 Hello, I'm Larry Coleman is the official voice of the Kentucky Derby and Racing's triple crown on today's show We have superstar chef Bobby flay teaching us a thing or two about his special mint Juleps and a couple of surprises in store You're not going to want to miss the show is set K Adams is firing out of the gate and we're off to the races up in Adams Downs the majesty of it all we are starting it big. I'm standing next to an absolute legend and Mike Tariqo How are you up in Adams? Hi? You It's absolutely gorgeous here today the best race is already happening one race already early is your first time here first time here This is it's bucket list for a lot of people and hopefully you'll get the whole bucket list experience Give me the thing that I need to notch off the bucket list here You know you need to survive the weekend a lot of rookies a lot of rookies don't know how to pace themselves Yeah, I went to college so it's okay, but it was a minute ago not a lot of minutes So like people get here Thursday they get so excited and then Friday There's the races and the oaks for the Phillies and then Saturdays the derby and then there's Friday night Of course and by Saturday mid-afternoon There's like a little am I gonna make it all the way through happy time pace yourself Pace yourself and hydrate now people always say the derby such a great party. I have no idea I've sat at that desk for seven years. I've been on TV for six seven hours So and you'll be doing that tomorrow all over NBC. What are you most looking forward to? I want to ask you about Forte. I met the horse. I met the horse's owner yesterday I was looking at pleasure what I'm hearing some rumblings by the old water trough about him What's going on with Forte? I know well the good news was Friday came out and looked okay So there have always been rumors around derby horses. It's one of the odd traditions of the derby Like what's going on with the favorite? Who knows? We'll never know right? We can't talk to the horses and get the answers like in football Yeah, talk to the players the top pleasure is one of my favorites a big Dallas Cowboys fan by the way Todd is one of my favorite trainers. He is meticulous. He does such a good job He's prepared more horses for the Kentucky Derby than any trainer in the history of the sport always has good ones This may be the best crop that he's had and he met Mike Rapoli, so I need to study. He is I'm Mike I grew up in Queens perfect. He is Mike from Queens on the Belmont how exciting for him He's a yeah, we have a lot of Mike from Queens moments. He grew up a Mets fan I love Rapoli his energy and passion is what this sport needs. He's young He's an aggressive businessman. This is a sport that could use people like Mike and their vision to help take the sport to The next level that needs his partner and ownership of course is the owner of the Panthers It took care of the Bruins, which he was a New York kid must love and Vinny Viola is up to oh his Panthers team on Toronto So I know Vinny's on a hot roll. So you hopes you can keep that go I can't believe you know everything. Let's go. I had to look that up Who are they playing the Maple Leafs? You are all over it, of course And I want to ask you a little bit about the NFL. We'll get into that talk to Aaron Rodgers He's here somewhere. He's showing up bright and early to be here with his boys who are excited about that Take me into those production meetings with Aaron Rodgers last year because he looks like a completely different man at this point I think those production meetings will be very different next year It was over in Green Bay, but he wasn't done and I think he's found something new and I Think he's gonna be juiced by New York, you know that whole New York experience can overwhelm someone But I think Aaron has lived a lot of his career even though in the smallest market in the league He's lived a lot of it on page six and he knows what's coming. He loves it. He's he's so smart He's so intelligent like he wants people to ask him these questions so he can share I think it's gonna be a great fit. Remember the Jets were terrific Robert Salas an excellent coach. The defense was good I love the skill positions with Wilson. Breeze Hall comes back Aaron still got it. And as you know a motivated Aaron Rodgers is a great football player I know he's 40. I know some people have questions I think they're gonna have a great year in a conference that is so stacked all these AFC games matter so much I think it's gonna be great TV right from the start I know it's so well that I'm celebrating the fact these out of the NFC North very much as a Chicago Bears person and Living in Michigan. Yeah, that was they it was a happy day for a Chicago It was the one day that Bears and Vikings and Lions fans all got along because the Packers for the first time in 30 Years aren't trying out a Hall of Fame quarterback now You're holding this mic flag Chris Collins worth joins me on my show pretty often He's a bit of a regular and I've learned a lot about him this year last time I talked to him He told me about how his wife wants him to get rid of genes that he's owned since 1991 We're debating that yeah, so I learned about Holly. I'm learning about Chris with the full year with him now Traveling. What have you learned about Chris Collins? We both do this TV thing and we've done it for a few years me longer than you It's it's great. It's a great job, but it's work What I love and admire about Chris is he still loves the grunt work You know Chris hasn't played a game in the NFL in a long time But he's as current as anybody you ever hear on TV It's because he works he puts in the hours and I admire that appreciate that and he made me so much better Just in one year of working every game with him. I've known him for years. We've been friends We're gonna do some games, but to do week in week out text talk hang out do games was Was such a joy like to travel with though. Like have you learned anything funny about him? Yeah, you know he's not the most computer sad he's on computers a lot, but there's always a minute He's like this doesn't work. Why isn't this working? What's going on? I can see that he's he's apt to maybe spill some food on himself at times Wow Those kind of things, you know So you always want to make sure pregame that Chris is no not eating in the tie and shirt that he's gonna do the game Shout out to the wardrobe over at NBC Sports doing their thing But he is he's a prince he and his wife Holly and working with Jack too. So cool So lucky to have you know, what's great thing about this business? It's great people and it makes it okay to be away from your family for long stretches And to hang with those guys for 21 weeks a year is pretty damn cool We were having a production call. What does anybody want to know from Mike Turico? It's a small lean group. You're seeing all of them in front of you right now Oh good. Can everyone say thanks to the derby? What has he not done? He's done it all you're talking hockey to me You do the Sunday night gig you've done. What is one thing that's still out there for Mike Turico? Whether it's announcing a play-by-play. I guess it's calling a Super Bowl You know, I had the great opportunity to do something that you know, thanks to people at NBC You know, I'll never do again. I don't if anybody will I got to host the Super Bowl pregame and the Primetime Olympic show On the same day last year in Los Angeles as they were both going on It was one of those one of those days like February 13th is gonna live with me forever because that was such a special day of 2022 but no, I think all of us who do play-by-play the NFL dream of calling a Super Bowl And I've been to a whole bunch of them about 25 Hosted this pregame show been on other pre games But I think the chance calls Super Bowl hopefully in the next couple years That would be the the one that I am looking forward to as much as anything No WWE for you're not taking a page out of McAfee's book. No pickleball Not going off the top. No, I'd like to see it though. I'm old wood as well. I'm an acceptable dinker in pickleball I don't know what's a dinker that you can't go in the kitchen. You got to be careful You don't know you don't play pickleball. No, you need to you need to you have good volley skills It's not tennis your tennis instincts, but you know, but I'm a pickleball injury waiting to happen. Okay, so Yeah, exactly, so I'm trying so enjoy it whoever wins a favorite if it's a fun thing like rich strike yesterday a long shot It's always exciting and you'll have what two minutes of reprieve to maybe get some water Seven hours of TV, I don't have to do all of mom and free does the first three But we're seven hours of TV with 15 minutes of action. So we get to talk a lot But we got a ton of people It's like the e-red carpet show meets the today's show meets a heavy handicapping horse race like Fandall TV does on a regular basis So it's all those things mashed into one TV show. That's fun. So here we are. Let's do it. Absolutely best And I would not be remiss to tell you I don't know if you know this I know you're an Emmy winner, but your Emmy nominations this year You're the only one in the field to be nominated for play-by-play and best studio host so very exciting and rare Thank you. Lucky to work with great people. So I'm good friends. Thank you. Thank you We'll be back with Bobby play and I'm gonna go stalk and find Aaron Rodgers Up and out of the derby Bobby player you ever try to be a sports announcer a sports announcer No, oh, we're here. Oh, here. We are at beautiful Churchill Downs. It's oak stay Getting ready for some spectacular horses and some spectacular bourbon That's a spectacular bourbon and some blackberry manjulips coming up. This is of course renowned Entrepreneur restaurant tour Bobby play what don't you do you own a horse to yes? I do I have a couple horses for sure. Yeah, I love it I've been I've been interested in this in this sport in this business, whatever you want to call it for a really long time It's my my grandfather took me to Saratoga Springs when I was about 16 years old Yeah, and I just fell in love with it and then now you sort of are living that on with Sophie your daughter, right? She was at the Belmont with you. I did my homework Bobby. Yes, Sophie is she's kind of in your business She's she's a news reporter for ABC out in Los Angeles and You know, she of course, you know loves the horses as well It's a it's a great way to be to These horses can take you anywhere in the world to really fun events like this I heard that you like the oaks better than the derby now. I didn't even know the oak Suggested I thought no one was going to you know the difference. No I'm gonna tell you these in the fillies in the boys and the girls boys and the girls today It's it's ladies day That's why everybody's dressed to run for the lilies exactly. I support breast cancer awareness I was just not informed so everyone I'm My crew did not tell me I'm gonna give you my pink tie at some point after these men juleps I'm sure that'll happen Bobby. Here we go. We're on the show We're gonna have a lot of fun talk to me about what you're most excited about this weekend at this derby the 149th Well, I mean, I think it's obviously the the oaks and the derby are very very exciting You know every year we have you know new three-year-olds fillies and cults and Listen, I just like I also like the the whole party of it all I like getting dressed up for these events I like socializing. I like drinking bourbon I like Kentucky food. I mean to me the horses are obviously incredibly important But they're a great excuse to have a great time. You got into this, but it's you know, you're you're a chef There's a lot of old guard a lot of the bajillionaires What was it a warm welcome? What has been challenging about that? Well, I've been I've been involved in this business for a long time I've been on boards of like the breeders cup in New York Racing Association and things like that over over the course of my My time in this business I don't do that anymore because I just really want to enjoy it Okay, but listen, I think that you know, there's been some great progressive changes in some regard But we need more we need more and we need people like I was watching you with Ken Rudolph the other day You're like, who do I bet? Yeah instead of asking him I'd rather you'd be able to decide who to bet on we need to make it easier for people to understand the racing form and And you know and how this all works and what so what would you change if you could change anything like NFL That's my world. They got rid of penalties for touchdowns two years ago They're making it more fun. But what would you change about I think the I think the first thing that needs to be changed Is the understanding how to bet, right? I mean and and I still don't know I still don't know I know so there's so the so the the most well-known thing is something called the daily racing form If I handed it to you right now, it'd be like looking at hieroglyphics Yeah, no, thanks But there's there's there's something else called the thorough graph where they just put one number on each race For each horse so the lower the number the faster the horse You could literally decide who you want to bet on in about 45 seconds Wow, and that would that to me if we made that more readily available to people Across the board it would make people a lot. They just want to bet more You know and they'd be more interested in it because they don't understand it Well, Fandable has is the only sportsbook that has it in its sportsbook And so it's nice and easy anybody at home anybody. I'm too intimidated to go mess with these windows here Really? Oh, I'd be looking at some french fries like I would know what I would say I literally I'd be like ma'am go sit down. That wouldn't work out that well, so we're gonna make good Oh, you have a question for me Do you have a horse that you want to bet on the oaks of the derby? I met that I met that real charming Owner yesterday of Forte. Oh, I'm hearing. Yeah, he's great But I'm hearing rumblings by the old water trough back there that maybe someone's going on with him But then but then people are saying not don't start the roof Don't start the room. It's like a tradition of the derby that there's rumors There's rumors on every single horse. Yeah, and don't believe anything until they announce it But I like reincarnate just because I like John Valesco. Oh, that's not a that's not a that's not a good face No, that is not a good face. Oh, no, why 50 to one odds. I like I know let me tell you something There's there's actually a viral video from last year. Okay when I was on the red carpet last year I picked up these two lovely ladies interesting you think that we don't know that about you know about this We're gonna do this again. Are you gonna do this again? Yeah, okay? Well, this is what do you mean? Do you not believe in superstitions or just traditions unbelievable? I thought I'm gonna be like an athlete So you were on the red carpet they made you pick a name out of a hat for whoever I don't know who did it and you picked out which right? I was like this there was no this horse is not winning and literally the horse won We're gonna pick the horse and you're also going to say and so will I this horse is not winning Let me see who I pick first. Okay Okay I actually like this horse a little bit verifying that's not the game you have to say this horse is not winning not winning But he could win he could win. I like verifying. All right. I'm gonna pick This actually this is this is the son of justify who won the triple crown. That's true. Yes, it is amazing, okay? Oh, no, I don't want that one No, I don't want to verify I don't want to oh, I'll take this one for Ken Rudolph Kings Barnes I like the Sacramento Kings and the barn something I remember this horse is gonna have the lead to stop saying that I'm not saying he's gonna win tell them It's not gonna be this horse is not winning. This horse is derby. What do I mean? Do you have any superstitions at all? Not really. Hey, tell me this. What's the best meal you've had in 2023? You know what? I had an amazing meal last night. I'm not kidding. Okay, but the best meal Take it easy there. It's probably the best meal. I've had this year in 23. We're only in May It's called barn 8. It's right outside of Louisville. Oh my gosh. I have to go in Goshen, Kentucky It's an old horse farm that they they took a barn and they made it this spectacular restaurant. It's so cool I'm telling you. It's really cool. Do you own this restaurant? No, of course not. How do we get a Bobby's Burgers in here? You want a Bobby's Burgers? Hell yeah, I listen. I love Churchill Downs, but I had some Sus chicken strips yesterday. I would have loved a Bobby's Burger. It's all I'm saying. We'll make that We'll we'll we'll talk to Churchill Downs. Congratulations on the all the vacancy stuff You got going on. Yeah, thank you opening another restaurant in December. You have to come to Amalfi That's my new restaurant. Where's that? It's in Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. I'm going to Italy. Give me your best food Recommendation. Where are you going? Just give me the like the Amalfi Coast. Aliens come down and they say Flay, take you to a restaurant. Dio, Amalfi Coast. Okay, a small town called Neurano There's a restaurant called Los Colio. Los Colio. Los Colio means the rock. Amazing Very hard to get a reservation. You sit right on the tyranny sea, right? So I say, I know Bobby Flay. No, no, I have to make a coffee. I know the guy who picks the Non-odd long shot derby winners named Bobby Flay. Are we ready to make some drinks? Yeah, let's make some drinks. I'm thirsty Let's do it. Okay, so talk to me about this. Now. I had a mint julep yesterday. I'm gonna do this with a mic in my hand It was thirty five hundred dollars. It's mint julep that I had so no pressure here. Yes, because that was pretty nice What are we doing? Okay? Thank you so much. You're welcome. I'm a professional. We have we have some crushed ice Okay, why does it have to be crushed Bobby? Because that's the way mint jules are and So it's just the way it is. Okay, some crushed ice and then this is blackberry. It's just the way it is just the way it is Just go with it. Okay, so this is blackberry Juice who got blackberry juice you found her juice somewhere. She made it. Damn Marissa. That's really impressive It's blackberries and it's blackberries and sugar. Okay Blackberries and sugar. I feel like this is that the hangover level of a mojito without the pay off. It is because we have some mint as well Yeah, it just feels like something tells me you've had many mojitos in your life Bobby you're not wrong. I feel like I've seen you in a lot of Miami bars. I think that was you Oh, God. I can't say anything. A little bit of mint. No, you're just throwing it in there. I'm just throwing it in there And then this is some bourbon. You have this is beat Bobby Flay with a wood foot reserve thirty five hundred dollar thing And this is what you're doing. Hey listen, the guy was infusing it. He was rubbing it massaging it. No, we don't Ice bourbon and mint and some blackberries. Okay, go this actually looks delicious. And do we have something else? We were doing with Bobby some other questions. Yes, I do you hold this now All right, and then no strong or anything She was to you here's to what horse did you pick? What the derby? No, the fake derby. Oh verifying verifying There see look how drunk he is one Tiffany slurring his words people and I picked you still Kings Barnes Kings Barnes Go check out Amalfi go check out Bobby's burgers delicious best meal. What is this game? So let's do a game. They want us to sit down and do do you have a minute? Yeah? Yeah, let's just figure out who knows what's going on Let me try this though. Oh great. This will be fun my amazing producers who you met who are I mean Do were you barefoot crushing blackberries to produce for this man? She was Bobby's just got it like that, huh? All right. Yes. Okay. Here's the jump somebody somebody maybe take this for now. Okay, we're gonna play game It's called yay, it's very smart. I'm jealous yay or nay get it. I don't I really want to hear exaggerated nays, okay? You have to say if you agree or disagree this year your nicks will make it to the NBA finals. Yay. Yay. Okay, why? They just got it going on and they're not afraid of anybody are you gonna be sit next to Aaron Rodgers? One of these games to pull out everybody turtles amount of I'm going to game five Okay, I'm going to game four in LA. Hmm. I'll see you. Maybe I'll see you there Patrick my home is putting ketchup on steak is a great idea Really bad. I'd say Bad idea bad idea. Why does he do that? I don't know good quarterback. Not a good eater. Yeah, not a good eater Oh boy, Aaron Rodgers will lead the Jets to a Super Bowl Nay, why I'm a giant fan Well, I didn't put a Daniel Jones question in here. That's okay. How about Forte was gonna win the Kentucky Derby nay, I Mean he's got a good shot. He's the favorite, but I like some other horses What are you hearing? You're hearing something about that for today? I know you you're the one starting the rumors Yes, you are Yes, I said water trough Bob Chef stereotypes are mostly true Nay Oh, you don't okay dad deserve more love on Father's Day than they get But you just have more adoration. I mean my daughter Sophie is very good at Father's Day, but I'll take a little more. Yeah, she can you a socks is she getting you like, well, what do you get? I always get men something from Sears like it's not okay She's not shopping. It's okay Wow, Bobby's rich everybody you get it. Okay, let's see Victor Cruz is the NFL player who visits and bothers you about restaurant reservations the most You know Victor's got some serious flavor, but I would say no who bothers you Who's like the NFL player that you see the most at your places or love the NFL player? Yeah The mannings, of course You know their man's around town. Yeah, they also have money. Okay, we've seen Jessica We already did that one Aaron judge will be a top three all-time Yankee by the end of his career Definitely a possibility. Hey, do you have a Bobby's burgers at Yankee Stadium? I do. What the hell is that like? Really good in your ear Nothing Really? Yes, I was a bully what a what an insult I'm gonna go down I was I will be at a mouthy, you know a mouthy a mouth or whatever and I will say can somebody bring me some salt, please I need some salt. Yes, this meal Bobby will blend. Yeah, that's what I will do because you just said that okay Bobby play will win Kentucky Oaks in the next three years. Oh that I'll say yay for that. Yeah, who knows Who knows nobody knows and that's why you love it exactly all right Let's drink these mint juleps and say well who do we got it is Aaron Rodgers coming on the program is he I believe he's I believe We're efforting Randall Cobb is definitely here They're here together that whole crew and I'm gonna tell him you think he sucks and he's not That's not what I said. That's not what I said Bobby play hates you Aaron Rodgers Never eat again in this town. All right. We'll be back after this. Cheers. Thank you. Happy Derby From the cob, why don't you bring us in tell us where we are? We are at the Kentucky Derby Today is Oaks Day Friday. We're supposed to wear pink, but you see me. Well, we had to jet it up Let's be honest here. You could have got away with that in Green Bay, but now we have a whole different vibe Going into 2023. We were making you a drink Bobby. Flay was here. It was a lot of fun I've never been to the Derby. I mean you're a University of Kentucky guys. So tell me everything I need to know Yes, so today is Oaks Day You know, it's a special day. It's a special weekend 149th Derby weekend. I Love it. This is over a decade for me. Like you said, I went to Kentucky. So I've been coming here for a long time It's always a great weekend. A lot of fun parties tonight parties tomorrow, you know, just enjoy the weekend So are you the reason that Aaron Rodgers comes to this? No, but funny story. We actually met here. So I got drafted in 2011, right? Yeah So I got drafted in 2011 the Barnes-Table Brown Party is a party. It's always thrown on Friday night Derby weekend The first time that I met him was at that party And the rest is history. We've been coming together ever since so you met him at that party and then what was the next time you saw him? Whenever I got up there for training camp because that was the lockout year 2011 yeah, we didn't have an off-season program. I got drafted. No, that's why so what happened at that party It was a good time. Yeah, a lot of memories made. I'll go to my first one tonight. I'm very excited. I'm gonna look forward to seeing you. Oh boy. Who's here? Yeah, there we go. Cheers to you. Who's here? Tell me who's here? Aaron's here. Who else is here? We Alan Lazzard Devonte Adams David Battiari AJ Hawk Jimmy Graham We got our whole crew. Wow. Yeah, so Tay is here. Yeah, that's very interesting Oh, yeah, Tay not on the wish list apparently couldn't make it happen I got I got nothing to do with that We got nothing to do with that because you found yourself in New York and you knew Look just be real for a minute. Take me back to that tunnel I don't know you're coming on the show, but when I see you I think of you and Aaron It's a really beautiful moment in the tunnel. I think we have it here. Yeah, y'all are walking off. It's clear that it's over What did you know in this moment? Um, I knew that that was gonna be the last time that I was walking off of the field. I had speculation Just out of a conversation that I had had with him that that could be his last time playing football and walking off That field and it was just a moment, you know He came to me before the game was like hey I'm gonna need you after the game like because if we had one it still would have been our last game at Lambo because we Had been going on the road and to play off so I knew that it was it was gonna be a moment for him and It just you saw it there. It just happened Now you couldn't have gone him to cut the hair back in Green Bay, but now he's cut it He looks better than ever like Aaron Rogers literally looks better than ever. What's behind that? Yeah, I don't know But he's he's aging backwards right now. Yeah, definitely we may and tell you we're actually just talking about that a little bit We're like man, he's he's happy. He's in a great place. I think this whole change of scenery has been great for him It's re-energized him. Yeah, that's what I went up to the facility a couple days ago to sign and just to see him Happy and being himself in the old Aaron Rogers that that I remember He's he's himself again. I look forward to just seeing him continue to grow and Find himself. I love that and tell me about the new facility when you walk in what's it like you get there You have obviously your boy who you know and you guys take care of each other What's what is the vibe like there with the Jets right now? I'm excited. I'm excited You can just feel the energy as soon as I walked into the building Just all the teammates. We got a really young team, but we we have a lot of great players We got a lot of talent And I'm just going to try to fit in and do my part We got listen, that's what I'm watching you in I mean Aaron Rogers. Do you need a not need a nap, babe? Like he's out every night. He's at the court side. He's doing everything. He's living life He's living his best life and we love that for him. Yeah, we all listen. We're not we're not kids anymore, right? I'm gonna have two of these and we look you know, and I'm gonna be feeling it What are these young cats like the Garrett Wilson's and the sauce gardener's very like Aaron's obviously having a lot of Fun with that already. What are they bringing to the table? I feel like they're going to re-energize They are they are special those those two guys are very special. I mean just just watching G and practice seeing the way he moved He reminds me a lot of a manual Sanders and Divinity Adams if you combine those two now I'm not projecting him to become that because I don't know he's got to take it But I have a lot of faith in in watching him grow. He set a standard for himself this past year 1,100 yards You know a few touchdowns. He's gonna have opportunities. Yeah, and Aaron's gonna get him the ball and You know, he's got a group around him that are gonna get help him grow with me and laser Laser beam that's what's our art. Okay? Um, was ours everywhere, too. Yeah. Yeah, I'm live to Green Bay in New York y'all We're enjoying life, you know, you should be a time to yeah for sure after being in Green Bay for for so long for Aaron I think that he's you know, obviously now being in the city There's a few more things for him to do so he's just he's taking it. Oh, yeah He's gonna eat it up. I got a bone to pick with the NFL on your behalf ready Oh, I look at you and I was you know just thinking about you as a player right now with Aaron in Green Bay everywhere You don't get enough credit like Debo gets all the credit for playing the game the way that he does right at the position He does playing as versatile as he does, but you were doing that a long time ago And I was talking to Warren moon moon who is here with me yesterday about how he did You know, he was ahead of his time. You were ahead of your time at your position, too Yeah, I mean I did a little bit of everything, you know part return kick return played in the backfield Call passes, you know, and I'm at a different stage in my career and I know that you know going into year 13 I know that I'm not gonna be the 150 target guy that I was at one point in my career But I'm very efficient, you know, I know where I fit into the offense. I know what I can do I know what I bring on third down and in the red zone and I'm gonna be prepared and I'm gonna get the Guys around me to be prepared and understand what professionalism. How do you do that? Because that's what you know, we're talking about these young cats giving you guys some juice not that you need it But that's what they do. There's a there's an age gap there. It's a different generation But what is your job in that locker room as a wide receiver of a veteran that knows Aaron? Those would he likes it knows what he doesn't want one I asked from Koski this about, you know, Brady when he went down to Tampa, what are you telling the rest of that room? Well, I think the big thing is just getting them to understand how Aaron likes things Getting them to understand how how hack it expects things to be done on offense and and showing them what it is to be a pro You know, and I think especially for for G like he's already set that standard He knows who he is and he knows what he can do But it's about elevating his football IQ and becoming the best version that he can be I got a lot of respect for the kid and I think that he's gonna be a very special player in this league for a long time We love that now Garrett Wilson didn't get the invite This is How do you get this was this was long this was Everything that went down, you know, this was already planned out We're always excited for this weekend just to get the boys back together and have a good time I love that what I'm gonna give me my best piece of advice before we let you go Handling this weekend pace yourself. Really? That's what everyone's saying. It's as if everyone knows that I'm not It's a marathon. You got to pace yourself. Have fun today. Enjoy yourself tonight. Yeah, we only start tomorrow I'm not here early. Hey, we're about we're about being here for the for the full show and experiencing the whole thing I'm not coming anybody not in your crew and if I wise Heard that pass gonna be here. Oh, yeah, I don't know. I heard that he's gonna be here I don't know but we always look forward to seeing who who's coming out and having a good time I'll see you tonight then apparently see you at first drink of the day, but probably not yours But definitely mine. We will be back right here on up in Adams. We're at the club. Everybody New York. Good This is such a treat I'm standing next to one of the greatest jockeys in all of history a three-time derby champion at Hall of Famer John Velazquez. You're a legend. Thank you. Thank you. I know you're racing in like two minutes What is going on? Yeah, just right up after this race basically and you're not nervous even just a little bit Don't been doing this for quite a bit now. I was used to it So I work in football. There's like 17 games a year. How many times a year do you race? It's like over 500, right? Yeah, last couple years. I've been doing over 500 races. Yes, unbelievable You have a big one, of course the Kentucky Derby You will be a top and a board Reincarnate who's a bit of a long shot 50 to 1 odds. We saw last year 50 to 1 shots really because I mean the horses who beat him and In Arkansas, you know, they're didn't beat him very far and they are like three to one in five to two And I don't know why they didn't they're not picking my horse But tell me why they're not picking why they should pick your horse You can choose the odds right here. Well, first of all, it's like the first rate that he run in an Oakland I mean he was third and a really bad situation and we got a lot of tone of trolls that even in the eight Bull and he come back and finish third and then the last time though, you know He got a little bit tired, you know, we got a lot of rain in California And you know, it was training stop and strength up and so, you know, he definitely is a legit, you know to get tired You know in that race. So and I thought he held on pretty well for other things He went through and through the trainers in California. So I think if he trained really well with good weather Last three weeks in California. He should be good. Okay. I'm liking this because I don't you know for today I'm at the owner yesterday. I don't like a favorite. I like the underdog You've got not a lot of pressure, but you're an absolute legend. So I'm trusty. You're like my horse I'm at piss pick a reincarnate when all of a sudden done here The three horses that you rode that won the derby because I'm looking for which horse I want to pick What do they all have in common the three? Feisty and they knew they knew what they wanted to do though, you know, and I want to clarify something I think everybody thinks I only one three, but I'll pass the wall four times Sorry four times everybody's been I know he's been a big question in the sort of disqualification, but we still don't and And the midst of fighting that so I just want to live that Horses feistiness is what absolutely they have the heart to do it I mean as the derby is a really tough race to ride and to run and horses have to handle everything You got you have to have the horse that the feisty and strong enough to handle everything here in the derby The crowd and everything else it goes on having the horses going to handle all that thing I was lucky enough and blessing up to write those four horses into the winning the Kentucky derby now in football Which is where I'm working mostly There's the thing that happens between a quarterback and his wide receiver if something clicks There's a moment. We cannot see it whether it's all of a sudden they have chemistry If something happens on a touchdown and then it builds What is that moment between a jockey and its horse from the moment you touch the horse, right? Are the paddock though, you know, it does the connection with you and the horse So you have to be me you're the pilot of the horse basically though And you have to let it know and how We're gonna get along basically though, you know, and that's the connection right there, you know, you as as a As a player, let's put it that way My job is to do my homework to see that the competition to do everything else And I'm the pilot of the horse I have to guide the horse to was the best part of their of the racetrack or the race that you know That it'll be better for us both for both of us Yeah, and hopefully the old we all connected and we have the strength to you know to support You're telling me wow you are really you're a hype man for incarnate and I'm very excited about it I will say you've post position for seven and that's pretty lucky out of all of them that is the third most derby wins I did a little homework last night before I fell asleep. How do you feel about and how are you attacking that seven? I think we should have a really good position that you know I you know, I have some ideas that how would like to ride the horse the horse and and how the race is gonna Develop I can't say I mean I'm just tell me You know, I can't I can't say that but I am I mean it's no secret This is gonna be in the first three or four going to the first turn though You know, I'm gonna leave it at that, you know, I think it's a strategy that that I could use You know to put in a good place where it be comfortable and be competitive. Yeah, but here's what else I have to tell you you're not wearing green and I'm worried. Do you know this and I wear You're not wearing green Your three can three of your four Kentucky derbies at least that you've won you've had green on your silk. Wow You've had green you know, no, no, I'm gonna get into your head I think you need to throw like a green look There's a green sticker something needs to be part of your I just think about it. I you know, you know Yeah You'll be about my look charm then No, it's funny because my favorite clothes is green and red. So now that you've mentioned that I'm gonna have to put Something in I'm just saying I'm not seeing any green and green seems to be your sevens your lucky number and green is your lucky color What is the last thing you do before race? I know you have to go you're about to you're about to be in a race Which I think is crazy. Take me into the minute the 60 seconds before it happens. I go back to My homework basically I go go through my homework and see all the marks that I have in the race and the competition Obviously, so I go through through the process what I like to anticipate for the race Basically, so I go over the race before the race runs basically. Yeah, that's one of my thoughts that goes in that minute Before I go out there John. Do you meditate at all? Why are you no, you're so calm. You pray Do you pray in that minute? I pray that I prayed all the time You know any any any moment that I have in Thailand even when I'm studying I prayed in my head So safe trip basically, you know, we we all pray for safety and to be you know To be saving for everybody come back. Yeah And one piece John thinks you're all dumb for not picking a source more So go do that over at Fandala Sportsbook and we've got a couple of races here at the Oaks And then tomorrow we'll see if we get another derby win for John Velazquez to make it five That's right. Thank you. Not four but five. Thank you. Thank you Larry, come let's take it away. I mean, this is beautiful Churchill Downskay. Look at this place It is absolutely fantastic the home of the kentucky derby and I get to be in this room all the way up here with the best view in the house I get to be in this room with you the voice of the triple crown. Larry commas. You are an absolute legend You inherited this insane gig back in 2011 and let's start here with the room show us around It's it's charming. It's quaint and it's you and this it's small It's pretty much just enough room for me in here. We've got It's not completely set up yet. I'm gonna have a monitor down in here. Okay now. I've got my A little iPad with the horses that are be running in the different races This is the alley sheba race. It's gonna be tomorrow and you see rich strike. Is it there? He won the derby last year. He did and he is running here tomorrow And he was a long shot. So I'll ask you what was that like and what did you learn from that experience? But that does not happen completely unexpected You're like, I'm ready for anything anything. I'm ready. I'm like, who the heck is that rich strike? How could he win but uh, we got it in there in time Are there any long shots that we will see on saturday? Do you have a chance? There's a few I don't know about a chance. Okay, but there are long shots and I if you had asked me if rich strike had a chance No way, but he did win so they have to run the race and love to find out and that's what makes it so fun It's also the most challenging, right? It's the two most exciting minutes the two best minutes in all of sports And there's a lot of gravity. There's what 160,000 people here than another 16 million watching at home No pressure at all, right? What how do you handle that? How do you handle that? I uh, I sweat a lot of my palms before the races, you know, I'm like, uh, come on. Let's go. It's gonna be okay I'm like totally Trying to just compose myself deep breaths. It'll be fine. And then I hope it is you hydrate you figure it out I mean listen You're a little bit lucky for the kentucky derby and the triple crown in general because it's years and years and years Nobody wins and then what two of two of three. What would have the numbers? Yeah, I've I uh, my uh, I started calling in 2011 So the first triple crowd winner was 2015 and I was also the announcer that day for the track at belmont by first year So it worked out pretty well American pharaoh and then justify three years later And then you had a long shot in brit strike just last year now. Tell me the story of this year's derby It's my first one is their headline that I need to be paying attention to I think for sure the headliner is forte The horse that's owned by micro poli and my friend your buddy mic and his partner vinny viola who owns the florida panthers They're doing real well. They just took down the maple leafs and they beat my boston I know and listen that new york or a polly. He's pretty excited about that one But anyway, they uh, you know, he's the horse he uh, he was the best horse last year the two-year-old champion He's come back this year. He's won two races in a row So he's the one they have to knock off But you know, there's there's a bunch of other horses with some talent in there So we're in here It's huge. It's bigger than I expected to be honest. I've never been here to Churchill downs How do you watch the horses? How do you keep track of them as they make their way around? So I I'll use binoculars. It's just the the best way for me to Kind of do it my way where I'm in control of what I see and occasionally if I feel like the timing is right I'll go to a monitor and look at the monitor, but it's a mostly binoculars a little back and forth We had one year was calling the preakness in baltimore complete fog shredded Every couldn't see a thing and ended up having to call the race off of Monitor the whole time because my binoculars as good as they are do not see through fog That's I mean and NBC having these fog things that happened in the falcons game once and they used that fog cam And they almost never looked back So they're used to that shot out fred gidelly and the incredible team With covering this with such pedigree year in year out We're standing here and I noticed the finish line is right behind me It's sort of at an angle though the way a little bit now it's a little My biggest fear in doing this is that it would be neck and neck and I wouldn't know what to say when it is Have you had that experience? So 12 derbies knock on wood Not yet. Oh not it hasn't been too close to call But it's always in the back of your mind like, you know that angle. There's a little teeny bit And uh bothers you because you're you can't get a a complete Perfect look, you know, yeah, what I learned too is most races and you've called tons of them 14 horses this one's 20 How are you keeping track and I asked you for a a little bit of a cheat sheet These are your index card. It's like you're studying for a french final in high school And you're learning words and how to say au revoir and what it means. So what how does this work? So each of these are the silks of the horses that are running in the derby. So this is disarm Okay, that's continue are Okay, that's angel of empire Angel empire is a favorite of ken rudolf over there at a little tv All right, I'm gonna we're gonna test your knowledge here a little bit. How about who's this guy? Oh, that's reincarnate. That's reincarnate. Okay, fine. That was easy. What about this one lord miles lord miles You don't need these cards. What do you do? What are you eating your Cheerios and Wheaties in the morning and practicing? And this is the favorite. I know. Yeah, that's him. That's it. This is mr. Top pletcher's that's right. Look at how much I know just being here on top of this with the osmosis Okay, so you track it you have your cards. What else did we want to ask you? We wanted to ask you you could name all 20 horses That was one of the games you wanted to do we wanted to have a little bit of fun with you And we have a bit of a game that my producers cooked up because of course the derby is all about high stakes It's all about you know having you know making a little fun having a little fun over at fandal sports book Wherever you want to or just being a fan. I'm gonna ask you five derby related don't cheat Larry I'm gonna ask you five derby related questions. If you get three or more, right You win and I buy you a mint julep when all this is said and done if you get three or more wrong I win and if I win I get to do the famous And they're off into the actual microphone. Is that a deal? You'd have to ask NBC for that part And now are we can we do that part or no? Is that I don't even know can we do that part? Anyone back there hamilton? I don't know who produced that can I talk into the microphone if we win this? Oh, we can't so we're not even okay. Well, we'll come up with something else. So we're just asking these questions We're celebrities starred in the 2003 film sea biscuit Toby McGuire well done. All right secretary. It was known as big red. What nfl coat shares the same nickname big red He likes cheeseburgers. He just won a super bowl Oh, she's like I shouldn't know this one and rude And you read oh, and you read that's a loss That's okay because I've stacked these questions against you so I could win finish the famous big and rich lyric save a horse ride a cowboy Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus famously saying that they were going to take their horse down to wear Oh, I know this one I'm forgetting it's not new it's old Not a city but a town And not a street but a road Okay, well we could really There we go. What's doing in patriot famously brought the party um to a whole other level in the 2014 kentucky derby west welter Well now larry, you knew the answer to that one really quickly awfully fast. I did not participate In any of that, you know, you did participate in I gotta ask you were you on a rick ricky rose music video? I was magnificent rick ross jod legend Uh, I wasn't physically there. I was uh, my voice was they had me call a race And by the way, they had me do a couple of things Um kind of making fun of fitty scent too when I was there He doesn't know about it. Don't tell him. Okay. Well the owner of forte is not gonna like that They did that whole vitamin water deal together. Yeah, so but I don't think mike knows either He doesn't he won't know I won't tell him larry. We're wishing you so much luck not that you need it He got this thing covered I think the lesson I learned here is the more prepared you are the better the better you'll feel right And you can also can't figure out what will be unexpected and you just have to deal with it in your talent Absolutely, and a great team. I'm sure we have a huge team at nbc And I've got an audio person right here and just in case things go fall apart But we we should be fine. Nothing will fall apart enjoyed the binoculars and you'll get a mint julep with me Maybe after the race. Thank you so much there And well is the only sports book app where you can bet the kentucky derby taylor get over here right now and right now All customers can get a no sweat derby bet up to 20 dollars Listen, you can get up to 20 dollars back if your derby win bet doesn't win What do you have to do you have to head over to fan duel to get your no sweat bet in for the kentucky derby It has been an epic two hours here Yesterday and today we are kicking it at the kentucky oaks And we appreciate fan duel so much for letting us come out. This has been insane This has been one of the coolest experiences of my life. Gotta be honest. What am I drinking here su chef to bobby flake? Uh, kentucky lily. I think it's vodka some pink substance. You're so cool. Get in here. I think it's cranberry juice pink Um, so we've had a lot of fun pink We've talked to people from all sort of scopes of the world From the play-by-play To the person who's covered it for so long and has does it so well in my uh, Torrico We've talked to a jockey who just by the way he won that race shout out to john velasquez john velasquez. Oh my gosh Three four time. Who knows who's counting how many derbies he's won, but now we have to make picks guys So bobby flake and I I thought we did a good job of making picks It's hard for me to not go with forte So i'm gonna put two dollars on forte But then i'm gonna sprinkle another two dollars i think i think where's the hearse that i like hold on Reincarnate i'm gonna go with john velasquez because he seemed so Confident so poised he prays before he does this thing and I like him and if he wears green i'm in I was just about to say now that he's aware of the green thing I think it's gonna happen. Okay make a pick 50 to 1 just these are his horses to be like Yeah, I I still i'm still leaning forte. I really like forte. It was great seeing him yesterday Hopefully it's just rumors that we're hearing I heard that taylor was looking at him funny back there when she was taping and he got He got a lot of sorts. I knew you did that. I'm going to go with confidence game. Confidence is important Shout out to ken rudolf. I'm going between confidence game or The japanese horse dermis so Pick a horse richard Reincarnate his guys a reincarnate reincarnate. Who knows is it a non? Is it a verb? We don't care. Just get past the finish line. Those are the bugles We are here for the run To the little to the lilies to the no A run to the lilies the first leg of the triple tiara. I want everyone to know that richard's back. They're going We start with the bugle Big thanks to vandal dv for having us out head on over listen the windows not that cool go to the sports book It's easy. It's in the sports book, but we're the only people who do it And we appreciate vandal for that and let's go have some fun with the bonus. Let's go