Sierra Leone's First Appearance at Churchill Downs: 2024 Kentucky Derby 150 Training 4/22/24

One of the two Kentucky Derby favorites makes his first appearance on the Churchill Downs track.
April 22, 2024 @ Churchill Downs
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Chapters:
0:00 Sierra Leone
4:00 Candied
4:16 Leslie's Rose, Just F Y I
4:31 Encino
4:51 Honor Marie
5:14 Just F Y I, Leslie's Rose
5:34 Catching Freedom, Tarifa
5:52 Encino
6:04 Gin Gin
6:18 Forever Young, Sierra Leone, Just a Touch
6:31 Honor Marie
6:37 Dornoch
6:49 Just F Y I
7:06 Encino
7:19 Forever Young
7:29 Sierra Leone
7:41 Honor Marie
8:00 Mystik Dan
8:25 Sierra Leone
8:52 Catching Freedom Bath, Gin Gin
9:15 Catching Freedom
10:44 Tarifa
11:04 Catching Freedom
11:33 Sierra Leone
15:41 Resilience
20:28 Paddock Schooling
20:53 Endlessly
21:59 Mystik Dan
22:20 Endlessly
22:50 Mystik Dan
23:24 Mystik Dan, Thorpedo Anna
24:11 Endlessly
24:30 Mystik Dan, Thorpedo Anna
25:22 Thanks for Watching
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[@katherinehunter9526]

Thanks for filming putting the names of the horses and owners plus details. Thank you also for letting us make our own observations by not narrating. Was there in 1978 on my way to Canada! I'm planning on coming next year again if all the cards line up! ❤️🏇🏼🏇🏼🏇🏼🏇🏼🇨🇦💃🏻

[@frankdeangelo6327]

Heres your winner The best Sierra Leone All the way

[@Mgpostanything]

I love background conversations 😂🍿

[@nayrod4529]

You hear people talk so much B/S, lol

[@annalefsrud3132]

Very wonderful & thrilled to see Sierra Leone finally & up close. (doesn't need that cussed gum strap) Hope you enjoy this as much as we do. Always more thanks that you do this.

[@timwalsh8973]

mystic dan..looking great on track.looking best..not huffing and puffing hard. horse is in great shape.Sierra leon and catching freedom to very tall horses looking good..catching freedom.looks so intelligent for his age. very smart looking horse. Wow! sold

[@timwalsh8973]

torpedo ann tall horse for female. like her

[@timwalsh8973]

So glad Brad cox put the best on him Flavian. very serious contender for derby

[@sondrabowers4837]

Many thank you’s for this video.

[@timwalsh8973]

love video. thank you A aphariah 12.

[@bluegreyfogg]

Thank you for this, very much! Your videos are my favorite, pre-Derby watching. Sierra Leone is extremely strong and beautiful! Out of this world beautiful! I love the way they handled him during his wash down. Not liking the way she handled ‘Catching Freedom’ during the wash down at all! I also believe everyone who touches the horse in any way, matters leading up to the race.

[@FrankCarolei-lv6rb]

Ok dr Doolittle

[@bluegreyfogg]

@@FrankCarolei-lv6rb Oh, you funny, you!

[@semperclassic]

Yeah Catching Freedom didn’t deserve the yanking. He was being good, just curious. Now Sierra Leone seemed about to kick and bite, and they handled him well I think. I’m not a horse person though.

[@tinaranson6172]

Yeah, that jerking hard over and over of his head and neck. She’s lucky the horse didn’t get aggressive.

[@Superscout19]

Just an observer of someone treating an animal that was very aggressive. Tugging and yanking for no reason that I could see. But very disturbing nonetheless.

[@mindyhemba1689]

Wonderful coverage. Thank you.

[@user-zt3hx1co8n]

Thank you!

[@douglasbrown3260]

EL JUNIOR DE VENEZUELA CON JUST F Y I 🐎. 🏆🥇🐎

[@zipchtkdn7804]

By the way I really enjoy your videos

[@JWCFB]

Yes thank you for this!

[@claytonbattice134]

Condition Very well Fit I Hope and pray he wins the three legs of the triple crown 💯

[@brinleyisawesome6398]

My favorite to win is Sierra Leone. Resilience looked pretty good…so did Forever Young.

[@kf91274]

Forever young looks good but Sierra Leone looks like he's in fantastic shape. Just fyi filly looks great too.

[@brinleyisawesome6398]

@@kf91274 mhm.

[@marlakay]

I'm smitten ❤ thanks again!

[@janetmarshall7171]

This Is ANOTHER GREAT CONTENDER For The Upcoming Kentucky Derby!! Sierra Leone Is One Of Those RARE HORSE'S! He Can Be A FACTOR Like Fierceness!! So I Will Have Him, 2nd On My Betting List!! Also I Will Consider, West Saratoga 3rd On My List!!❤😊

[@vikumsenanayake3245]

No one caress 😂

[@KevinMerritt-rj5jt]

​@@vikumsenanayake3245wow, what a dick

[@maribelfain9342]

Good luck guy us long you are transparent with you dont t treat them. like nothing 🐎 word they're chapion already. Treat them kind blessing will come 😊😊❤❤

[@frankdeangelo6327]

Looks like a winner to me

[@timwalsh8973]

mystic dan not huffing and puffing at all in his workout. hes in excellent form

[@frankdeangelo6327]

Hes a beast Gunrunner son

[@jonatandesouza258]

Gostaria de trabalhar aí

[@nayrod4529]

CH paddock reminds me of belmont and Keenland track.

[@DiscipleofHim]

For the record, I am using Lione 1-4 in a Super with 10 others.

[@LABoyko]

Cool morning in Louisville.

[@fahad8085]

💐💐💐

[@pieraracca586]

Volete mettere i nomi dei fantini per favore

[@timwalsh8973]

sierra leon huffing and puffing very hard in his workout

[@timwalsh8973]

honor marie not huffing and puffing at all. looking in shape also

[@rick-ug3rd]

Triple Crown/ Derby= Forever Young/ Preakness= Thorpedo Anna/ Belmont= Conquest Warrior

[@zipchtkdn7804]

You all just bet the horse and have fun. I took him out of my top two.. after race in bluegrass I saw three things I didnt like and let's hope I'm wrong..

[@frankdeangelo6327]

Your wrong there's nothing not to like about this great horse he's winning bet all of it It won't be Overated Fierceness inconsistent horse Jekyll and Hyde horse another Forte Save your money people Fierceness won't hit the board

[@zipchtkdn7804]

@@frankdeangelo6327 I don't like fierceness ......Dornach is rolling from rail and since new gate late year made drawing inside with speed better.In years past the #1 post got shuffled fast in KY Derby.

[@javiermagdaleno8345]

✌️💙🏇🏇🏇

[@timwalsh8973]

love 2.3 million dollar horse getting all of the attention. 😂

[@rakejackson7354]

Have you noticed any behavior that would make any of the horses stand out. Not so much speed figures just personality wise. We all know the numbers at this point in the game.

[@kf91274]

Why did that groom put that strap under sierra leaone's top lip when he was getting a bath?

[@ernesthercher5193]

Control

[@kf91274]

@@ernesthercher5193 I've watched many videos of horses getting bathed etc, never seen that before. He must be a biter?

[@apharoah12]

It’s essentially acts as a pacifier. You want him to relax and stand still while he’s getting bathed so you give him something to suck on and pay attention to so that he doesn’t move much.

[@kf91274]

@@apharoah12 OH ok, so it don't hurt him? I thought it was so if yhe handler need to yank the lead or whatever it's called it hurts a little so he listens. Thought bc he's a biter. I'm trying to learn as much as possible about those things. I've been watching horse racing all my life. I absolutely love horses. I just git back from a trip there 1 month ago. Seen the museum and did the tour at Churchill. Went to old friends and fed silver charm. Stayed in a b and b right by claiborn. Went there and saw blame, run happy etc. I know a l9t but don't know a lot too lol.

[@KevinMerritt-rj5jt]

It doesn't hurt them. He is very well mannered compared to most colts, Its not that he bites necessarily.It's for the groom and horses protection.. He's a young colt still and when they have haven't been gelded, ( Means still have they're balls. Nearly all colts tens to get quite rowdy. It's just a slight pressure and prevents him from getting the leverage to strike with the front hooves or biting too. Horses also don't see as we do. Anything a horse sees looks to them like its 10-20 tumes it's actual size so they get nervous very easy. Also they're senses are heightened substantially compared to ours. So they hear the slightest sounds and feel the lightest touch. That on top of anxiety from only being outside their stall for about 1-2 hours in the morning to train and groom, and then Possibly 30 minutes to an hour in the afternoon.

[@timwalsh8973]

swems like very tall horse needs to mature into his vessel

[@leonardhutchingsDownDirty]

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