Steve Asmussen Quotes (13 Quotes)

You hope he doesn't get caught up in too fast of a pace. I think Lawyer Ron is as fast as anyone out there. The appealing thing about racing for me is that you get to line up and prove it.

I'm hoping it was a useful race. It was disappointing, but he got a lot out of it. He blew awfully hard. His fitness level since then has obviously improved. I thought that it showed up in his gallops more than anythingthat he's simply fitter than he was in the Rebel. Whether it's fit enough to beat Lawyer Ron, that could be a tall task. He might not get that fit.

He is the horse. He's in front. There's no performance anybody has seen yet that rivals what he's done.

I thought they both worked really well. You try to treat it as just another work, but I couldn't help being excited by the way they worked.

The horse worked great. We're extremely pleased with where he's at.

He definitely ran a better race. That's where I was hoping to be last time. We're headed in the right direction. He is still not right where I want him in fitness.

I was very worried about the loose horse. Any time you see a loose horse on the lead, you get nervous, especially when it's a two-year-old. If (the loose horse) lost concentration at any point and took a right, it would have been very bad.

I train, and I try to stay on schedule. Here and at the Fair Grounds, the thousands of horses I've worked, I'm absolutely secure in it. Sam Houston, Fair Grounds, Churchill, I won't alter my work schedule at any of those places when it's wet.

We're probably looking at a similar scenario, pace-wise, as the Kentucky Jockey Club.

I haven't had a 2-turning-3-year-old horse that was this serious of a Derby prospect at this time of year.

He looked very comfortable, the horse that we're hoping he'd be.

I was just making sure that they both came out of the work well and they were going to run. I waited until this morning to see if they were still healthy.

Storm Treasure is an extremely laid-back horse and will do anything you want. He's very good company for Private Vow. You want someone with enough talent that Private Vow gets something out of it. Private Vow is a much quicker horse than Storm Treasure, and obviously for the Derby we need (Private Vow) to settle more than he has. That's what we're working on and will continue to do. Private Vow has always been fast enough.