A few old John Henry races added to Youtube

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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

NYRA's Youtube page has added 3 old races including John Henry.

There are a lot of his other races already on Youtube, but a few of these races are pretty interesting.

They include Darby Creek Road's allowance win at Saratoga where he set a still-standing track record of 7 furlongs in 1:20.40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxFwHIw7W_s


Darby Creek Road also got the best of John Henry on turf here in the Hill Prince:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmUri_UADPg

He had a 3-for-3 lifetime record against John Henry, though he did meet him before the gelding started to reach his peak.

That is great stuff. A couple of interesting points; these races were after Darby Creek Road was sold by the Phillips' to Joseph Allen. Also, if I'm not mistaken Scythian Gold recovered from a severe burn (may have been acid) to have a useful career. NYRA also had the allowance race where John Henry defeated the great Waya. (Although she was beginning to tail off)

I gave Darby Creek Road to a Xaverian Brother in summer school before the 1977 Saratoga Special. (no harm with a 35 yr old red board) Went to the OTB on 5th Avenue and DCR paid $22.00. Brother Jim put a $10 on him and after I gave him his cash he donated it right back to a Xaverian charity.