Jerry Hollendorfer Race Quotations

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.

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.

He got sick, got better and then relapsed. That was a good race for him.

We need races in between what your ultimate goal is. If he can win on Saturday, it makes the ultimate goal worth pursuing.

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.

He's been very steady for us, and we always expect a big race from him, and he always gives it.

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.

We don't think there was enough pace to set the race up for us.

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.

That was just an experiment that worked out. We sure weren't thinking about any million-dollar race for him.

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.