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Old 06-22-2010, 05:04 PM
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Prove to everyone how aggressive Shirreffs can be spotting his horses... Pull up Hollywood Story.

Here's her first 17 races: http://www.drf.com/row/pps/hollywoodstory.pdf

She ended up shipping three more times after that ...

Beaten 22 lengths by Pleasant Home in the Distaff.

Beaten 16 by Spun Sugar in the Apple Blossom.

Beaten 21 by Round Pond in the Distaff.


She was smoked all 5 times she left Cal. You can kind of see why the guy isn't a big fan of shipping all over when he's trying to protect a win/loss record.
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Old 06-22-2010, 05:18 PM
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Here's her first 17 races: http://www.drf.com/row/pps/hollywoodstory.pdf

She ended up shipping three more times after that ...

Beaten 22 lengths by Pleasant Home in the Distaff.

Beaten 16 by Spun Sugar in the Apple Blossom.

Beaten 21 by Round Pond in the Distaff.


She was smoked all 5 times she left Cal. You can kind of see why the guy isn't a big fan of shipping all over when he's trying to protect a win/loss record.
Loved, loved, loved this filly to death. How many horses break their maidens in a Gr. I? She ultimately only would win races at Hollywood, but ran great plenty of times elsewhere. It was Shirreffs aggressive handling of her that telegraphed Giacomo for me in the Derby.
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Old 06-22-2010, 05:25 PM
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How many horses break their maidens in a Gr. I?
I think Sweet Catomine did as well.
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Old 06-22-2010, 05:27 PM
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I think Sweet Catomine did as well.
Starrer broke her's in a stakes race IIRC, while trained by David Hofmans. Might have been the Santa Paula Stakes.
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Old 06-22-2010, 05:31 PM
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Starrer broke her's in a stakes race IIRC, while trained by David Hofmans. Might have been the Santa Paula Stakes.

I think Starrer might be the last horse to ever lose the jockey at the start while an odds on favorite in a Grade 1 race.
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Old 06-22-2010, 10:06 PM
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How many horses break their maidens in a Gr. I?
Stardom Bound did as well.
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Old 06-22-2010, 10:22 PM
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Stardom Bound did as well.
She came out of OBS March with the 3f bullet and was unblinkered - and every other horse from that sale who previewed 3/8 was like dog food compared to her.

I remember watching her debut at 5.5fs and expecting her to shoot to the lead and trounce the field ... she walked out of the gate and was like 15 back and came flying to lose a close photo.

I can't get over how her - and now a horse like Aikenite took the style of becoming closers.
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