Background
Nicknamed "Butch," he was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts but raised in Rhode Island. His father, John Senior, was a trainer who worked at racetracks on the East Coast of the United States.
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John Lenzini
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Career
After relocating to race at tracks in Maryland, his association with Baltimore builder Nathan Scherr brought him his greatest success in racing in 1982. John Lenzini, Junior. died at age forty-nine on November 15, 1996 at his home at Woodbury, Long Island, New New York
Achievements
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Following in his father"s footsteps, Lenzini, Junior. earned his first win as a professional trainer in 1969 at Narragansett Park in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. As the trainer for Scherr"s colt, Aloma"s Ruler, in January he won the Bahamas Stakes at Hialeah Park Race Track, the May 8th Withers Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack, then the biggest win of his career, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. In July, Aloma"s Ruler won the Jersey Derby at Monmouth Park but came out of a second-place finish in the August 21st Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course with an ankle injury that ended his career. The colt won the 1985 Gotham Stakes and Wood Memorial Stakes and was third in the Preakness Stakes.
