True North I

True North
Sire Only One
Grandsire Lucullite
Dam North Riding
Damsire High Time
Sex Gelding
Foaled 1940
Country United States
Colour Bay
Breeder W. Deering Howe
Owner W. Deering Howe
Trainer Preston M. Burch
Record 54: 20-10-4
Earnings US$98,695
Major wins
Aberdeen Stakes (1942)
Hialeah Juvenile Stakes (1942)
Fall Highweight Handicap (1945)
Gideon Putnam Handicap (1945)
W. P. Burch Memorial Handicap (1946)
Interborough Handicap (1946)
Honours
True North Handicap at Belmont Park

True North (foaled 1940) was a successful American Thoroughbred racehorse for which the True North Handicap at Belmont Park is named.[1]

Background

True North was bred and raced by businessman W. Deering Howe, a grandson of Charles Deering, Chairman of the Board of Directors and a founding major shareholder in International Harvester.[2] True North was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Preston M. Burch.[3]

Racing career

True North's wins included the Fall Highweight Handicap in 1945 and the Interborough Handicap in 1946.

Pedigree

Pedigree of True North
Sire
Only One
Lucullite Trap Rock Rock Sand
Topiary
Lucky Lass Ormondale
Lux Casta
Orissa Purchase Ormondale
Cherryola
Durbar Chicle
Pageant
Dam
North Riding
High Time Ultimus Commando
Running Stream
Noonday Domino
Sundown
Scarborough Bridge of Earn Cyllene
Santa Brigida
Scaramuccia Spearmint
Spring Chicken

References

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