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Trainer Phil Johnson Dies

Phil Johnson, the trainer who won the 2002 Breeders’ Cup with Volponi, died on Friday at age 78. (New York Times)
Related: “New York racing loses a gem” (Daily Racing Form)

Posted in News, Trainers/Training on August 7, 2004

Getting It Right at the Gate

“Thoroughbreds, most of them tending toward paranoid schizophrenia, have a deep-rooted fear of restraint, narrow enclosure, and loud noises. The starting gate requires them to hold still in a claustrophobic pen while men shout, horses squeal, and metal doors bang open and shut. There is also a loud bell, just for yucks” (Daily Racing Form).

Posted in Trainers/Training on July 12, 2004