John Shirreffs

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

You didn't.

In fact, you argued that Zenyatta deserves extra credit points because she's trained by an ordinary trainer like Shirreffs while RA is trained by a wizard like Asmussen.

I'd take Shirreffs in every single aspect over Asmussen as a trainer. Even ability to move horses up coming from a different barn.

I was making a joke about Asmussen and his often forays into the issues with drugs...you knew that though.

I do think its odd that a guy like Asmussen could have the horse of the year for three years in a row, and in the back of your head you wonder how much he may have "moved" the horses up, but both had talent so its his reputation that begs that question.