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...
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While we were disappointed, we're not down on our horse. There are a lot of different ways of looking at things. You could say he didn't run well enough to go to the Kentucky Derby. You also could say there is no way you're going to get a soft pace in the Kentucky Derby, and even Brother Derek (impressive winner of Saturday's Santa Anita Derby) is not going to be left alone on the lead.
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Neither of the owners wants to run in the Derby if he doesn't have a chance.
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We're going back with the idea of trying to win it; we're not going just to run in the race. If we get back there, and he doesn't like the track and doesn't train well, we won't run.
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When the horse made his exciting finishes and was running on late very strong, we thought the horse might have some potential.
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The winner is very impressive and a very great-looking horse that we thought would win if we didn't. I didn't expect to run third, but he did gallop out well after the race and came back to the barn in very good shape.
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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.
afternoon bad good run work
He's never been a good work horse. It's been very frustrating, but that's him. Fortunately, in the afternoon he's never run a bad race.
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I told him many times that I think this is a pretty good colt, but he is the kind of guy who doesn't get excited. He said, 'We'll see, we'll see.' He has told me repeatedly that he doesn't want to run in the Derby unless he has an absolute chance to win it.
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We entered him, and he got kicked by the stable pony the next day. He had to have stitches in his hock.
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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).
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That was just an experiment that worked out. We sure weren't thinking about any million-dollar race for him.
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There are questions about him because he's from Northern California, but this is a Grade 3 race, and a lot of horses have come out of it to do great things.
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Whether it's 2,000 or 2,500, it must be some kind of record for a jockey-trainer team.
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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.