00:01Safi Joseph Jr. watched from the backside at Saratoga when White Abario won the 2023 Whitney.
00:07This year, Joseph is hoping that he'll be in the winner's circle after the multiple grade one winner makes his
00:13third start in the Whitney.
00:14Look at White Abario in a red, Ortiz Jr. in a runaway. White Abario wins by almost six lengths.
00:24I remember yesterday watching it like, I mean, you see him win and obviously you're happy for the connections.
00:29Because you know you train the horse, but at the end of the day, this is God's way.
00:33I mean, like, just saying it again, it gives me chills because I said, this is the way, like, we
00:39could choose a path, what way we want to go as far as, this is his way of doing it.
00:44And who would ever envision two years later, you would get the horse back and never envision that he would
00:52go on to do what he did after.
00:54There's no guarantee that you get another White Abario in your whole life.
00:57I mean, I'm 39 as a trainer and there's no guarantee I get a horse as good as him again.
01:01He just got back in the stall from his trainer this morning.
01:03He does a lot of walking before and after.
01:06He's straight to his tub, he's happy.
01:08The goat helps him with the goat watching him right now.
01:10They're pretty good together, basically.
01:12He's always been super on top class and consistent, but the goats actually give him a calmer dominion, save his
01:20energy in the right way.
01:20And Pegasus, like, the preparation we had, we knew it was interrupted preparation from a fitness standpoint.
01:27To see him run that good, that well with that preparation, it was very gratifying because it just shows his
01:33true talent.
01:34And then into Oakland, we had a clean run.
01:36Everything went well.
01:37And even into Stephen Foster.
01:39Stephen Foster, I know he didn't run well that day, but we had no complaints into our preparation.
01:45Hopefully he gets a fast track on Saturday.
01:48If he didn't catch a fast track and it was sloppy, he won't run.
01:51The win at Oakland was huge.
01:52The win at the Pegasus was huge.
01:54Every win is huge and obviously every loss because you're competitive.
01:57There is that disappointment, but it's not a long disappointment.
02:00It's like once the horse comes back safe and sound, you're happy and you're moving forward.
02:05He doesn't have to do anything more in his career.
02:08He's done enough for us.
02:09He's done enough for everybody.
02:11It's more like you want him to show up and run well.
02:13Now, it's for the fans because he's had such a good following.
02:17He goes out there, no one's going to miss him.
02:19Everybody knows where the barrier is.
02:20And super horse, amazing horse, and just privilege.
02:24And I'm blessed to be a part of his journey.
02:26I'm blessed to be a part of his journey.
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