Current Tag: John Shirreffs
National Museum of Racing announces 2022 Hall of Fame finalists
POSTED: March 2, 2022
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Six racehorses, four trainers, and one jockey account for the 11 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2022 Hall...
IT’S FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR EXPRESS TRAIN, WHO TAKES GRADE II, $200,000 SAN PASQUAL STAKES
POSTED: February 6, 2022
IT’S FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR EXPRESS TRAIN, WHO TAKES GRADE II, $200,000 SAN PASQUAL STAKES BY 3 ¼ LENGTHS AND WILL BE POINTED TO GRADE...
Express Train wins the San Antonio Stakes by a nose in a grinding stretch run
POSTED: December 27, 2021
Overlayed at 7-1 with Victor Espinoza up, C R K Stable’s Express Train took the length of the stretch but he finally overhauled heavily favored...
Beyond Brilliant and Du Jour to square off in the Grade II Mathis Mile at Santa Anita
POSTED: December 21, 2021
Trainer John Shirreffs’ Beyond Brilliant and Bob Baffert’s Du Jour head a field of nine sophomores going a mile on turf in Sunday’s Grade II,...
Classy England’s Rose rallies to first stakes win in the Swingtime
POSTED: October 10, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif. – In her first stakes assignment, the John Shirreffs-conditioned England’s Rose proved more than equal to the task as she displayed an impressive...
England’s Rose ready for her ‘close-up’ in Saturday’s $70,000 Swingtime Stakes
POSTED: October 7, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif. – With an abundance of speed signed on, the John Shirreffs-trained England’s Rose will hope to be running late as she tries stakes...
Astronaut launches an upset in Del Mar Handicap
POSTED: August 22, 2021
DEL MAR, Calif.— John M.B. O’Connor’s Astronaut returned $50.00 for a $2 wager at Del Mar Saturday when he captured the Grade II, $302,500 Del...
Upstart Lambeau heads Saturday’s GII Triple Bend
POSTED: May 26, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Fresh off a rousing gate to wire allowance win at one mile, the John Shirreffs-trained Lambeau is well positioned to make his stakes debut...
Express Train powers off the pace to victory in the San Pasqual
POSTED: January 31, 2021
Shirreffs-trainee pointed towards Grade I Santa Anita Handicap ARCADIA, Calif.—C R K Stable’s Express Train sat a perfect trip and rallied through the stretch to...
