Rodriguez scratched from 2025 Kentucky Derby race
WAVE News -  Louisville, KY
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Let's"}, {'start': '9.760', 'end': '16.320', 'text': 'head out to my co-anchor Brian Schlotsky'}, {'start': '12.080', 'end': '18.240', 'text': 'out at Churchill Downs for Derby today.'}, {'start': '16.320', 'end': '20.400', 'text': 'Yeah, my you can tell the folks out here'}, {'start': '18.240', 'end': '22.560', 'text': 'who are real horse racing fans who have'}, {'start': '20.400', 'end': '24.000', 'text': 'a lot at stake going into Saturday as'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '25.600', 'text': 'well because a lot of people were'}, {'start': '24.000', 'end': '27.680', 'text': 'getting notifications on their phone and'}, {'start': '25.600', 'end': '30.240', 'text': 'you could see him looks of shock as'}, {'start': '27.680', 'end': '33.280', 'text': 'Rodriguez, one of the two Bob Baffford'}, {'start': '30.240', 'end': '37.200', 'text': 'train horses now out of Kentucky Derby'}, {'start': '33.280', 'end': '39.120', 'text': '151. So that leaves Basa coming into the'}, {'start': '37.200', 'end': '41.600', 'text': 'field. Here to talk a little bit more'}, {'start': '39.120', 'end': '43.600', 'text': "about how significant this is. We've got"}, {'start': '41.600', 'end': '44.960', 'text': 'Wave Sports Director Kendrick Haskins'}, {'start': '43.600', 'end': '46.239', 'text': 'joining me here along the first turn.'}, {'start': '44.960', 'end': '48.000', 'text': 'And you and I were chatting in the'}, {'start': '46.239', 'end': '49.680', 'text': "commercial break. It's Bob Baffford's"}, {'start': '48.000', 'end': '51.760', 'text': 'big return to Churchill Downs after a'}, {'start': '49.680', 'end': '53.760', 'text': 'four-year hiatus. Was coming in with two'}, {'start': '51.760', 'end': '56.480', 'text': "horses, now just one. And he's popping"}, {'start': '53.760', 'end': '57.920', 'text': 'out of the one hole. Yeah. Citizen Bull'}, {'start': '56.480', 'end': '59.359', 'text': 'may have been one of the favorites'}, {'start': '57.920', 'end': '61.600', 'text': "coming into this race if he didn't have"}, {'start': '59.359', 'end': '63.440', 'text': "a bad trip in the Sanita Derby. He's"}, {'start': '61.600', 'end': '66.080', 'text': "coming out of the one hole, so you can't"}, {'start': '63.440', 'end': '68.640', 'text': 'like his chances coming into the Derby.'}, {'start': '66.080', 'end': '70.479', 'text': 'And we said Rodriguez who is who was the'}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '73.200', 'text': 'Wood Memorial winner and won his last'}, {'start': '70.479', 'end': '74.799', 'text': 'race has to scratch last literally just'}, {'start': '73.200', 'end': '76.640', 'text': 'found this out maybe about five minutes'}, {'start': '74.799', 'end': '78.960', 'text': 'ago. When I say he won the Wood'}, {'start': '76.640', 'end': '80.799', 'text': "Memorial, Basa gets in. He's got two"}, {'start': '78.960', 'end': '83.119', 'text': "wins in his career and it's going to"}, {'start': '80.799', 'end': '84.880', 'text': 'severely change the pace of this race.'}, {'start': '83.119', 'end': '87.200', 'text': 'So, does this change too some of the'}, {'start': '84.880', 'end': '88.799', 'text': 'odds when we look at bringing Basa in?'}, {'start': '87.200', 'end': '91.280', 'text': 'Where do you see this whole picture'}, {'start': '88.799', 'end': '92.720', 'text': 'moving as we get closer to Saturday? So,'}, {'start': '91.280', 'end': '94.479', 'text': "yeah, it was it's going to change it"}, {'start': '92.720', 'end': '96.079', 'text': 'tremendously. A lot of odds are going to'}, {'start': '94.479', 'end': '97.840', 'text': "fluctuate. It's got to be because the"}, {'start': '96.079', 'end': '99.840', 'text': 'odds are going to fluctuate coming into'}, {'start': '97.840', 'end': '101.600', 'text': 'Saturday anyway, especially with the Bob'}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '103.280', 'text': 'Baffford horses. I expected both of'}, {'start': '101.600', 'end': '105.040', 'text': 'them, even though Citizen Bulls coming'}, {'start': '103.280', 'end': '107.119', 'text': 'from the one hole, I expected him to'}, {'start': '105.040', 'end': '109.360', 'text': "move up in the betting just because it's"}, {'start': '107.119', 'end': '110.960', 'text': 'Bob Baffford. With him being down to one'}, {'start': '109.360', 'end': '112.479', 'text': "one horse in the race, it's going to"}, {'start': '110.960', 'end': '114.479', 'text': 'change everything once the odds come'}, {'start': '112.479', 'end': '116.479', 'text': 'out. You know, you mentioned that uh the'}, {'start': '114.479', 'end': '118.000', 'text': 'owner told you the other day you think'}, {'start': '116.479', 'end': '119.280', 'text': 'that that horse has the speed to get'}, {'start': '118.000', 'end': '120.719', 'text': 'out. If not, going to get sandwiched'}, {'start': '119.280', 'end': '122.240', 'text': 'there along the rail. Yeah, he told us'}, {'start': '120.719', 'end': '124.079', 'text': 'that during the post position draw when'}, {'start': '122.240', 'end': '125.600', 'text': 'we interviewed him on Saturday. He'}, {'start': '124.079', 'end': '128.000', 'text': "thinks he's got the speed and with the"}, {'start': '125.600', 'end': '130.560', 'text': 'new gate with the all 20 horses being in'}, {'start': '128.000', 'end': '132.560', 'text': 'the in the same gate, it does give them'}, {'start': '130.560', 'end': '134.640', 'text': "a little more room. So, it's not as much"}, {'start': '132.560', 'end': '136.480', 'text': 'of a death sentence as it used to be in'}, {'start': '134.640', 'end': '137.840', 'text': 'the past. So, he may be able to get out'}, {'start': '136.480', 'end': '139.440', 'text': "there, but he's going to have to use a"}, {'start': '137.840', 'end': '142.080', 'text': 'lot of energy to get out ahead of the'}, {'start': '139.440', 'end': '143.680', 'text': 'horses to get up on the lead, but he'}, {'start': '142.080', 'end': '146.160', 'text': 'does have it is a shorter route around'}, {'start': '143.680', 'end': '147.760', 'text': 'the around the track. So, it could work'}, {'start': '146.160', 'end': '149.520', 'text': 'out if he can just get out of there and'}, {'start': '147.760', 'end': '150.720', 'text': 'not get squeezed in early. Look, we know'}, {'start': '149.520', 'end': '152.800', 'text': 'these things happen. There are'}, {'start': '150.720', 'end': '155.120', 'text': 'scratches. Rich Strike a couple of years'}, {'start': '152.800', 'end': '156.879', 'text': 'ago was a late ad, ended up winning the'}, {'start': '155.120', 'end': '159.200', 'text': 'Kentucky Derby as one of the biggest'}, {'start': '156.879', 'end': '161.040', 'text': 'long shots in history. So, this is what'}, {'start': '159.200', 'end': '162.879', 'text': 'makes it exciting. But for somebody like'}, {'start': '161.040', 'end': '165.120', 'text': 'Bob Baffford, who there was a lot of'}, {'start': '162.879', 'end': '166.480', 'text': 'excitement about his return, where do'}, {'start': '165.120', 'end': '169.120', 'text': 'you think somebody with as much'}, {'start': '166.480', 'end': '171.440', 'text': "experience as he has, where's he sitting"}, {'start': '169.120', 'end': '173.680', 'text': "mentally right now? I'm sure he's upset,"}, {'start': '171.440', 'end': '176.000', 'text': 'especially for the owners of of the'}, {'start': '173.680', 'end': '177.519', 'text': "horses that he's working with. But Bob"}, {'start': '176.000', 'end': '179.280', 'text': "after, you know, he's he's one of the"}, {'start': '177.519', 'end': '182.159', 'text': "coolest cats here at the track. He's not"}, {'start': '179.280', 'end': '183.519', 'text': "overreacting. I'm sure he's he's Yes,"}, {'start': '182.159', 'end': '185.440', 'text': "he's been there, done that, and I'm sure"}, {'start': '183.519', 'end': '188.239', 'text': "he's going to put a thousand% of his"}, {'start': '185.440', 'end': '190.000', 'text': 'energy into into Citizen Bull, who even'}, {'start': '188.239', 'end': '192.239', 'text': 'though he had a bad trip his last trip'}, {'start': '190.000', 'end': '193.360', 'text': 'out, he was super high on him when we'}, {'start': '192.239', 'end': '195.760', 'text': 'talked to him when he first got here'}, {'start': '193.360', 'end': '199.120', 'text': "last Friday. So, I'm sure he's calm, and"}, {'start': '195.760', 'end': '199.120', 'text': "I'm sure he thinks he can still win this"}]