Johannesburg (horse)

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Johannesburg, foaled on February 23, 1999, sired by Hennessey and out of Myth, was trained by Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle, and now stands at stud for the giant Irish breeder Coolmore Stud. During the Northern Hemisphere breeding season, he stands at Coolmore's American farm, Ashford Stud, near Versailles, Kentucky, and shuttles to Coolmore Australia near Jerry's Plains, New South Wales for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

Johannesburg was unbeaten as a 2-year-old, winning 7 races, 4 of them Group 1s, including the Phoenix Stakes, Prix Morny, Middle Park Stakes and Breeders' Cup Juvenile, with a devastating display in the latter. For his performance in the 2001 racing season he earned the Cartier Award for Two-Year-Old European Champion Colt.

He had 3 starts as a 3-year-old, none of which he was successful in, including an 8th place finish in the Kentucky Derby and 9th in the St. James's Palace Stakes.

Retired to stand at stud at Ashford Stud his first crop of 2-year-olds competed in 2006, with 3 of his 14 runners winning Graded stakes races, including the unbeaten duo of Group 2 winner Hamoody and Grade 2 winner Scat Daddy.

[edit] Pedigree

Pedigree of Johannesburg
Sire Hennessey	Storm Cat	Storm Bird	Northern Dancer
			South Ocean
		Terlingua	Secretariat
			Crimson Sun
	Island Kitty	Hawaii	Utrilo II
			Ethane
		T. C. Kitten	Tom Cat
			Needlebug
Dam Myth	Ogygian	Damascus	Sword Dancer
			Kerala
		Gonfalon	Francis S
			Grand Splendor
	Yarn	Mr. Prospector	Raise A Native
			Gold Digger
		Narrate	Honest Pleasure
			State