Gun Song

Wins Black Eyed Susan

MARK HENNIG RACING

Wild Mama

Scores at First Asking

Gun Song

Brings It Home In Cathryn Sofia Stakes

Game Gun Song

Narrowly Defeated By Thorpedo Anna

2024 statistics

StartsFirstsSecondsThirdsEarnings

career statistics

StartsFirstsSecondsThirdsEarnings
10,408 1,500 1,532 1,389 $81,693,087

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Mark Hennig was born in 1965, in Mansfield, Ohio. As a teenager, Mark spent his summers’ working for either his father, trainer John Hennig or his friend, Neil Howard. After two and a half years of college at Ohio State University, the call of the race track brought him back to his father’s stable. Mark continued to assist his father until his father unselfishly encouraged him to set his sights on loftier goals. With his father’s assistance, he landed a job working with Hall Of Fame trainer, Jack Van Berg, in May of 1987. He worked in Southern California for Van Berg, before he was hired by Hall Of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, in September of that year, later becoming one of his assistants.

In the summer of 1992, Mark was given the chance to go on his own, as the trainer of record. Only one year after opening his own stable, in 1993, Mark went on to finish in the Nation’s Top 10 Trainers with earnings of over $4,000,000. He was fortunate to train not only Star Of Cozzene, winner of The GI Arlington Million, but also Personal Hope, winner of the GI Santa Anita Derby. In total, Mark’s horses won 19 stakes that year and placed in 35 more. In 1995 Mark went on to form a public stable, largely due to the support of Edward P. Evans, for whom he won 45 graded stakes in his career.

Since starting his stable 26 years ago, Mark has posted 26 straight years of over $1 million in purses. Hennig trained horses have won over 100 graded stakes and over $70 million in earnings. With help from his wife Rosemary, Mark has continued to succeed at the top level of racing.

More of Mark’s major wins have been winning the GI Man o’ War with Star Of Cozzene, the GI King’s Bishop with Gygistar, the GI Ogden Phipps with Raging Fever, the GI Personal Ensign with Summer Colony, the GI Hollywood Derby with Vergennes, The GI Pimlico Special with Eddington, the GI Frizette with Raging Fever, the GI Matron with Raging Fever, and the GI Jerome Handicap with Prenup.

Mark’s stable is primarily based in NY, racing at Belmont, Aqueduct, and Saratoga. He winters a contingent of horses at Gulfstream Park, and keeps a smaller string of horses at Monmouth Park, during the summer months.

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The Hennig Team in the News

Gun Song Shows The Way In Cathryn Sophia

Gun Song might have punched her ticket to next month’s Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion on Saturday, when she darted to a 2 1/2-length win over Impel in the $200,000 Cathryn Sophia at Parx Racing. It was another nose back in third to Wonder Ride.

Hennig, Lewis Share Black-Eyed Susan Win With Gun Song

The smiles and laughs all around in the winner’s circle told the uplifting story of a trainer and owner who have known each other for about 40 years, dating back to the time when Hennig was an assistant for trainer D. Wayne Lukas.

Over the years, they enjoyed the good times and stayed together during the lean years, making Friday’s victory so rewarding.

Hennig Enjoying Rewarding Meet at Saratoga

Hennig has had a solid meet thus far at the Spa. After the Saturday card, he has seven wins, three seconds, and four third-place finishes in 28 starts from his horses. It is the most wins the 58-year-old Hennig has had at the Spa since he had six in 2009

Cash Offer Rallies to First Stakes Win in Aqueduct’s La Verdad

Reddam Racing’s Cash Offer ran down Kept True in mid-stretch and kicked away a one-length winner for her first career stakes win in Saturday’s third running of the $100,000 La Verdad for New York-bred fillies and mares 4-years-old and up at Aqueduct Racetrack.

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