John Shirreffs

[JerseyJ]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

After Market finished dead last in a field of 8 in an alw race on the turf at Gulfstream in his final start for Bill Mott.

That was Jan 31st. Six months later .. he was the best in the West.

His pp's are right on top in this link...

http://www.drf.com/eclipse/2007/pps/maleturf.pdf


As for Life Is Sweet....

With Bill Mott: 2-for-7 .... zero for four in stakes races.

With John Shirreffs: 4-for-8 ... all races were either G1 or Gr 2 stakes. 3 of the 4 losses came to Zenyatta .. the other one came when 3rd to Rail Trip in the Hollywood Gold Cup.

As for the synthetic surface ... Life Is Sweet did run once on a synthetic track for Bill Mott .. she was 4th to Little Belle in the Ashland.

Please, take a look at After Market's PPs for a second...After Market finished a non-threatening 6th at 28-1 in the Kilroe Handicap and then was a non-threatening 5th with a perfect trip in a conditional money allowance. Finally he got into the winners circle in a weak 5 horse rendition of the Inglewood Handicap. Then he continued to get great setup, after great setup before coming home east and losing the Kelso BC Mile...Did he really improve that much out West or did he just beat up on crap out there???