Brad Blanks

And the fact that he was a non-football director, again, wasn't a concern for us because we felt... But having said that, you get to a point where you realise that maybe you've made it... You know, we've had 15, 20 new people appointed over the last six to 12 months.

And basically, sometimes you get one wrong, and we think we just got this one wrong, and it's time to move on.

Hi, Jared.

How are you, mate?

Yes, back again.

Yeah, love it.

One of the great events, a celebration of Americana.

It's sort of where the northeast all flies in, the west coasters fly in, and it's sort of the beginning of the south here in Kentucky, and Louisville rocks for about five days straight.

Your first one, what, a quarter of a century ago?

Yeah, that's right.

25 years ago, it was a dream, you know, like a lot of Aussies, because the Aussies are piling in here.

It's awesome to see when you hear Aussie accents walking through the beautiful big grandstand there underneath the Twin Spires.

And, yeah, 25 years ago, it was 2001, and I came here as a young junior reporter.

I was like a young Gerard Waitley, you know, and, yeah, most of my reporting is quite foolish.

Yeah.

But they don't suffer falls, as you know.

And the Australian racing is a little bit more looser and has a bit more fun than here.

Very serious it was.

And I'd be out the back, you know, the backside, they call it, of Churchill Downs in the mornings interviewing trainers.

And I was lucky enough...