Current Tag: John Henry
Cabo Spirit Upsets G2 John Henry Turf Championship
POSTED: September 28, 2024
Cabo Spirit gate-to-wire in the John Henry (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) For information on Past The Wire’s annual Breeders’ Cup Seminar, the very best in...
Calif. Crown: Fincher Wary Of Pace Scenario For ‘Buscador
POSTED: September 26, 2024
Senor Buscador working for the crown. (Zoe Metz Photo) John Henry: D’Amato Quartet Looms Large In GII Turf Test + California Crown Races Will Be...
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...
