Jerry Hollendorfer
Jerry Hollendorfer
Jerry Hollendorferis an American Thoroughbred racehorse owner and trainer. He has the most wins in the history of Northern California race horse trainers...
bought change cost couple criteria eighth given horse hundred mile owner worked
When I bought him, he worked an eighth of a mile in 102/5. That was the criteria my owner wanted: a well-bred horse that worked in 10 and change and didn't cost a couple hundred thousand. We would have given a lot more for him.
exciting finishes horse late might running
When the horse made his exciting finishes and was running on late very strong, we thought the horse might have some potential.
against came decision deeper determine either kentucky obstacles overcome pace settle winner
We'll let things settle out and see if we can make an intelligent decision on what we should do. I'm not going to say either way because I didn't like how the pace came up today. It was a deeper track, too, and the winner was used to that kind of track, but if you go to the Kentucky Derby, you have to overcome obstacles like that. Opportunities don't come very often to be in America's race. We'd like to be in it, but if we determine that there are too many things against us, we won't do it.
record whether
Whether it's 2,000 or 2,500, it must be some kind of record for a jockey-trainer team.
absolutely bothers lost rare reminds
Absolutely nothing bothers him, and that's a pretty rare thing. He reminds me a lot of Lost in the Fog; he has the same kind of temperament.
expect gives race steady
He's been very steady for us, and we always expect a big race from him, and he always gives it.
believe california derby guess illinois last looking missed next past race since time
He hasn't missed any time at all since his last race. If he does well on Saturday, I'd guess the Illinois Derby could be next but, believe me, we're not looking past the California Derby.
liked lucky nice pedigree price sale worked
He was a good-looking little colt who had a nice pedigree and he worked fast. We got lucky on the price because he was in the sale with no reserve. I liked him a whole lot more than $30,000, that's for sure.
cell consider derby good hawaii listened persuaded race sure
He is in Hawaii and listened to the race on the cell phone. I'm sure he can be persuaded to consider going for the Derby after such a good win.
good race
He got sick, got better and then relapsed. That was a good race for him.
derby future horses kentucky people persuaded rate sure
That could very well change. I'm sure he could be persuaded one way or another. The kind of people who rate horses had him at 20-to-1 (in the Kentucky Derby Future Pool).
fast horses run taking
I'm not taking anything away from any horse. What I don't like to do is run two really fast horses in the same race. Each horse should have his own chance, or you shouldn't run him.
chance hope horses
They've only had a three-horse dead-heat once, so you can't hope for that. I just want all of the horses to have their own chance to win.
winning wire rodeo
I thought she was going to win it, she just got out-bobbed at the wire.