John Henry - 1978 Wins 1st Grass Race
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much like the heralded exterminator,john henry was the iron horse.the noble steed that captured our hearts back in those fine days.extraordinary gelding with a temper and a brilliant animal mind.like the great kelso,john henry got better with age.his retirement brought as much fame as his racing days.the absolute star of the show
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True, but it needs to be remembered that a $35,000 tag in 1978, especially when claiming races didn't carry close to the purses they do now was a pretty steep price for a claimer (even five years later in 1983, a $45-50,000 claimer was considered a "big claimer" in New York and those were only worth $18,500 going short and $20,500 going long), so that needs to be put in perspective. Of course, no one realized what John Henry would become.
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The more I watch his races, the more I can`t beleive I met him, lol!
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best $3000 you ever saved!
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Was that jockey still spankin JH with a 10 length lead or was he just showing him the "crop"?
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Easy, hes my favorite horse of all time!! He had talent but he was "great" because of his will and heart.
3 years ago 3
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He wasn't great because of his talent but of his temper (lol) and his will.
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What's that you say? "He wasn't great because of his talent.."
Won 7 Eclipse Awards, 2 times Horse of the Year, Still holds
records since '84 for 26 Graded Stakes wins, 16 Grade 1 wins,
still highest earning TB gelding, Only 2 time Arlington Million winner, etc. What's your definition of talent?
jhhorse 3 years ago 10
we were gonna claim him that day, but the 35k seemd a bit steep, we were gonna wait a couple weeks and claim him for 32k :)
bettydaw1970 4 years ago 5