Brad Blanks

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

And I was lucky enough.

I,

My first big interview is with Bob Baffert.

You know, he's like the star of Churchill Downs.

He's won a few Kentucky Derbies.

I brought two legends together.

It was a great moment as an up-and-comer in the world of sports reporting.

And I've never looked back.

This will be my 19th Kentucky Derby coming up this Saturday.

I grew up loving Derby Day and the Melbourne Cup and attending those as a young fella.

And I wanted to get here and experience Kentucky.

But that's where you get your celebrity sightings, which adds another thing, you know, the likes of, I was there one year, Tom Brady, you know, comes quite a bit actually.

And he was in there with, and he brought like the whole of his offensive line from the New England Patriots at the time.

So, uh, yeah, the big thing, what they've done now is this, the Thursday has turned into the locals day and it's called the 30.

And, um,

And they'll get about 80,000 on the Thursday, 110,000 on Oaks Day on the Friday, and then 120 on Derby Day.

So it's where we have a few gaps in between our days, we take a break.

This is just a full-on, you know, even tomorrow will be Wednesday and even that's starting to gather some momentum.

But, yeah, just a lot of fun.