John Shirreffs, who trained Zenyatta to a Hall of Fame career and saddled Giacomo to win the 2005 Kentucky Derby (G1), died in his sleep on February 12 at his home in Arcadia, California. He was 80. “The industry lost a great man today,” said Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who rode these horses […]
Days before the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Matt Dorman of Determined Stud did not want to show his cards for the upcoming Tattersalls December Mare Sale. The one nugget he offered was his goal for the Dec. 1-3 auction in Newmarket, England, to add elite European bloodlines he didn’t already have as part of his […]