Eric Johnson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Sorry, sorry.
He was probably named before that.
Yeah, he was already named.
Someone named him, bought him out of a sale, named him Millard Chuck with the Nyquist hockey tie-in, excuse me.
Wow.
And, uh, so we just bought him after he was named.
Someone put him in a sale after he had raced and we, and we, we bought him and, um, the name, it's a great name.
Uh, and, uh, we, we hope that, uh, he's got a big, uh, big summer and maybe it's Saratoga and Del Mar.
Only three-year-olds, so you get one shot at it.
You're a three-year-old Colt or a Philly.
They do run Phillies in it, but you have one shot.
Exactly.
It used to be based on earnings.
Now it's a tiered point system.
So there's races from October up until the Derby where you qualify with points and the top 20 horses with the most points get in.
So if you finish first in a big race, you'll get 50 points.
If you finish second, you'll get 20.
If you finish third, you get 10.
And then, you know, the top 20 with the most points qualify to get in.
So it's, it's tough.