John Servis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Servis

American horse trainer

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1958

Place of Birth: Charles Town, West Virginia, United States

Profession: horse trainer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

John C.
Servis (born October 25, 1958 in Charles Town, West Virginia) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who was relatively unknown until May 2004 when his horse Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby.
The colt then went on to win the Preakness Stakes further increasing Servis' reputation.
Servis' Cathryn Sophia won 2016 Kentucky Oaks, winning by 2-3/4 lengths over Land Over Sea.In 2018, Servis won his first Breeders' Cup race with Jaywalk in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.Servis trains horses primarily out of Parx Casino and Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
He was born into a family involved in the Thoroughbred racing industry.
As a boy, he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where his father worked as a jockey. Servis trained his 1,000th winner on May 1, 2007 at Philadelphia Park. John lives with his wife, Sherry, and two sons, Blane and John Tyler. John is also the brother of trainer Jason Servis and brother-in-law to Florida Thoroughbred trainer, Edward Plesa.