 Welcome to the 2018 Lucas Oil Superstakes. We just had the amateur classic decided and we had two winners, Langston Pitello and Jim Van Gilda. Both of them joined me now. Congratulations to you fellas. Thank you. Okay, so we're gonna talk to Langston first. You were the first to lay down that to 21. Yes ma'am. What were you thinking after that run? I was pretty happy. I thought it was good, just I didn't really know honestly. Okay, you're 16. Yes ma'am. You're not of pretty good age to win a major title in the Will Rogers. What does this mean to you? A lot. I don't know, I've never been interviewed before so that's just now. Is this more nerve-racking than the actual run? Probably. So can you describe your run to us? Tell us which cows you decided to choose or you cut and what they were like to actually stay on. My first cow, I'm trying to think which one I cut. Thank you. Langston today. Yeah. Chair, I think it was a cherry mont and it was good cow and then so it was good so I stayed on it for a while and then got off of that one and then he was being good and then my second cow, try to think which one I cut. Maybe the red top gray cow or something like that. And it was good cow and so then at the very end we just wanted to finish up, you know, and stay clean and my help, you know, they really helped me get through it, you know, and taught me and kept me going. Do you help choose your cows? Yes, ma'am. So what do you look for in a good cow? One that is alert and stays away from you but also, you know, gentle and not fast, you know. And that's really helping you make a good competitor, obviously. Yes, ma'am. Okay, so tell us about the horse that you won on. Trained by Kenny Pat? Yes, ma'am. He's real swoopy and stops good and all that and real pretty gilding. I like him a lot and, you know, he's cow-y and he's the cow-good. I just like him. Did you just get this horse? Yes, ma'am. I bought him like a week or two ago. Okay. That's a good formula then? Yes, ma'am. And you had a few horses later, you came out and rode. Another horse also trained by Kenny Pat. Tell us about that. And you've got second, technically third on this because you've got the tie. Yes, ma'am. That's a great effort. Yes, ma'am. Yeah, he was good. He'd just been showing all week and just getting a little tired, you know. And he was good though. I was proud of him. You've had a very busy show because I know you've made at least three finals. How have you been keeping up with all this? And tell us what your secret is because you've been very successful. There's really no secret. Just I'm kind of impressed myself because I've never been able to do this before but I'm pretty happy with everyone. Okay. Well, good luck with your future events and thanks for joining us. Thank you. Thanks, Langston. Now we're gonna go over to Jim. Just a couple of horses later, you came out. Once the 221 had been set, what was your strategy? Had a clean run. That's all I wanted to do. Just not make any mistakes. Try not to make any mistakes. So how did you feel your run went? Pretty fast and pretty difficult actually. But I had no idea when I walked out what the story would be like. Okay, and describe your cows to us. Well, if I can remember correctly, I think the first one was a red horned cow with eyebrows and it was over on Corey's side. We brought it up the outside and finally got it cut. The second cow was supposed to be a silver cow and I couldn't find it. I had a hard time finding it. There was two or three cows that looked very similar and Matt was trying to tell me where it was at and it finally went up towards the outside and I was able to get it cut. Now, Jim, you're no stranger to winning in here. How does it feel to win now? It's been a long time. Well, this pen is probably the easiest pen in the world to cut in and it feels really comfortable to be here. I showed up in the ram a few weeks ago and I've shown it in Silverado since and those pens are pretty tough to cut cows in and to show it up. But this place makes me really comfortable. And yet still intimidating sometimes people. Well yeah, I mean it's not easy. But you have good help here and generally the cows are decent and it's well lit and it's big enough. It's an easy place to cut. So having had that break, how long away from cutting were you? Almost 10 years. I showed in Superstakes in 2009 the last time. So what brought you back? Same reason I left. I got out of cutting because I had a daughter who was going to go into the sixth grade. She's now in her second year of college and she's got a job and she's in school and doesn't have time to show horses. So we've got these horses at home in the stall and I figured I needed it. I didn't want to go to waste so I decided to come back and try it again. So what has changed in that 10 years? The cattle have changed a great deal. It's much harder to cut them now than it was as I recall about 10 years ago. We don't work as many fresh cows at home. Other than that, it's pretty much the same I think. There's a few real changes, you know? Okay, tell us about your horse tonight. It's a smoothest cat delting. We purchased that horse actually from my daughter Grace. Back in the fall, I think August or September, and then once school started, she determined she didn't have time to come show so I sort of inherited it. I hadn't really written him or showed him for the first time at Grand. We got along well there and I showed him five times here and each time we seemed to just get more in sync. So he and I are, I think, working really great together right now. Okay, and Matt Gaines is your trainer now. What advice does he give you when you go out and show? He just tells me to follow my insta. Tells me I know what to do and just not to overthink it. Just follow my insta. Some good advice. Thanks for joining us. Thank you. Okay, the two winners from the Amateur Classic Championship at the Superstakes are plenty more cutting today. Another final tonight is to stay tuned on the live CHC webcast.