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John A. Shirreffs

Statistics by Year:
 

Category Starters Starts Starts/Starter 1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter
Dirt 12 26 2.17 2 7 9 7.69% 69.23% $1,146,600 $44,100 $95,550
Turf 13 23 1.77 5 2 2 21.74% 39.13% $360,100 $15,657 $27,700
All Weather 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Total 21 49 2.33 7 9 11 14.29% 55.1% $1,506,700 $30,749 $71,748
  
Graded Stakes 5 11 2.2 2 3 3 18.18% 72.73% $1,154,000 $104,909 $230,800
Black-type Stakes 6 14 2.33 2 3 4 14.29% 64.29% $1,172,500 $83,750 $195,417
Two-year-olds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Claiming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
First-time starters 8 8 1 0 2 12.5% 37.5% $62,800 $7,850 $7,850
Name: John A. Shirreffs
Trainer Bio

Birthdate: June 1, 1945
Birthplace: Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Residence: Arcadia, Calif.
Family: Wife, Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs

Trainer John Shirreffs will forever be linked to equine sensation Zenyatta, owned by Jerry and Ann Moss. Zenyatta was voted Horse of the Year in 2010 and she is the only female ever to win the Breeders' Cup Classic (2009). Zenyatta also was awarded Champion older female honors for three consecutive years (2008, 2009, 2010). Shirreffs made history in 2009 when he saddled both the winners of the Breeders' Cup Classic (Zenyatta) and the Ladies’ Classic (Life is Sweet). Zenyatta became the first Eclipse Award champion for Shirreffs when she won the champion older female award in 2008. In 2005, Shirreffs saddled longshot Giacomo, also owned by the Mosses, to win the Kentucky Derby. His wife, Dottie, is their racing manager.

Shirreffs, who bases his 50-horse stable at Hollywood Park, grew up dividing his time between Port Washington on Long Island, N.Y., and New Hampshire, where he spent time around horses on his family's farm near Neufields. A Vietnam War veteran, Shirreffs served in the Marine Corps and, after being discharged, he settled in California after meeting Henry Freitas, then manager of Loma Rica Ranch.

Shirreffs took out his trainer's license in 1978, operating a small stable in Northern California. He moved south as an assistant to the late Brian Mayberry and Bill Spawr. In 1994, Shirreff became the private trainer for Ed Nahem and Marshall Naify's 505 Farms until Naify's death in 2000. Shirreff's first stakes winner was Jade Ring, winner of the 1980 John Peri Stakes at Stockton.

Bio information provided by America's Best Racing @ www.followhorseracing.com

Top 10 Winning Horses - Past 12 months

Horse Sex Current Earnings Best Win Race Class Best Win Stake
Atitlan Colt $380,500 Grade 2 winner Charles Whittingham S. Presented by FanDuel TV G2
Skinner Colt $90,000 Grade 3 winner Native Diver S. G3
Baeza Colt $848,500 Winner
Momad Gelding $107,920 Winner
Sophisticate Filly $101,600 Winner
Ashley Filly $59,200 Winner
King Stephen Colt $46,200 Winner
Misleading Filly $39,000 Winner
Kahuna Magic Gelding $34,100 Winner
Red Flag Gelding $29,400 Winner
Horse Sex Earnings Best Race Class Best Stake
Zenyatta Filly $7,304,580 Horse of the year Breeders' Cup Classic G1
Giacomo Colt $2,537,316 Grade 1 winner Kentucky Derby G1
Tiago Colt $2,358,270 Grade 1 winner Santa Anita Derby G1
Life Is Sweet Filly $1,670,000 Grade 1 winner Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic G1
Express Train Colt $1,603,800 Grade 1 winner Santa Anita H. presented by Yaamava' Resort & Casino G1
Manistique Filly $1,311,800 Grade 1 winner Vanity H. G1
Hollywood Story Filly $1,171,105 Grade 1 winner Hollywood Starlet S. G1
Gormley Colt $1,026,000 Grade 1 winner Santa Anita Derby G1
Beyond Brilliant Colt $777,280 Grade 1 winner Hollywood Derby G1
After Market Colt $686,280 Grade 1 winner Eddie Read H. G1
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