00:00Final 16, Gunrunner reaching...
00:02I remember through my career people saying,
00:05what is the most amazing horse you've ever worked with?
00:08With Gunrunners on top of the world!
00:10This horse, Gunrunner, he's going to be the one I always will say.
00:16He's the tip-top.
00:25Having a horse of that caliber come to Three Chimneys,
00:28he's not a homebred, but he was a home-raised since he was a yearling,
00:35was very special for the Torrealbas and for all the team of Three Chimneys
00:39because the folks that make it happen, that are on the ground,
00:43those are the people that deserve all the credit.
00:46He means so much to the farm,
00:49and the fact that we just have so many homebreds by him,
00:53he's going to leave his stamp on this farm for years to come.
00:58He was a beautiful yearling, you know,
01:00very well-balanced, good size for a candy ride.
01:04You know, you dream, but I think you never expect...
01:07But they're way behind Gunrunner.
01:10Gunrunner, very impressive in the woodward.
01:13He won it by eight lengths over...
01:14Going into the Classic, again, he was probably the horse to beat.
01:19That race was loaded, and, you know, it was his only other time running against Arrogate.
01:24So Arrogate had beaten him their prior meeting.
01:27Most importantly, all the really great horses that he beat
01:31proved that he was a champion's champion.
01:34Gunrunner's on top of the world!
01:36He wins the Freeders' Cup Classic!
01:38He is, let's say, one of the most phenomenal horses I've ever worked with.
01:42And he's Gunrunner through and through.
01:44I'd say that the angriest he is is when we don't turn him out.
01:49He loves being outside.
01:51There is pressure, of course, with running or managing a stallion like this.
01:57But I believe if I think about that too hard, I will get in my head.
02:03And I won't do a good job.
02:05So very much I'm focused on as long as he's thriving, I'm happy.
02:12It's so exciting to see a successful racehorse becoming a successful stallion.
02:18I think he had, what, six millionaires in his first pro?
02:21You get credit you don't deserve by being associated with him.
02:26He puts that champion mentality and physicality into his progeny.
02:32They're just smooth, efficient, moving horses, which I think, you know, historically helps them stay healthy and sound longer.
02:42They're very classy foals.
02:44You know, they definitely have a strong will to them, but they also have a brain.
02:49Always a runner is just as special as it gets, where it's your sire, your mare, your racing her.
02:56It's just everything in-house.
02:59Always a runner is the third generation.
03:01I think that's the great thing because the Torre Alba breeds 25 mares a year to gunrunner because he always
03:12believes in supporting his own.
03:14There's a part of me when I see a gunrunner pass the finish line, I say, well, yeah, of course,
03:21you know, it's gunrunner.
03:23We all have our favorites, but we also have the ones that almost put your name in history, and I
03:29think his will put ours in history.
03:34We'll see you next time.
03:34We'll see you next time.
03:34We'll see you next time.
03:34We'll see you next time.
03:35Bye.
03:36Bye.
03:36Bye.
03:37Amen.
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