John Shirreffs

Tags: Horse Trainer.

John A. Shirreffs (born June 1 1945 in Fort Leavenworth Kansas) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Based in California Vietnam War veteran John Shirreffs began training Thoroughbreds in 1978. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset. In 2007 another Shirreffs-trained horse scored a major upset when Tiago a half-brother to Giacomo (both out of the mare Set Them Free) won the Santa Anita Derby.

award

Big Sport of Turfdom Award

birth date

1945-06-01

birth place

Fort Leavenworth, United States

occupation

Horse trainer

race

Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Santa Anita Derby, Arcadia Handicap, New Orleans Ladies Stakes, American Oaks, Bayakoa Handicap, Del Mar Handicap, Hollywood Oaks, Milady Handicap, Oaklawn Handicap, San Diego Handicap, Awesome Again Stakes, El Encino Stakes, La Cañada Stakes, San Felipe Stakes, San Luis Rey Handicap, San Pasqual Handicap, Zenyatta Stakes, Inglewood Handicap, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Apple Blossom Handicap, Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap, Eddie Read Stakes, Matriarch Stakes, Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, Santa Maria Handicap, Vanity Invitational Handicap

race horse

Manistique (horse), Life Is Sweet (horse), Giacomo, Zenyatta, Nereid (horse), Tiago (horse), Zardana, A.P. Warrior, Bertrando, Scenic Blast