Ep 196 - Kentucky Derby Prep with Todd Pletcher

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Todd Pletcher arrives at the 149th Kentucky Derby with another strong chance to win. The horse trainer and two-time Derby winner (Super Saver in 2010, Always Dreaming in ’17) has three contenders in the field this Saturday:

Forte (3-1) , Tapit Trice (5-1) and Kingsbarns (12-1)

Today on the show, Eric and Todd discuss the preparation before the most exciting two minutes in sports, how Todd got into training horses and much more.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood.
0:11.0	Our next guest is Todd Pletcher.
0:13.0	With the Kentucky Derby Week in full effect, we are honored to have a Hall of Fame horse
0:18.4	trainer and the trainer for the Kentucky Derby favorite Forte joining
0:22.4	the podcast today.
0:23.7	We're going to have some fun on this one, talking to the man who has won the Kentucky Derby
0:28.2	twice and has also won the Kentucky Oaks.
0:31.5	If you haven't already, please rate review and subscribe to the podcast wherever you
0:34.9	tune in weekly.
0:35.9	And also, if you haven't already, go to Amazon and order my new book,
0:39.4	tackle what's next.
0:40.6	And the link to that is in the show notes.
0:42.7	Thanks and enjoy.
0:45.8	Todd, welcome to the podcast, brother.
0:48.2	Hey, thank you.
0:49.8	Hey, I read that in horse racing, you started at the age of seven working for your father, Jake.
0:56.5	Did you know at that point of your career that you wanted to make a lifelong career out of this?
1:03.2	I don't think I knew it quite then. I think, you know, I was probably about 11 or 12 when I really
1:08.5	decided this is what I wanted to do for a career.
1:12.4	Yeah, I remember telling my mom sometime around the age of 12,
1:16.5	this is what I wanted to do.
1:17.6	Pretty much never thought about doing anything else.
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