Derby Quotations | Page 2

It's working out. The talent's great. The kids are great. Adidas is good about making sure the best interests of the Derby Festival Classic always come first. They haven't strong-armed us in any way.

It was a derby game and we are very happy to have won it.

The new meet gave us an opportunity to place the El Camino Real Derby in the same place on the calendar where it historically proved to be successful.

That's exactly right. It'll tell you if you can go on. Whatever happened in the Derby he's back on his way again. I'm really happy with him. Tracy likes to play the game.

The last derby raised $20,000 for the Andrew Jackson Council, and we're hoping for a good showing again this year.

The mile and a quarter of the Kentucky Derby is the classic distance, and I think it's right between his eyes.

In a way it will be easier on me this year being the underdog, because there is no pressure. It's a small line from here when looking ahead to the Kentucky Derby. Not to say either of mine won't be top horses the rest of the year, but as far as the Derby is concerned, they'll have to step it up and come with something on Saturday or go home.

I know there's a Derby out there with my name on it.

I like the history of the Daytona 500. It's like the Kentucky Derby of car racing.

I'm really looking forward to the derby and can't wait and we go there with a lot of confidence.

I'm looking forward to being on the Derby Trail again. I enjoy myself when I'm on it and you have to enjoy yourself because there will be disappointments. If you are one-two-three in last preps, you've got a chance. If you run horrible in those races, unless you've got a tremendous excuse, you've got no excuse.

If Motivator is beaten, we'll have to assess the manner of it, ... Going down to Azamour with all guns blazing would be no disgrace. But no-one likes to see the Derby winner beaten, so let's hope it's a question we don't need to address.

I'm told that on the night of the demolition derby we had about 5,000 people here. Most of them stayed afterward.

In order to win the Santa Anita Derby, we would have really had to pressed Brother Derek hard. Brother Derek is a very nice horse. I think it was a good race for Point Determined. He could have been a little closer, but he finally kicked in at the end. He got beat 3 1/2 lengths by the best three-year-old, and it gives you something to work with. He finished real strong, and he's not one-dimensional, which would give him a little advantage if there is a real heavy pace in the Derby .

I really think the race before (an allowance victory) was when he the light bulb went on, where he actually showed a middle-move acceleration, like he was getting it all figured out. I said six weeks ago I didn't feel like I could get to a mile and an eighth fast enough. Our main goal is still the Arkansas Derby and beyond.

I know I'm doing what God wants me to do, but I love this game. I'm going to miss it a lot, ... The Kentucky Derby is racing to me.

I haven't had a 2-turning-3-year-old horse that was this serious of a Derby prospect at this time of year.

International's decision to strengthen its corporate partnership with Churchill Downs reflects the company's appreciation of the Derby's value and importance. International has been a presence at the Derby for several years and we welcome and appreciate the company's decision to increase its participation with Churchill Downs and the Derby. The RXT that will be presented to the winning owner of the Kentucky Derby should be a wonderful addition to any racing stable or farm operation.

In a good year the derby will make us $15,000 or $16,000 clear, ... It's a huge draw, we always pack the stands full of people and it's our single biggest moneymaker of the year. That's why it's so important that we try to get it in, even though it will be at a separate time from the fair -- it will be harder to draw a crowd.

Churchill Downs is excited to bring the Kentucky Derby post-selection show to Derby fans, downtown workers and residents, and visitors to our community at Fourth Street Live.

He said absolutely that he didn't want to sell him. Right now the kids are following their dad's wishes. I'm sure they will keep him through the Kentucky Derby and then if he gets that far, they'll have some decisions to make.

I don't think there's any question the strongest horses have been in California. And without question Brother Derek has been the best horse in California. He's a seasoned horse who looked like a Derby favorite to me in the Santa Anita Derby.

I don't want to get in the way of Johnny with his Kentucky Derby mounts. This was a particularly hard decision, because anyone who works or trains or is around Keyed Entry knows how good he is. You'd want to stay with a horse like that as long as possible. He's undefeated. He's training super. In a perfect world, Keyed Entry would already have gone two turns, so Johnny could have made a better comparison with Bluegrass Cat. Bluegrass Cat already has been a mile and an eighth, and he's already been a mile and a sixteenth this year. I think it came down to that.

He's obviously a nice colt. But I can't see them having him all cranked up to win. Their objective is the Arkansas Derby and the Kentucky Derby, so I think they're using it for what it is a prep.

Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain't never been nowhere and you ain't seen nothin'!

The Kentucky Derby is one of the world's most exciting sports events and International's decision to strengthen its corporate partnership with Churchill Downs reflects the company's appreciation of the Derby's value and importance. International has been a presence at the Derby for several years and we welcome and appreciate the company's decision to increase its participation.

The Kentucky Derby is all about timing. This horse is getting right at the right time.

The competition is tougher than ever. The days of us fielding eight or so horses for the UAE Derby and coming first, second and third are over.

The Derby really takes a lot out of them.

The Derby is a special, unpredictable match. We are confident of winning it.

The Derby is an event we've coveted as long as I've been here,

The derby games are the best ones, ... I always remember beating them at St James' in 1999. It was pouring with rain and we were drenched but very, very happy. Kevin Phillips popped one in the top corner and we were singing 'Can we play you every week?' The Newcastle fans were fuming.

The Derby and Oaks fans from throughout our region and across the United States, along with those that join us from around the world readily and easily adjusted to the major changes in our security and hospitality procedures when they were implemented four years ago. These procedures are now a regular part of the Derby and Oaks experience, and many patrons have told us that they enjoy these marvelous days of racing more now than ever before.