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...
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.
derby neither owners run wants
Neither of the owners wants to run in the Derby if he doesn't have a chance.
race run track train trying win
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.
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.
record whether
Whether it's 2,000 or 2,500, it must be some kind of record for a jockey-trainer team.
grade great horses northern questions race
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.
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.
came looked raider shadow win
It looked like Shadow Raider was going easy. I thought Shadow Raider was going to win it, but 'Dream came running.
pace race
We don't think there was enough pace to set the race up for us.
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I use Beyer Figures as a tool, but I don't need them to build my confidence up. I think I've got a horse that does what he has to do to win and not a lot more. From what I've seen of the races this year, Cause to Believe is in the hunt. He has shown as much or more than a lot of horses that are being considered.
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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.
best seems seen
I don't think we've seen the best of him yet. He seems to be improving.