John Shirreffs moving to New York

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Dahoss

You're missing his point, which is that Shirreffs doesn't run his horses much.

I'm sure NYRA is happy to have a very good trainer coming to town, especially a trainer with his reputation. But I also think they are hopeful that he runs some of the few dozen horses he has more than he normally does. Horses in stalls that don't run is one of racings biggest problems.

Originally Posted by freddymo

John Sherriffs is obviously a world class trainer and by all accounts a terrific man. I like watching horses race, what I like more is betting on races that have great horses in them. There are plenty of trainers equally as qualified as Sherriffs that simply run their stock with much greater frequency then he does.

If you told me Bob Baffert was coming with 50 I would be a lot more excited.

Points well taken.