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Originally Posted by ateamstupid
First it was the insurmountable Rockies, then it was equating Rail Trip to 'the highest mountain,' and now this, his reasoning behind not shipping Zenyatta to the Beldame. It actually has little to do with Zenyatta!
Yes, that's right folks. It's not that he's scared to ship his champion mare, it's no longer the Rockies that are the problem, it's that there's no one who could possibly take care of his other horses for the handful of days he'll be out of town! God dammit, if only Shirreffs were a good 'telephone trainer.' Oh well, just our luck!
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That is totally legitimate. If he ships her to New York, he doesn't want to ship her all the way back to California and then ship all the way back to Kentucky. He would go straight to Kentucky from New York. If he does that, he's going to want to be in Kentucky and watch her train. If it was for a week, it wouldn't be a big deal. But it would be a very big deal if he was away for 5 weeks. He's a hands-on trainer. He watches all of his horses train every day. He doesn't like to miss a single day. He is extremely conscientious.
There are actually some trainers that don't even watch their horses train. They sit in their office all day and rely on their assistants. Shirreffs is not like that. He watches everything, every day. He will notice if the slightest thing is off. That is why he is so good.