THE FOUR BIG SHOTS WITH AN EIGHTH OF A MILE MORE TO DECIDE IT. THE PUMA HAS THE LEAD RUNNING AT HIM FROM THE OUTSIDE. IS COMMANDMENT IN BETWEEN HORSES. CHIEF WALLABY A THRILLING FINISH TO THE FLORIDA DERBY. HERE COMES COMMANDMENT. THE PUMA TRIES TO TURN HIM BACK. IT’S A WIN. PHOTO. COMMANDMENT WAS CERTAINLY IN COMMAND AS HE CAPTURED THE FLORIDA DERBY, HIS FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN HEADING INTO THE RUN FOR THE ROSES. WATCHING THAT LIVE, I THOUGHT THE PUMA WON. WATCHING IT AGAIN, I THOUGHT THE PUMA WON JUST DID NOT WIN. JUST ONE HEAD AT THE WIRE. IT WAS COMMANDMENT WHO WON. THE PUMA, THOUGH, WILL NOT WIN THE KENTUCKY DERBY LATER TODAY AS WELL. SCRATCH FROM THE RACE WITH A SWOLLEN PASS. TURN LEFT FRONT AND A SKIN INFECTION. THAT’S THE OFFICIAL REPORT FROM THE DAILY. LIKE THAT, HEARTS ARE BREAKING NEWS FROM THIS MORNING, BUT HOWEVER, WITH THAT SCRATCH, AS WE BRING ON JODY DEMLING, WHO HAS BEEN WITH US FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AS OUR OUR INSIDER ON THE BACKSIDE FOR WLKY AND WLKY.COM. JODY, INTERESTING NEWS. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, WELL, THERE’S A SCRATCH. WE’LL GET CORONA DE ORO INTO THE FIELD. THAT’S THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT ALSO ELIGIBLE NOT ELIGIBLE TO DRAW INTO THE FIELD SINCE THE SCRATCH HAPPENED AFTER 9 A.M. ON FRIDAY. I WOULD SAY IF IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED A DAY AGO, YES, CORONA D’ORO WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE RACE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO GET CONFUSED THAT BECAUSE YOU SEE THE 24, BUT NO, THEY WILL ACTUALLY RUN WITH JUST 19 HORSES TODAY IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY AFTER THE PUMA SCRATCH. AND, YOU KNOW, THE SWOLLEN, THE SWOLLEN PASTURE AND THE SKIN INFECTION TOGETHER COMBINED, I THINK IT JUST WAS TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO, TO WANT TO RISK IT AND PUT THE HORSE IN THE RACE. JODY, HOW MUCH PRESSURE IS THERE ON YOU TO HANDICAP THESE RACES? IT LOOK LIKE YOU’RE THE GUY THAT KNOWS THE PRESSURE IS TO BEAT KENT. I MEAN. THAT’S THAT’S THE MOST YOU HAVE IN THE OTHERS. I WAS I DID I DID A GREAT JOB IN THE OAKS. IF YOU IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT MY PICKS, YOU PROBABLY WON. I DIDN’T PICK THE WINNER. BUT I HAD THAT THE WINNER SECOND. SO IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS GOOD. THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE THOUGH. BUT TODAY, TODAY IT’S GOING TO COME DOWN TO VICKIE. IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE. WHO WINS THE RACE, CHIEF WALLABY OR EMERGING MARKET? BECAUSE I HAVE EMERGING MARKET AND HE HAS CHIEF WALLABY, ALTHOUGH I HAVE CHIEF WALLABY. SECOND, I THINK THERE’S A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT THE HORSE. I KIND OF THINK OF THIS AS THE SAME AS THE OAKS YESTERDAY. I THINK THERE ARE SOME THERE ARE ABOUT 5 OR 6 REALLY GOOD HORSES, AND THEY COULD ALL BE RIGHT THERE AT THE END. I MEAN, I THINK THERE THAT’S THAT’S A GOOD ONE. AND I DO THINK THE PUMA WAS ONE OF MINE. I HAD THE PUMA IN THE MIX AS FAR AS ONE OF THOSE HORSES. I MEAN YOU SAW ALL THREE OF THOSE HORSES THERE AT THE WIRE ON THE FLORIDA DERBY. I THOUGHT ALL THREE OF THOSE HORSES. THAT WAS THE BEST RACE. I HAD HIM IN THE RIGHT. I HAD HIM IN THE MIX FOR THE FOR THIS. AND IT’S GOING TO CHANGE THINGS A LITTLE BIT, I THINK, BECAUSE IT’S JUST ONE LESS HORSE THAT’S OUT THERE FOR THOSE HORSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CLOSING TO TRY TO GET BY. SO YOU LIKE CHIEF WALLABY, THE BLACK AND WHITE SILKS? I DO, I THINK JUST PUTTING THE BLINKERS ON. CHIEF WALLABY I THINK MAKES UP. LOOK HE LOST. HE LOST BY A HEAD AND HE LOST BY A LENGTH IN THE LAST TWO RACES. I THINK YOU PUT THOSE BLINKERS ON AND HE LOOKS GREAT. HE’S TRAINED GREAT. AND I GET I GET SOME SOVEREIGNTY VIBES YOU KNOW FROM FROM LAST YEAR. IT TOOK HIM THAT LONG TO REMIND US THAT HE PICKED SOVEREIGNTY LAST YEAR. I’M SURPRISED. I’M SHOCKED IT TOOK YOU THAT LONG TO SOVEREIGNTY. LAST YEAR I HAD JOURNALISM WHO ACTUALLY FINISHED SECOND. I WILL NEVER BE OVERLY. GIVING A LONG SHOT. YOU KNOW, I THINK I THINK GREAT WHITE IS A HORSE THAT I KEEP LOOKING AT AND GOING, OKAY, I DON’T KNOW THAT HE CAN WIN THE RACE. IT’S HIS SIZE. HE’S HUGE. I DON’T KNOW THAT HE CAN WIN THE RACE, BUT HE’S GOING TO WIN THE BATTLES. RIGHT. AND IF THERE’S ANY, IT’S GOING TO BE PHYSICAL. THEY’RE GOING TO BE JOSTLING AROUND AND THIS HORSE IS BIG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND ALL THAT. AND I THINK HE’S GOING TO STAY THE DISTANCE. SO I THINK IN THE END, YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE BETTING TRIFECTA OR SUPERFECTA OR THE HIGH THE SUPER HIGH FIVE TODAY, I THINK YOU HAVE TO PUT GREAT WHITE IN THERE JUST BECAUSE HE’S GOING TO BE A LONG SHOT AND HE’S GOING TO BE COMING AND HE’S GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE AT THE END. ALL RIGHT, JOE, OUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT IT, WE SAY IT’S ACTUALLY MORE THAN TWO WEEKS WE’VE BEEN GOING ON ON THE BACKSIDE. IT STARTS, YOU KNOW. YEAH, YEAH. IT IT’S YEAH, IT’S A FEW WEEKS AGO, A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS. YEAH. WE STARTED GOING BACK. YOU START MINING IT FOR ALL THE STORIES. WHAT’S WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE STORY THAT YOU CAME UP WITH ON THE BACKSIDE? I MEAN, I THINK MARK ALBERT, I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY QUESTION ABOUT IT. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN NATIONALLY IT GETS MORE ATTENTION, WHICH I THINK IT COULD IF HE OBVIOUSLY IF HE WINS OR EVEN IF HE RUNS ON THE BOARD, IT’S JUST IT IT TUGS AT YOUR HEART. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, I MEAN, HE WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY WALKING TO THE TRACK WITH HIS WIFE AND NOW SHE’S NOT THERE WITH HIM AND HE’S GOT THE BIGGEST DAY OF HIS LIFE HERE. IT’S THAT’S IT’S A TOUGH STORY, BUT IT’S A GOOD ONE. REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT IS THE TRAINER OF TRAINER OF SO HAPPY. AND WE HADN’T MENTIONED THAT HE’S KIND OF A GRUFF GUY WHEN YOU MEET HIM. AND THAT’S THAT’S WHY I NAMED THE HORSE SO HAPPY, LIKE KIND OF A MOCKING HIM. WELL, THE OWNERS, LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE, THEY’RE SO EXCITED. THEY’RE VERY EXCITED. AND AGAIN, THIS HORSE HAS TAKEN AND I THINK THE MONEY WILL CONTINUE TO COME IN ON. SO HAPPY BECAUSE OF THE NAME AND THE STORY. I MEAN, THIS HORSE COULD GO OFF AS THE SECOND OR THIRD CHOICE. I THINK WE’RE NOT HEAR MUCH ABOUT BOB BAFFERT HORSE THIS MORNING. BUT YEAH, YOU KNOW WE WE REALLY HAVEN’T A WHOLE LOT ABOUT BAFFERT. I THINK HAS 12 HORSES IN TODAY ON THE CARD. HE’S GOING TO BE A BUSY PERSON IN TWO IN THE DERBY. POTENT. I THOUGHT EXPLORER IN THE IN THE OAKS YESTERDAY RAN A BIG RACE FOR BOB BAFFERT. AND I ACTUALLY TAKE POTENT AND MOVE HIM UP A LITTLE BIT. HE WAS NOT IN MY TOP 7 OR 8. I THINK NOW I PUT HIM IN MY TOP 7 OR 8. AFTER WHAT I SAW FROM HER. AND HE’S KIND OF TRAINED JUST LIKE HER. AND LOOK, HE’S HE’S GOING TO BE OUT THERE EARLY. I DON’T THINK HE’S GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THE RACE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WITH BOB BAFFERT. I ALWAYS GO BACK TO AUTHENTIC. AUTHENTIC FINISHED SECOND IN THE SANTA ANITA DERBY. I’M LIKE, OH, HE CAN’T GET THE DISTANCE HE’S DONE. AND WHAT DID HE DO? HE ENDED UP WITH A GARLAND OF ROSES. YES HE DID. ROBUSTA IS ONE OF THE HORSE ALSO. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE THING ABOUT ROBUSTA IS I REALLY PROBABLY THE LONGEST SHOT IN THE FIELD. IF IF YOU’RE IF YOU ASK ME LIKE WHICH HORSE SHOULD BE THE LONGEST ODDS IS ROBUSTA AND DOUG O’NEILL HAS TRAINED THIS HORSE TO FOR THESE THE TRIPLE CROWN. BUT HE FINISHED SIXTH AND SEVENTH IN TWO OF HIS RACES THIS YEAR. HE’S ONLY RACED THREE TIMES. HE’S FINISHED SIXTH AND SEVENTH IN TWO OF THEM. AND HONESTLY, UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, NOBODY REALLY KNEW THEY WERE EVEN POINTING FOR THE DERBY. IT WAS THE PREAKNESS AND BELMONT. THEY THOUGHT, I JUST THINK THIS HORSE IS REALLY ASKING, REALLY ASKING THIS HORSE TO DO A LOT TO STEP UP INTO THIS COMPETITION. YOU MIGHT WANT TO BET ON THAT HORSE TO BE IN FRONT AFTER A QUARTER MILE. IF YOU CAN MAKE THAT BET. YEAH