Current Tag: John Henry
Gold Phoenix Looks for Third Consecutive Win in G2 John Henry Turf Championship
POSTED: September 29, 2023
Gold Phoenix wins the Del Mar Handicap Sep. 2 (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Mike Willman/Santa Anita Press Box ARCADIA, Calif.—Trainer Phil D’Amato’s Irish-bred Gold Phoenix...
Masteroffoxhounds Controls Pace and Prevails in G2 John Henry
POSTED: October 1, 2022
ARCADIA, Calif.— Comfortable throughout, Phil D’Amato’s Masteroffoxhounds took five rivals on a merry chase in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship, prevailing by...
D’Amato Sends Out a Trio in John Henry Turf Championship
POSTED: September 30, 2022
ARCADIA, Calif.— Phil D’Amato has 10 horses entered on Saturday’s lucrative 10-race program, and if he triumphs at his current frequency, he’ll have to double-time...
Classy United is somehow up to win by a nose in Grade II, $200,000 John Henry Championship as he eyes third Breeders’ Cup run
POSTED: October 3, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 2, 2021)–In a classic blanket finish that the race’s namesake would’ve relished, two noses, a length and a neck separated the first...
Defending Champ United heads field of 13 in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship
POSTED: September 30, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif. – One of the top turf horses in the nation over the past three years, Richard Mandella’s United is back to defend his...
One on One with Laffit Pincay
POSTED: August 23, 2021
Do you want to know what really happened when Affirmed was disqualified in the Travers? In any reasonable discussion of the greatest jockeys of all...
Sport of Kings, ship of fools, or clown show
POSTED: May 26, 2021
What happens if Medina Spirit actually won the Preakness Is HISA the central governing body horse racing needs Back in 2014 when Past the Wire...