00:03Tom came to me probably in January you know you know thinking about the whole
00:08transition of him retiring and me taking over and absolutely jumped on it you know
00:12right away. It's been a quick five months but and certainly learned a lot but
00:18we've had some success and hopefully keep it going. First week on the job we
00:22had two in at Oaklawn on Thursday and then we had two in at Keeneland on
00:26Friday and so drove to Oaklawn saddled the two didn't have any luck I think we ran
00:31third and then came back to Keeneland. We ran a horse Oscar's Hope in the
00:35Lafayette Stakes and he ran a huge race ran second just got beat in the nose. At the
00:40time you're kind of thinking man it's tough to win a race but you just keep
00:43kind of showing up and you know keep keep working hard and keep doing the
00:46things that you've been doing and eventually it turns in your favor.
00:50Arthur Jr. Hot Property third here's Arthur Jr. a final try Arthur Jr. gets up a half length.
00:56Saratoga it's always a tough meet you know you got to come up here ready to
01:00work and you know ready to run against the best. So Midnight's still two-year-old
01:05curling colt that Tom picked out for double down racing and Alex and Elza
01:08Mitchum ran third first time out of Churchill going five-eighths of a mile
01:11and we knew you know of course down the line that he's gonna want to go further
01:14than five-eighths but when we ran him up here of course we didn't get to go as
01:18far as we wanted just five and a half furlongs but that extra sixteenth of a mile
01:21really helped him and you know he came out of the race well we're pointing him to the hopeful.
01:26Stress Relief of course a homebred not this time filly that Dr. Joel Politi owns
01:30and to run the way she did first time out was very impressive and on the same
01:34sort of deal here in the Adirondack I think in the back of your mind you
01:40always think about man you kind of see other people winning stakes man I want
01:44to be there and it just it makes you work harder you know I never envisioned
01:48that whatever we are four or five months into this that you know I'd win a great
01:51mistake. Stress Relief takes off in a scintillating performance stress relief
01:59wins the Adirondack. I watched Sabrina she grabbed me right away went to her first
02:04and you know I was lucky that my parents came down my mom and dad and my two
02:07brothers were there so I shared that with them had some friends here too and you
02:12know of course Tom and Colleen over there you know be able to share it with all the
02:15people that have helped you along the way it's you know it's an unbelievable feeling.
02:19For me I want my stable to be known for you know a well-run well-organized stable
02:24that puts the horses first at all times. Of course you want to be a stable that you
02:29know certainly wins a lot but at the same time you're not going to win unless
02:32you're doing the right things and you're putting in the work. Tom always taught me
02:35when I was working for him you know get into the mind of your athletes and I
02:39think for me you know I feel like I'm able to do that because I played college
02:43basketball for five years and you certainly kind of understand that grind that
02:46goes into it. It's been a whirlwind of a six years you know from from hot walking
02:52to grooming to form an assistant now I didn't know what to expect you know to
02:56be honest with you I had no idea so this was a new world for me you know just
03:01trying to take it on as best you can and you try to treat people with respect and
03:06try to treat people you know graciously all the people that have helped me along
03:09the way I I mean I wouldn't be wouldn't be here without them and I was very grateful for it.
