Legendary racehorse John Henry dies at 32

[FishHack76]

One of America's legendary racehorses was euthanized on Monday night. Even if you're not into horse racing, his story is actually very fascinating. He earned his name because of his foul temper. He would stomp buckets flat with his feet like John Henry pounding railroad spikes. He was sold twice for $1,100 and $2,200 then gelded and sold again for $25,000.
From there, John Henry amassed $6.5 million, won four Grade I stakes (including the first Arlington Million), was named Horse of the Year twice and won seven Eclipse Awards.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=3055036

 

[BYH]

Re: John Henry dies at 32

I hope the Red Sox dedicate the rest of the season to him.

 

[Angola!]

Re: John Henry dies at 32

Damn, I was hoping it was the Red Sox owner.
Oh well.
Go Indians.

 

[BYH]

Re: John Henry dies at 32

Time to ratchet the fandom down a notch there, Angola.

 

[FishHack76]

I changed the title to avoid any confusion. I think John Henry, the owner, is older than 32. He looks that way anyway.

 

[buckweaver]

Played up pretty big in one of our papers here in SoCal. Fascinating story. Won Horse Of The Year at 9. That's amazing.

 

[Angola!]

Re: John Henry dies at 32

Time to ratchet the fandom down a notch there, Angola.

Sorry. It has been a long week for me in all aspects of my life and I thought this offered a glimmer of hope.

Fishhack76 - the Red Sox owner is in his 70s, I believe, which is why I thought this thread was about him.

 

[friend of a friend]

Damn, I was hoping it was the Red Sox owner.
Oh well.
Go Indians.

Wow. Stay classy, Gola!

 

[Write-brained]

One of America's legendary racehorses was euthanized on Monday night. Even if you're not into horse racing, his story is actually very fascinating. He earned his name because of his foul temper. He would stomp buckets flat with his feet like John Henry pounding railroad spikes. He was sold twice for $1,100 and $2,200 then gelded and sold again for $25,000.
From there, John Henry amassed $6.5 million, won four Grade I stakes (including the first Arlington Million), was named Horse of the Year twice and won seven Eclipse Awards.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=3055036

An effin stud if there ever was one.

 

[KingOfBedsideManor]

Time to ratchet the fandom down a notch there, Angola.

Sorry. It has been a long week for me in all aspects of my life and I thought this offered a glimmer of hope.

Fishhack76 - the Red Sox owner is in his 70s, I believe, which is why I thought this thread was about him.

Um, he's 58.

Also, yikes, dude. Actually, that doesn't do enough. If you feel like some dude dying offered your life a glimmer of hope because he owned a professional sports team you don't root for, then you've clearly got more issues than you're letting on...