Current Tag: John Shirreffs
Justique Returns to Del Mar in $100K Desi Arnaz
POSTED: November 18, 2022
Justique gallops Oct. 27 (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) DMTC Press Release DEL MAR, Calif.— Justique has only won a maiden race, but she did it...
Gifted Justique Leads Field in GII Chandelier
POSTED: October 6, 2022
Breeders’ Cup ‘Win & You’re In’ Challenge Race Qualifier ARCADIA, Calif.— C R K Stable’s Justique, an impressive first-out winner that would appear to be...
Beyond Brilliant Looks to Rebound in G2 City of Hope Mile
POSTED: September 28, 2022
ARCADIA, Calif.— C R K Stable’s Beyond Brilliant, freshened since a disappointing effort on July 31, heads Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 City of Hope Mile,...
Justique Wows ‘Em, Draws Comparisons to Zenyatta
POSTED: August 6, 2022
DEL MAR, Calif.— Every year at this time a 2-year-old bursts on the scene with an eye-popping effort that sends the racing world into a...
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...
