Bob Holthus Quotes (28 Quotes)

He doesn't have to be in front, but he's got enough natural speed to lay fairly close and stay out of trouble.

He is a very strong horse, a strong willed horse who wants to go. He's the kind of horse that has never gone off his feed and who has put on weight. He enjoys it his training. If he started losing weight and backed off on his feed, we'd back off on him.

There are a lot of complicated estate tax matters to consider but I think the children are going to keep Lawyer Ron, at least through the Kentucky Derby. Mr. Hines absolutely didn't want to sell this horse. This was his Derby horse.

The only thing I asked of John was try not to get trapped on the rail. Give him a place to run.

Especially at this time of year. An outbreak is something you're always going to worry about.

He's in his stall in Churchill Downs. We walked him here this morning before he left. ... They said he unloaded good.

If somebody's going to beat Lawyer Ron, I hope it's Red Raymond.

His goal was to breed a good horse and he accomplished it. He enjoyed this horse.

Naturally I would like to catch Cigar, but we've got 11 to go.

With Red Raymond, post position doesn't matter a lot. I just hope he can get a clean trip when he's ready to run.

You run each race in a different way. The first time we ran here, we felt he could go to the lead and still beat them, which he did. A lot of people, I think, thought that that's the way he had to run. But it's definitely not. You can do about anything you want with him. He's a pretty kind horse.

I've never had a horse work that good. This is probably the most talented horse I've ever had.

I'm kind of surprised there are no shippers. But I don't think my horse scared them away. Everyone is looking for graded-stakes winnings these days. If the Southwest was graded, you can bet they'd be coming out of the woodwork.

He's just progressively got better. He's improving every day. We don't know for sure where he's going to stop, but we hope that he's got a lot more left.

I thought he did a super job. He's got a lot of confidence in the horse.

The children have the grief of losing their father. And they are going to have some decisions down the road as to what to do with the horses. Several of them seem to be interested in keeping them.

He's the most talented horse I've had at this stage in his career.

He wasn't taking any deep breaths when he came back. He's a dead-fit horse.

We race in the midwest and we don't get as much respect. We've been racing here for over 50 years, I'm pretty used to that. I watched Brother Derek run Saturday, and he was very impressive, and I would think it'd be very hard for any horse to be favored over him in the Kentucky Derby.

He's an amazing horse. You could have lit a match in front of his nostrils after the Rebel.

He flies to Kentucky Monday morning. Odds for the Kentucky Derby I think he will be no worse than second choice. Of course, I might have a bias.

If you lined up Lawyer Ron and Red Raymond and had to choose which one would win the Kentucky Derby, it would be Red Raymond. He's a good-looking horse.

I really didn't want post 1 and I sure didn't want 14. I wanted him somewhere in the middle. I think he got an excellent post.

The California horse is going to be tough. We'll just have to try to run him down.

Tomorrow, he will probably go two miles because he was pretty full of himself this morning.

I think trainers and owners have found that Arkansas is a pretty good place to keep a horse in the wintertime. People would like to be in Florida, but I really think horses do well here in the winter.

I think everybody in the grandstand wished me luck. I was glad he was able to uphold his standing and didn't disappoint anybody.

This horse, I think he has much more talent than any other horse I've brought here.