Mark Hennig Birthdate: April 10, 1965 Birthplace: Mansfield, Ohio Residence: Garden City, N.Y. Family: wife, Rosemary; daughter, Taylor; son, Jason; stepchildren Brooke, Brandon and Brian.

2009 Gulfstream Record

• Won two stakes at Gulfstream in 2008, with La Dolce Vita declared the winner of the Suwannee River Handicap and Peach Flambe taking the Cicada Stakes on closing weekend. It was the second consecutive year La Dolce Vita won at Gulfstream. She won the 2007 City of Hollywood Stakes ...
• Hennig has had previous South Florida stars including 2005 Gulfstream Park Handicap winner Eddington, a horse-for-the-course who prepared here for the Triple Crown the previous year.
• He went on to win the 2005 Pimlico Special. Tap Day, Tap Dance and Gygistar are others who have shined at Gulfstream. He has trained more than 100 stakes winners since going on his own in 1992 and passed the 1,000 win mark late in 2007. Prior, he worked as an assistant to Hall of Fame trainers Jack Van Berg and Wayne Lukas as well as Neil Howard.
• In his first full year on his own, Hennig runners earned over $4 million in 1993, good for ninth on the earnings list. Included were Grade 1 wins by Personal Hope (Santa Anita Derby) and Star of Cozzene (Arlington Million and Man o’ War) ...
• Has trained other Grade 1 winners Vergennes, Prenup, Summer Colony and Raging Fever.

Other: Attended the Ohio State University for two years before opting to follow his father, John, into a career as a trainer ... Sister Letty is married to Belmont Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic-winning trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. Both were assistants to Lukas in the 1980s ... First winner was Arabian Ace at Hollywood Park in July 1992.