Ben Carlson Quotations

What we're looking at right now (with rising insurance costs) has upset the apple cart, and they're putting their nose to the grindstone and taking on some financial responsibility they haven't had to do in the past.

We know we can't continue like we have for years. We need more race days, higher purses, and we need to reduce the costs of the horsemen coming to the track. Unfortunately, we can't make a move in that direction in 2006, but hopefully in the future we can come out of it and continue.

We've had our nose to the grindstone to make our income match expenses for nine years. Their events are tied to their fairs.

This validates one of the premises of our business.

You've got to ride and run to win, not to, you know, fall down.

Although they could go to a breeder and get a fairly similar pet, they want the most similar pet possible. They want a later-born identical twin, so they come to us.

This justifies our investment in the field. We've long suspected that if anyone beat us to this milestone, it would be Dr. Hwang's team -- due partly to their scientific prowess, and partly to the greater availability of canine surrogates and ova in South Korea.

This justifies our investment in the field, ... We've long suspected that if anyone beat us to this milestone, it would be Dr. Hwang's team -- due partly to their scientific prowess, and partly to the greater availability of canine surrogates and ova in South Korea.

It was terrible to lose a card like that, but I'll dump a card just as quick as they (jockeys, owners and trainers) will before I get somebody killed.

It's a fact of life; creative shops have to compete with shops from anywhere,

I don't look at that to happen, though. I think they'll get off the pot and decide to run.