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...
brother hard horse kentucky midwest race racing run watched
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.
absolutely children consider derby estate kentucky lawyer matters sell tax
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.
win
When you put up a million-dollar purse, naturally, you're going to try to win it.
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.
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.
beat definitely felt lead race ran run time
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.
california horse run
The California horse is going to be tough. We'll just have to try to run him down.
confidence super
I thought he did a super job. He's got a lot of confidence in the horse.
race
I think you'll see a little different race out of him.
arkansas found good horse horses owners people
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.
coming gives lawyer natural ron speed suspect
Lawyer Ron is coming up to the Southwest perfect. I suspect he will take some beating. His natural speed gives him an advantage.
hope improving sure
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.
finished four good run work
He hadn't run in about four weeks, so we wanted to get a good work in him, and he finished good.