Mike Francesa's Kentucky Derby Dreams Dashed, But You Have to Get Back on the Horse

The Mike Francesa Podcast

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4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Mike Francesa drops in for a special episode about his Kentucky Derby dreams and his horse, High Oak. After a terrible accident at the Fountain of Youth, what happened to High Oak and his Kentucky Derby prospects?00:00 Intro02:19 Mike was hoping High Oak would compete in the Kentucky Derby04:00 Factors affecting the Kentucky Derby decision05:17 Terrifying Fountain of Youth accident10:00 You need fewer points to qualify for this year's Kentucky Derby12:40 Don't push a horse that's not ready to race14:57 High Oak is back and training well17:69 Racing will break your heart, but...🐎24:00 The Kentucky Derby field is wide open this yearSubscribe to The Mike Francesa Podcast be sure to tap the🔔icon after you click Subscribe so you don't miss a single episode. Follow Mike on Twitter @MikeFrancesa (https://twitter.com/MikeFrancesa)Follow BetRivers Network @BRNPodcasts (https://twitter.com/BRNPodcasts)#KentuckyDerby #MikeFrancesa #HorseRacing

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0:00.0	get a master class in betting from sir nigel seeley i've said before hedging is for gardens me press
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0:14.3	network download the betting weekly podcast on spotify apple or wherever you get your podcast
0:20.6	it's the mike francesa podcast on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:25.8	It's the Mike Francesa podcast on the Bet Rivers Network.
0:31.2	You know, one of the really nice things about the podcast is I can give you more of a story when I have something to tell you rather than just two lines on a Twitter or something like
0:37.0	that or somewhere else where you just make a
0:39.9	notice or something. And as everyone knows, they've followed the saga of my horse that I own
0:47.8	with Leon Slyler, who's from Casamigos Tequila. He runs Casamigos Tequila for George Clooney and Randy Gerber and the boys.
0:55.7	And does a great job doing that. He ran Grey Goose before that, which is where I met him years and years ago.
1:02.4	So we've been friends for like 25 years. And we've been horse partners for a while.
1:06.0	And you couldn't have a better horse partner because he's, you know, he's generous.
1:10.4	He cares about the horse first,
1:11.9	he cares about the game, he cares about his partner. You know, you couldn't have a better
1:17.3	partners. So I've been very, very fortunate in that way. And we're 50-50 partners on most horses,
1:24.3	not Casa Creed because he got him before he was with me, but I have a piece of him.
1:28.7	But on the others that we're 50-50 partners, as we are on High Oak, I mentioned, and it's
1:36.9	been noted through the years that it has always been a goal of mine to have a chance to win the Kentucky Derby, to get a horse
1:47.4	when they're playing my old Kentucky home, have a horse that's in the post parade with a legitimate
1:53.5	chance to win, not just some horse that just got in and is the 20th horse and has no chance,
1:58.4	but a horse that, you know, is one of the four or five favorites.
2:01.6	We had that horse this year in High Oak, we thought. We thought so since we purchased them.
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