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Alright, little special edition for everybody. Cash the ticket. Yes, while school is out for summer and Jim and I are not doing the full episodes and the full schedule, I told you, I was going to get in here, try to lay down some derby stuff, some triple crown stuff. You guys have said you want it, but one thing if you're getting this, make sure your notifications are still on.

Kenny Sirpuxilot 5 and 0 in the playoffs. He will continue to release the hockey episodes. Evan has done an incredible job with golf Sirpuxilot as we affectionately call him. Evan will continue the golf and we'll keep it rolling and there's nothing that nothing stops me from getting in here and just dropping it up. So when I feel like it. So I'm going to do that and we'll make sure we give you some appetizers in the off season as we prepare for week one of August and I'm going to do that.

And a full season to roll out and look, I mean, I'm not huge on, you know, digging into the granular stuff, but one note in just helping you guys understand, I mean, you guys have been incredible, but I mean, this is a pod that in year one that basically started in the last two or three days of August.

And as we closed out March madness, it's a podcast that did almost three million downloads.

That's pretty awesome and it's not the end for us. It's not where I expect it will stop. No, I mean, I think we will continue to grow it. And I think it's a podcast that eventually, you know, you're doubling and tripling and quadrupling that it takes time podcasts anyone who succeeded at pods will tell you it takes time.

I don't need to give you the names. They don't happen overnight.

So look, we're going to keep rolling year two. We got a lot of great stuff planned. We're going to do the studio renovation. We're going to get this thing going.

But you guys crushed it. So keep your notifications, subscribe and keep the reviews coming in. So what I was going to do today, a little bit outside of telling you that Kenny's crushing it.

I wanted to do a little bit of a derby look ahead. So we're going to do this couple ways.

I will do a derby megapod, the week of the race. I'll give you a full breakdown, talk about all 20 horses.

And it'll be the actual bets. What I wanted to do today was lay the groundwork, meaning I want to do a little bit about understanding the Kentucky Derby.

I want to do a little bit about going to the Kentucky Derby. I know a lot of you guys enjoyed the travel guides to places like Gulfstream, Keenland, Saratoga.

Then I'll talk about cap in the Derby. And then we can have a debate about whether the favorite who towers over the field forte horse. We talked about for the fountain youth in Florida Derby, whether he has a fatal flaw and we'll get to that. So let's party.

I think the first thing I wanted to do was this. Look, I understand for many of you, you're going to hear Kentucky Derby horse racing go, that's bullshit. That's not my thing.

I would re-explore that if I were you. I've been lucky enough to go to four of them. I am due to get back. I haven't gone since the year. I want to make sure I'm right about this.

I believe the last one I was at was American Pharaoh. It is more than just an event. I would compare it to college football. When you go to one of the cathedrals of college football, you know, you go to an Ohio state of Michigan and Notre Dame and LSU, whatever it may be for you, it's like that. NFL fans, I would compare it to going to a place like Lambo or going to a Super Bowl.

It's a pilgrimage. For some of you, and I know it's an older generation that does it. It's a lot like Major League Baseball. You go see a game at Riggly, a game at Fenway, maybe you do a summer, you know, two or three stop ballpark tour. I know people do that. You have to view it that it's a pilgrimage that it's something you're doing because it's bigger than the actual event.

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