Vagrancy (racehorse) Vagrancy (racehorse) Vagrancy was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Vagrancy was a bay filly born in 1939 out of Valkyr by Man o' War. She raced for Belair Stud and was trained for most of her career by “Sunny” Jim Fitzsimmons. She was a promising winner at age two and then ran twenty-one times at age three, when she was named the 1942 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. She was also the champion "handicap" filly that season after beating the older crops in head-to-head races. At age three, she bloomed into the champion of her crop, winning nine stakes races
Mark Johnston (racehorse trainer) won at Pontefract on Monday 23 October 2017. He is only the third trainer in either code to reach that figure. On the 23rd August 2018 Mark Johnson became the most successful British Flat Trainer of all time when Frankie Dettori rode Poet’s Society to win the 3pm race at York Racecourse at odds of 20-1 to give Mark his 4,194 winner. The motto of the stable is "Always Trying". He is married to Deirdre, a former teacher. Great Britain Germany Ireland Italy United Arab Emirates Mark Johnston (racehorse trainer) Mark Johnston (born 10 October 1959) is a Scottish racehorse