John Henry

He has lived at the park since his retirement, and resides in the Hall of Champions, sharing with a handful of other racing legends, including Cigar.

John Henry was Horse of the Year twice, at six and nine. He started racing at two, continued racing for eight years.

He won more graded stakes (25) than any other thoroughbred, was voted racehorse of the decade for the 1980s, is still the biggest-earning gelding of any breed in history; and retired as the world's richest thoroughbred on July 28, 1985. He was unducted into Racing's Hall of Fame in 1990 and has been voted 23rd best racehorse of the 20th century.

It was announced at his birthday celebrations that the Kentucky Horse Park would acquire his racing trophies and memorabilia, which the Rubin Family Estate is donating to the park.

At John Henry's birthday party, John Nicholson, executive director of the Kentucky Horse Park declared, "More than two decades ago, Sam and Dorothy Rubin of Dotsam Stables gave the Kentucky Horse Park one of its greatest blessings when they sent John Henry to live here. Now I have the very happy duty of announcing that the heirs of the Rubin family estate have also done something wonderful for our park by donating the family's cherished collection of John Henry's racing memorabilia to our International Museum of the Horse.

"It has been our great privilege to be John Henry's stewards all these years, and now we'll have this fine collection on permanent display in our museum to tell the story of his unparalleled racing accomplishments."

The first portion of the collection is expected be shipped to the Kentucky Horse Park in the near future. It is undetermined at this time when the collection will go on display for the public.