Wild Again's Trainer Vincent Timphony Dies
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Vincent Timphony, the former trainer who won the first Breeders’ Cup Classic with Wild Again in 1984, died on Monday, his former wife, Scarlet, said.
Timphony was 76. He was removed from life support at Arcadia Methodist Hospital, adjacent to Santa Anita, on Saturday after suffering a series of strokes, Scarlet Timphony said.
Born and raised in New Orleans, Vincent Timphony had his last starter in 2002. He had runners who placed in stakes at Fairplex Park and Turf Paradise in the late 1990s.
In recent years, Vincent Timphony frequently visited Santa Anita in the mornings, spending training hours with friends at Clocker’s Corner. “The horses were in his blood,” Scarlet Timphony said...
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