John Shirreffs Race Quotations

I don't know that you can compare it to anything else a person in racing could have. I think whenever you have a horse like this you always want to win the next race, but I don't know that you can duplicate the first Saturday in May getting in the gate with 19 other horses and winning. There is no other race in that category.

He had been training very well for the race, and all indications were that he was going to run well. I had never watched him run but, from what I had read about him, it was exciting to get a chance to train him. I knew that if he brought his A game, he would be very competitive.

Going a mile and an eighth first time out was pretty tough, but that race moved him a lot more forward than I could have just training him.

Tom Meeker really took care of us. Being in this race was exciting and we really appreciated everything he did for us.

The Santa Anita Handicap was a tough race on him. He needed to regroup a little. We'll probably look for a race here at Hollywood Park.

I just tried to find different ways to get along with him. Racing usually helps horses and they sort of mature through their races, so probably each race helped him along the way.

I don't put a lot of pressure on a race. It's the big picture that counts.