Willie Martinez
Willie Martinez
playing plays running stressful throw throwing
He plays like a tailback with his running capabilities. You then throw in his throwing abilities and it is like a tailback playing quarterback. He will put us in stressful situations.
Right now we are, but it's still up in the air.
beast broke horse nature shoulder won
That's the nature of the beast of our job. How was your day? I won the race, but I broke my shoulder and had to put my horse down.
chance good
I think he's going to get a chance to show the world how good he is.
days fight lose
I don't think we'll be able to fight the weather. We'll still lose days because of the weather, not the track.
asks decision help support whatever
Obviously, we want him to come back, but we'll help him with that decision if he asks our opinion. We know that whatever his decision, we'll support it.
appreciate buff change horse last respect style year
We really didn't want to do anything to change our horse's (off-the-pace) style. We had a lot of respect for those other horses, but I don't think they had a lot of respect for us. I told Buff last year that this horse would be even better this year, and I think he is. We appreciate this horse and the style he has.
commitment ethic good guy middle smack work
It's always good to have a guy of his size, his demeanor, his commitment and his work ethic right smack in the middle of your defense. How could you not feel good about that?
entire felt honestly riding safest walking
It's like walking on a pillow. I've been riding 16 years and I honestly have to say that this is the safest I ever felt riding in my entire career.
background likes sit stays support
You don't really see Lou a lot. He stays in the background. He just likes to sit back in the background and support his son.
best coming demands high knocks overcome talks tough
He had his tough knocks coming out of high school, but he's overcome that. He demands respect, by his demeanor, his size, his personality, just how he talks to the guys. He's one of the best I've ever been around.
love whatever
Whatever he can give us in the game, we'd love to have.
fast players run similar taking
Slaton is similar to a Darren McFadden at Arkansas. I don't know if he has that kind of speed, but he's fast enough. You can see him run away from players taking angles.
brass experience great hat love next proud
I'm so proud of what Brass Hat has done for us. We had a great experience and we'd love to come back next year.