Bob Holthus
Bob Holthus
Robert E. "Bob" Holthuswas an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. As a second generation trainer, Holthus learned the profession from his father, Paul Holthus...
animal beautiful heavier pounds racing since turned
Since about the first of December, he's just turned into a man. He's really developed. He's a beautiful animal now and he's probably 75 to 100 pounds heavier than he was the first of December. And with all of the racing and training, that's kind of remarkable.
next serious week
About a week from next Saturday, he'll have his only kind of serious work. That and a lot of long gallops will be what we'll do with him.
breed desire good job
His desire was to breed horses, and he did a very good job of it.
breed enjoyed goal good horse
His goal was to breed a good horse and he accomplished it. He enjoyed this horse.
choose kentucky lawyer lined raymond red ron win
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.
horse stage talented
He's the most talented horse I've had at this stage in his career.
amazing front lit match
He's an amazing horse. You could have lit a match in front of his nostrils after the Rebel.
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He said absolutely that he didn't want to sell him. Right now the kids are following their dad's wishes. I'm sure they will keep him through the Kentucky Derby and then if he gets that far, they'll have some decisions to make.
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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.
asked john trapped
The only thing I asked of John was try not to get trapped on the rail. Give him a place to run.
full himself miles
Tomorrow, he will probably go two miles because he was pretty full of himself this morning.
good
We don't have to do a whole lot with him. We feel we're in pretty good shape.
win
When you put up a million-dollar purse, naturally, you're going to try to win it.
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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.