00:00On this week's edition of First Things First, our own Michelle Yu got to catch up with the connections of
00:05the winner of the Royal Heroin Stakes.
00:13Joined by Tim Cohen of Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners.
00:16What a great victory this was. Take a breath. I mean, I feel like she embodies that name.
00:22She is. I was holding mine down the lane, I can tell you that.
00:26So she's just really improving every month with Mark, and we kind of wanted to wait a little bit, but
00:33he said she's trained so well this run.
00:35She gets back-to-back rated stakes wins there, and this was a big turn back in distance for her.
00:39I mean, I feel like she had residual fitness from long-distance races, but do you think she was going
00:44to be as effective going a mile?
00:45Yeah, I wasn't concerned about a mile at all. Actually, I think she's probably better at a mile than a
00:49mile and a quarter, but right now she's just running so well, we just keep on going.
00:52Well, are you ready to race this one? Do you know what your next plan is going to be with
00:56her, or do you just wait for Mark to get home from Kentucky?
00:58No, we're going to leave Mark there because we win when he's gone.
01:01Sorry, Mark, you've got to bring a string over.
01:03Yeah, yeah, I think the game leaves her next logical spot.
01:06Very exciting. Happy for you and your partners. I heard you screaming all the way from up there. I'm sure
01:10part of that was the 11-20 payoff, right?
01:12Exactly. We'll take that.
01:14Take a breath. It takes the Royal Heroin here. Congratulations.
01:17Thank you, thank you.
01:22Many thanks to Michelle, and just a reminder that even though we're all looking towards the Kentucky Derby, racing does
01:29continue at Santa Anita, and we'll kick off with a special Thursday edition of racing.
01:35Three pick-six carryovers going into Thursday card.
01:38We have the regular pick-six carryover of over 44,000.
01:42That starts in race number four.
01:43We have a sunset six carryover along with a coast-to-coast carryover of $68,000, so you can play
01:51all those on Thursday at the Great Race Plays.
01:54Do want a reminder that we will have a late post on Friday, 3.15 p.m. Pacific time, 6
02:01.15 p.m. Eastern time for Friday's card at Santa Anita, and then on Saturday we'll have 11 races on
02:09Saturday, and then more races on Sunday.
02:11So a special four-day weekend of racing at the Great Race Place.
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