503:, on October 26, 2002. The win was a shocking upset, memorable not only due to the long odds of 43-1, but also due to the record 6 ½ lengths Voloponi won by. Volponi continued to do well for Johnson throughout 2003, coming in second in five of the seven races he ran that year.
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Chicago, and the Detroit Fair Grounds in Michigan. He also trained in Florida and Maryland, but eventually made his way to what became his permanent home in New York. He won four training titles at
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On July 9, 2004 Johnson entered Angela's Angel in a Maiden
Special Weight turf race at Belmont Park in New York. The horse came in tenth place. One month later, on August 6, 2004, Johnson died.
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For 36 straight years, from 1962 until 2003, Johnson won at least one race at
Saratoga. Among his many winning horses were several stakes winners, including Geraldine's Store, who won the
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Johnson's first racehorse, Song Master, was purchased at auction for $ 75. Two years later the horse finally proved himself by winning at
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Thoroughbred in 1942 for $ 75. He trained until close to the time of his death on August 6, 2004.
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Invitational in 1995; and Maplejinsky, who came in first in the 1998
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In 2002 Johnson was training 38 horses in his stable, which was based throughout the winter in New York.
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In 1997 Philip
Johnson was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
432:. This win was Johnson's first in a long career that lasted 60 years.
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During the early years of his career as a trainer
Johnson worked in
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Geraldine's Store, Kiri's Clown, Maplejinsky, Quiet Little Table,
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649:"Philip G. Johnson Graded Stakes Wins (Since 1976)"
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599:"BREEDERS' CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS"
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343:Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap
153:Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Stakes
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83:Fall Highweight Handicap
59:August 6, 2004 (aged 78)
793:American horse trainers
529:Average Earnings/Start
263:Maryland Million Ladies
188:United Nations Handicap
78:Bernard Baruch Handicap
338:Knickerbocker Handicap
218:Boiling Springs Stakes
143:Queens County Handicap
497:Breeders' Cup Classic
430:Hawthorne Race Course
370:Breeders' Cup Classic
278:Sheepshead Bay Stakes
348:Nassau County Stakes
258:Long Island Handicap
158:Gallant Fox Handicap
702:"Philip G. Johnson"
313:Gallorette Handicap
298:Top Flight Handicap
283:Bed O' Roses Stakes
233:Mount Vernon Stakes
113:Bold Ruler Handicap
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215:(1983, 1985, 1987)
208:Lamplighter Stakes
173:Discovery Handicap
168:Red Smith Handicap
163:Manhattan Handicap
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72:Major racing wins
20:Philip G. Johnson
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205:(1983, 1990)
180:(1982, 1992)
170:(1981, 1994)
125:(1977, 1978)
108:Dwyer Stakes
788:2004 deaths
783:1925 births
731:ASAP Sports
603:ASAP Sports
416:trainer of
64:Career wins
777:Categories
582:References
26:Occupation
574:Last race
471:of 1977.
549:$ 3,378
526:Earnings
450:Saratoga
446:Aqueduct
46:Illinois
761:30 June
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658:30 June
608:30 June
520:Seconds
481:Volponi
475:Volponi
442:Belmont
424:History
410:Chicago
398:Volponi
42:Chicago
30:Trainer
558:Stable
534:14,066
523:Thirds
514:Starts
465:Forego
386:(1997)
378:Honors
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67:2,315
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