John Henry's Accomplishments
- Voted 7 Eclipse Awards
- Voted Horse of the Year 1981 and 1984
- Voted Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse 1981
- Oldest horse to win Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year - at age 9
- Oldest horse to win a Grade 1 race - at age 9 (tied)
- Voted Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984
- Won 30 stakes races
- Only horse to win the Arlington Million (G1) twice - 1981 & 1984
- One of only three horses to win the Santa Anita Handicap (G1) twice - 1981 & 1982
- Won more graded stakes than any other Thoroughbred - 25
- Voted racehorse of the decade for the 1980s
- Retired as the world's richest thoroughbred - July 28, 1985
- Inducted into National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1990
- Ranked #23 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century
- Most group one/grade one (G1) wins, 16
- Raced in 45 graded (G1,G2,G3) races
- Raced on 18 different North American race tracks
- Won inaugural running of the Arlington Million (1981)
- Oldest horse at age 9 to win the Arlington Million (1984)
- John Henry's 7 Eclipse Awards second to only Forego's 8
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