... surface, Jess Jackson will not send Rachel to California to face Zenyatta on plastic in the Breeders' Cup. Trainer John Shirreffs is pointing Zenyatta toward a race in California on July 30, a move that would preclude her from participating against ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jockey Mike Smith and trainer John Shirreffs kept saying that Giacomo was a good horse. No one would listen. Turns out the colt with the musical connection was a surprising ...

... races. Giacomo, who always managed to stay in contention, finished fourth in the Santa Anita Derby, and trainer John Shirreffs was confident his colt would run well in the 11 4-mile Derby. Did he ever. The winner, named for the rock star ...

... win it?"' he said outside Giacomo's barn at Churchill Downs. Typical of his low-key nature, winning trainer John Shirreffs had already returned to Southern California, leaving others to keep buzzing about his colt's stunning rally from ...

... Goer, Awe Inspiring in 1989 ... Next start: Wood Memorial ... Odds: 6-1 (mutuel field). 9. Giacomo (John Shirreffs, Mike Smith): Distant runner-up in San Felipe seems competitive every time out ... Next start: Santa Anita ...

... Preakness front, with fourth-place Derby finisher Don't Get Mad being ruled out of the race. Also, Giacomo trainer John Shirreffs was making plans to have his Derby winner vanned from Louisville, Ky., to Baltimore next week. Third-place finisher ...

... other time as many Derby horses were in the field occurred in 1999, when Charismatic was a long shot Derby winner. John Shirreffs, who trains Giacomo, doesn't feel slighted by the odds. "It's always kind of a comfort feeling when there ...

... Derby horses ran back in the Preakness was '99. It may appear Giacomo hasn't gotten much respect, but trainer John Shirreffs doesn't see it that way. "I think a lot of people like Giacomo, I think he's getting respect," Shirreffs ...

... really challenged. "I don't think there was any embarrassment in running third in the Preakness," Giacomo trainer John Shirreffs said. "We were pleased with the effort." And for just the third time in nine years, the Belmont will be run in ...

... Giacomo could be the one, though. The Derby winner finished a credible third in the Preakness, and trainer John Shirreffs has said the Belmont fits his gray colt's closing style best of all the Triple Crown races. "It doesn't get ...