A plain brown, small, bad-tempered animal, John Henry was the horse no one wanted until he was purchased sight unseen for $25,000 by Sam Rubin, a man who knew nothing about horses, except which end bit and which end kicked. PPs. He is chairman of John W. Henry & Company, Inc., which was established in 1981 and is located in Boca Raton, Florida. When John Henry was inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame in 1990, Rubin recalled his initial naivete. Many are of the opinion racing has been hurt by the lack of a Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. He was 32. John Henry is a big sim racing fan and those two partnered to create iRacing two decades ago. One that is sometimes overlooked is John Henry. The then 11-year-old won the inaugural Arlington Million (GIT) … Throughout it's history, from Seabiscuit through Smarty Jones, Horse Racing has had it's share of horses dubbed "The People's Champion". A native of Illinois, Mr. Henry has been one of the most successful investment managers in the futures industry. ... John Henry (KY) TB, B, G, foaled March 9, 1975 Now in paperback, John Henry continues to entertain horse racing and sports fans with its true rags to riches tale. “I gave 10% of the sale price to the agent,” Rubin said. Welcome to Equibase.com, your official source for horse racing results, mobile racing data, statistics as well as all other horse racing and thoroughbred racing information. LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Thoroughbred great John Henry, the two-time Horse of the Year who earned more than $6.5 million, was euthanized Monday. In the long and colorful history of Thoroughbred racing there’s a wealth of heartwarming stories, but few can match the exhilarating rags-to-riches saga of John Henry. When legendary gelding John Henry was finally retired in 1986 after amassing a career record of 83-39-15-9 and earnings of $6,591,860, he was the richest North American-based racehorse of all time. Sept. 26, 2020 John Henry Turf Championship S. Santa Anita Park ~ 285 W Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007 Find everything you need to know about horse racing at Equibase.com. In January 2014, Mr. Henry became the 9 th publisher of the Boston Globe. John Nicholson, executive director of the park expressed, “The mighty heart of the great John Henry has, at long last, yielded to time. And I put together a meeting between iRacing and NASCAR right around 2008 or so. But the absence of a gelding with the magnetism and longevity of a Kelso, a Forego, or a John Henry also has been a setback of sorts for the sport in the last couple of decades.