Bob Holthus Quotes on Horse (13 Quotes)

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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