00:00On this week's edition of First Things First, our own Jessica Pfeiffer caught up with trainer Phil D'Amato, who
00:06offered a one-two punch in the honeymoon stakes.
00:14Well, my daughter Gracie gets her first interview here. We're covering her face, but happy connections with Daria in the
00:20grade three honeymoon.
00:21Billy, just talk about her trip. It was a very close call for both of your horses here.
00:26You know, credit Phil and his team. It was Phil's fault that we ran her back too quickly last time.
00:33He'll take full blame for that, and he had her ready to fire today, and the Inbox ran a huge
00:37race as well, and Kintrig set the pace, and she really tried hard.
00:41So, you know, it's just great to be here, and it's great to be with Gracie.
00:45Well, Grandpa, we've got to call you Grandpa now, trainer Phil D'Amato. Just talk about her trip, as well
00:50as your other entrants in the race.
00:52To be honest with you, I was looking at an Inbox the whole time. I didn't even see where Daria
00:56came from, but I just heard the call late, and then next thing you know, it was a photo finish.
01:01So, very exciting. Proud of both those fillies. They've come a long way. Both broke their maidens here, have developed,
01:08and one's a stake winner, and the other one's a stake place.
01:12So, onwards and upwards, and Del Mar, here we come.
01:15Gary, just talk about how fun it is to win with all these people, all your owners, and how important
01:19they are to you.
01:19With three horses, so many partners showed up to you. Here's Kevin Bogart, one of our great partners.
01:24Such a super guy, and to win a race like this for Kevin and all the partners, it really is
01:30incredible.
01:31Kevin, I think we need to add a new name onto your shirt, right?
01:33That's right, yeah, or two maybe even. How about that, yeah.
01:37Well, congratulations to you guys. Honeymoon Stakes goes to Daria with a close call on the wire.
01:47Many thanks to Jess, and of course, her baby Gracie, who was front and center stage there in stepfather and
01:54grandfather Phil D'Amato's arms.
01:57All right, let's get back to Santa Anita. We do have a special bonus day of racing on Thursday.
02:01Stakes action to boot with the Affirm Stakes taking center stage on Thursday.
02:06We'll run Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the final day of the summer Hollywood Park meeting.
02:12We'll be on Sunday, and we'll finish it out strong with the San Juan Capistrano Stakes.
02:17We'll be on Sunday, and we'll be on Saturday, Sunday, and Sunday.
02:18You
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