P. G. Johnson

P. G. never paid a lot of money for mares but got runners the best being Volponi, Breeders Cup Champion. P.G. bred numerous New York winners .An ardent student of pedigrees and an avid reader of Thoroughbred literature, over the years produced a string of capable runners by breeding his mmodest band of broodmares to stallions with reputations of siring sound and hickory tough runners. For $5,000. he purchased Grey Table who produced Quiet Little Table and the mare Gray Matter who got Water Malone by Naskra, a former Johnson trainee. For $3,000 he got the mare College Bold who produced the stakes horses Nasty and Bold, Told and Boldara. In the mid 1970's he established a family owned operation, Amherst Stable, to provide runners for his stable because of the uncertanity of owners. He was quoted in a Blood-Horse article as saying "he admired Hirsch Jacobs and Frederico Tesio, saying they both chose sound
horses as the basis for their breeding programs." Take the mare Belle Nuit she produced full siblings Belle Cherie $426,861 and Be Mine Tonight $159,210 and he successful sold three other siblings for a total over $700,00. at Keeneland. He bred to stallions such as Mr Leader, Nodouble who were noted for getting sound durable runners just like the Johnson trained Naskra, to whom he bred a lot to.