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And they're off! 138th Kentucky Derby

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    Trainer Paul McGee on what makes a winning horse

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I -- -- the year again time of the Kentucky Derby and again it's all in the right frame of mind in the right mood in the red -- exactly how -- and a climate.

Good morning.

Good morning again guys yes -- 300000.

Plus fans are expected to -- Churchill Downs.

Today tomorrow -- Kentucky oaks and also of course the big dance.

The Kentucky Derby in of course everybody's going to be rest of the guys from millionaire's row all the way to the infield not without any drama and the grand Marshal of the Pegasus pick up parade.

Of girls just wanna have fun -- Cindy Lauper dropping the F bomb creating some of her own drop -- so this happened during a live broadcast left her scrambling as well as.

Derby officials they are now apologizing -- it was an inappropriate thing to be doing.

At a family events and of course there will be a lot more celebrities -- it will be bringing you.

All weekend long but somebody who is rock of free we've got -- at Louisville, Kentucky native.

And also horse trainer good morning CEO -- -- -- -- -- -- this -- FOX & Friends and you run off this is Bob.

And bought the horse won't get -- F -- for me and you won't get -- Bob.

Well we like that -- is actually a pony.

That travels with some of your -- -- trained thirty of them -- in your racing today and T tomorrow.

Right Bob serves -- very important.

He's he's he's got a very important job he keeps the race horses calm during -- post parade and he's a -- form and and get them to relax before they race.

Which is something that's really important for these forces especially those that are high strong.

Voting Meister is his the favorite.

And get a little bit of background on him what's his.

We'll voting -- he didn't -- -- two year old that's the big key about voting -- all of his races are this year is a three year old and no horse has won the Kentucky Derby.

And -- -- in thirty years.

That didn't race as a two year old so voting -- trying -- -- And and the favorite here is actually named after a seven year old kid right right Bob trainer Bob Baffert his son -- voting and I think that horse -- named after.

And what about union -- that's one of the horses that is actually pretty high strong in any different like.

Bob exactly.

The problem union -- head in the in the Florida derby his most recent race.

As he was he was too worked up to -- up prior to the race he was luncheon at the pony a little bit and got a little war -- step prior to the race and he wound up -- beaten favorite.

He was third in the order derby and I think that that figured them that is relatively poor performance.

Was him getting so worked up prior to the race.

And number three and technologists who is undefeated correct Jamal and this is undefeated he's never been beat he's included he's got a couple wins here Churchill Downs as a two year old.

Last year so.

And then he's won twice this year so he's never been -- And I he's he's your third favorite under OK -- -- that we've only got a few seconds left that -- -- -- a little bit more about what goes into training a winning bookmarks.

For the trainers that are it's -- -- get him to relax because in front of all these people.

You want you wanna relax torso relaxed source of the better of course.

Some of these sources are gonna lose their cool -- -- prior to the race and others are going to be relatively calm and that's what you wanna look for is a horse that's relatively calm and he.

Now -- all semites but you have a good day you keep those sources -- -- there can't hit it guys that you.

Can bomb around here.

Up to train and get ready to step and find out which one of us is -- gonna panic at the patent and who will be able to perform --

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