Absolutely nothing bothers him, and that's a pretty rare thing. He reminds me a lot of Lost in the Fog; he has the same kind of temperament. |
He got sick, got better and then relapsed. That was a good race for him. |
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. |
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 was a good-looking little colt who had a nice pedigree and he worked fast. We got lucky on the price because he was in the sale with no reserve. I liked him a whole lot more than $30,000, that's for sure. |
He's been very steady for us, and we always expect a big race from him, and he always gives it. |
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. |
I don't think we've seen the best of him yet. He seems to be improving. |
I think he showed a lot of guts today because they came to him, and he had every excuse to chuck it in. He went 1:11.05 (for 6 furlongs) and picked it up to 1:34.81 (for 1 mile) and finished really well. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
It looked like Shadow Raider was going easy. I thought Shadow Raider was going to win it, but 'Dream came running. |
Neither of the owners wants to run in the Derby if he doesn't have a chance. |
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). |