JC / Railbird

Horses Archive

Still Nasty

He might be a great turf horse, but John Henry sounds like a fearsome presence in the barn: “He’ll kick you, bite you, step on your toes, or even try to trip you by swinging out his front leg when you’re walking him. He spends a lot of time thinking about what he can do to get you.” (Thoroughbred Times)

Posted in Horses on August 16, 2004

Smarty Says Goodbye

More than 10,000 fans gather at Philadelphia Park to see him off. (Bucks County Courier Times)

Posted in Horses on August 15, 2004

“He was de mostest hoss”

“Eighty-four years after his last race and 57 years after his death at age 30, Man o’War remains among the greatest thoroughbreds of all time. In 1919, as a 2-year-old, he and Babe Ruth became superstar forerunners of what would be termed the Golden Age of Sport, aka the Roaring Twenties.” (Washington Times)

Posted in Horses on August 9, 2004