Thoroughbreds Quotes

You have to give the inexperienced guys a lot of credit. But the thoroughbreds really did the job. - Steve Arnett

We've gone two years now of being recruited against by people saying, 'The ACC will run circles around these guys,' ... I guess it will be us Clydesdales against those thoroughbreds. We'll see who wins. - Tom O'Brien

We now have the tools in terms of genetic markers and genetic maps... Now there are collections of bones of many of these ancient thoroughbreds that will enable us to get handles on some of these key animals. - Matthew Binns

Sometimes when you get two thoroughbreds like that, they have a tendency to race each other and forget about everyone else. And then someone sneaks in and wins. - Jack Warner

Kane and Pogue picked up the pace and really turned it around. That's the game for us. We're workhorses, not thoroughbreds. When the work gets tough at the end of the match, that's when our conditioning and preparation show through. - Bruce Burnett

It's going to take him some time to get his rhythm down, and we certainly have to be intelligent, ... Smoot is a thoroughbred and thoroughbreds need their legs more than anything. So we want to make sure that he has his legs. He hasn't been through training camp. So we've got to be very careful not to let his tremendous enthusiasm, tremendous energy, tremendous passion keep me from making the best decision, which is to take it slow with him. - Mike Tice

It's a shame that the Run for the Roses has been degraded into a run for junk food. Next year, will the thoroughbreds run at Taco Bell Downs? - Gary Ruskin

Ideally, you'd like to have five thoroughbreds running at wide receiver out there. - Urban Meyer

Every year, more than 90,000 American horses -- thoroughbreds, family ponies, and others -- are slaughtered for human consumption abroad in countries such as France, Belgium, and Japan. These magnificent creatures have been part of the fabric of American life for centuries. They faithfully plowed our fields, carried our loads, and helped us in war and peace. The House and Senate have both stated decisively that horses deserve better than to be hoisted by a rear leg, cut with a long blade, and bled out for the purpose of being served to foreign gourmands. - Michael Markarian

Eventually the Darley Arabian races to supremacy... The Darley Arabian is responsible for 95% of all the Y chromosomes in the half-million thoroughbreds that exist worldwide. - Patrick Cunningham