 Welcome folks to 2018 NCHA Lucas Oil Superstakes. Joining me now is the winner of the open classic. Gali, congratulations to you both. Thank you. How did it feel? There was a little bit of suspense there at the end it felt like. Yeah that cow was challenging me pretty tough there at the end so there was a lot of adrenaline and just trying not to get in the way and let the boys play. Okay now you won the same event back to back champion of the classic five and six year old. What does it mean to you tonight? Well it's just been a fun process with you know Alvin and Bacon buying a horse and being able to ride this horse and I mean it's just it's special anytime you're on any horse of that caliber and you're forced down towards the end to kind of cut some of the cows that are not knowing if they're going to run you over or if they're going to be good cows and that horse I mean he made those cows good cows they weren't the best cows and they were challenged pretty hard the first cow was a great cow but then after that there was there was a lot of challenge. The crowd was behind you though? Well the crowd was excited for you know the horse and Alvin and Bacon and it's just anytime you put a good put a good run it excites everyone. Now Stevie is the charity champion you've had the horse for how long five or six months? No I just you know I think we got the horse here about a month ago right before the all buckle and so we're yeah. So you haven't had a whole lot of time how have you managed to prepare this event? He's just a good horse and you just try to show him the best you can and fortunately we've had some good luck. Okay how has the horse developed do you think in the time since it's won the faturity? I think everyone's felt that the horse has always been special as any faturity champion is and so I think he's just always been a good horse. Okay what were you thinking of those moments when there was no score and you're wondering if you've won this event and you had a 226 to beat? Yeah I didn't have much to wonder I mean you know we've all competed enough in here and it felt pretty phenomenal and the horse is a phenomenal horse and so I knew it was going to be a big score I just didn't know what. Okay so what was your strategy because there was no semi-final just the two go rounds how did that affect your strategy coming into the event? Well I think everyone's strategy is do the best you can and bring in the five and six year old division I mean it's one of the toughest divisions there are in the country and when you only take 25 horses out of 200 you've got to you know there can't not much can go wrong you have to kind of bring your A game. Does it mean you have to take more risks in the go round or is it more pressure or is it somehow easier because the horse doesn't have to compete as much? I just think every horse is different you try to you know just do what your horse you know his strengths are and just do the best you can and whatever happens. Okay now 231 good feeling? Yeah it's a great feeling. Tell me what are your plans now with this horse? He's going to go to the breeding farm tomorrow. Okay and for the recipe event the Derby what have you got? Yeah I think there's a good chance that he'll show there and hopefully the BI you know but he's obviously done enough in his career to be a breeding horse and Alvin Beck you know a lot of people want to breed to him and all that so hopefully they don't get too many so I keep showing. Thank you thank you congratulations once again.