Quotes by Mark Wells

“Its important to support this because of what happened right here. Its like living in Louisville and someone never having been to the (Kentucky) Derby. I dont think a lot of people realize what goes on here.”

“Its one more obstacle to try and overcome.”

“Its gone up so fast, so quickly. Last year, it was at $1.78, and we were all griping. Now, you hope it doesnt get to $3. If it keeps going up, I dont know how many teams will be able to do too much. You may end up seeing a lot of effects.”

“This situation could have gotten much worse. It did not because our staff followed the (emergency) plan in place.”

“Wayne has been our head coach for a long time. I felt like we owed him to let him do what he wanted, which was to take a year off and then come back. I said absolutely.”

“Wayne is back as long as he wants to be coach. I dont know if hes coming back for just one year, or two or three years or if hes just going to play each year by ear.”

“Barry did a great job. With the amount of injuries we had, Barry deserves the coach of the year in our league.”

“Some of these people cannot afford to have a dog or a cat, yet they will own multiple horses. It gets way beyond them and they dont realize whats happening.”

“Its when they knowingly and willfully dont do what we ask them to do and the horses actually start to fall down and die, thats when we treat it like a criminal case.”

“High school was OK, I guess. I plan to go to college and then, well, look for a job.”