to leave until he ran.
00:32I love it. And did you complete the Rubik's Cube in less time than it took him to finish this
00:36race?
00:37No, but yes. I did it in less than a minute.
00:41Oh my goodness. That is pretty amazing. How cool is it to have a horse like Gold Phoenix in the
00:46barn?
00:46It's cool because he's just so good, and he always wins.
00:49Yeah, he does. He is a win machine. He's a handicapper. Oh, he is a handicapper too. That's right.
00:55Who's your derby pick for the year already?
00:56The Puma.
00:57The Puma. He's about to run, right? I think we had to work for him on First TV today.
01:01Yeah.
01:01Yeah?
01:02He's going to win.
01:03All right. Well, I appreciate you joining me. I'm going to beg Billy to come over just real quick.
01:06What does Gold Phoenix mean to the Little Red Feather team?
01:08I just, you wish they were all like him. Just game and Walker's probably watching and makes fun of me
01:16because I always get choked up.
01:18But we just had a good day. You know, it's great for the partners to have a horse like this.
01:22And he's like, he's eight and he keeps going. And it's just one of those things that you can't put
01:29a word to it. You know, he just gives it his all every time. That last race was so disappointing
01:33because he was training so well.
01:34And I think, you know, looking back now, maybe it was just the trip that wide, wide, wide all the
01:39way. But, you know, Hector Berrios, just kudos to him. What a great ride.
01:43And obviously with Phil and his team did a great job bringing him back. And we're going to keep going.
01:48Bring Charlie to more races.
01:49Yeah.
01:50We're the first and the last. We call that the Charlie Daily Double.
01:53We got the Charlie bookends right here. Congratulations, Billy, Little Red Feather, Charlie and our good buddy, GFB.
02:04Thanks so much for that, Michelle.
02:06Do want to remind you that racing does continue at Santa Anita this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
02:11Free Fridays, free parking.
02:13It is all free.
02:14If you come and see me, I'll give you a free beer as well.
02:18Another reminder, we do have racing on Thursday, April the 2nd and Thursday, April the 30th.
02:24Put that in your calendar.
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