Jean Bereaud

Jean Bereaud

Jean Bereaud, circa 1913
Sire His Highness
Grandsire The Ill-Used
Dam Carrie C.
Damsire Sensation
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1896
Country United States
Colour Bay
Breeder David Gideon & John Daly
Owner 1) John Daly
2) Sydney Paget
Trainer Sam Hildreth
Record 17: 10-2-0
Earnings US$80,952[1]
Major wins

National Stallion Stakes (1898)
Tremont Stakes (1898)
Eclipse Stakes (1898)
Hudson Stakes (1898)
Great American Stakes (1898)
Great Trial Stakes (1898)
Withers Stakes (1899)
Brookdale Handicap (1900)

American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1899)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1898)
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)

Jean Bereaud (foaled 1896 in New Jersey) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse best known for winning an 1899 American Classic Race, the Belmont Stakes.

Background

He was bred by the partnership of David Gideon and John Daly at their Holmdel Stock Farm in Holmdel, New Jersey. His sire was His Highness who in 1891 became the first horse in American Thoroughbred racing history to win more than $100,000 in a single season. He was out of the mare, Carrie C., who was described by the New York Times as "one of the best of the high-class platers of her day."[2] Carrie C.'s sire was George L. Lorillard's undefeated colt, Sensation.

Racing career

A top two-year-old, Jean Bereaud was conditioned for racing by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Sam Hildreth. He was raced by John Daly until after his June 11, 1898 win in the Great American Stakes when he sold him to Sydney Paget, a transplanted Englishman who managed the racing operations of William Collins Whitney.[3] For his new owner, the colt notably won the Great Trial Stakes and the second part of the Double Event at Sheepshead Bay Race Track. While Jean Bereaud's dominating performances diminished somewhat during the second half of 1898, he was still regarded as American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.[4]

As a three-year-old, Jean Bereaud rebounded from his slow second half of 1898 and in May 1899 won the 26th running of the Withers Stakes at Morris Park Racecourse. Then, in the pre-U.S. Triple Crown era, set a new Morris Park track record of 2:23.00 for 1⅜ miles in winning the Belmont Stakes.

Racing at age four, Jean Bereaud's most significant race was a win in the Brookdale Handicap at Gravesend Race Track in which he defeated Imp. ==Stud record++ Retired to stud duty, Jean Bereaud was not a successful sire.

References

  1. ^ http://www.pedigreequery.com/jean+bereaud Jean Bereaud's pedigree and partial racing stats
  2. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F03E6DC1738E433A25756C1A9639C94699ED7CF
  3. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950DEEDD103CE433A25750C1A9609C94699ED7CF June 13, 1898 New York Times on the sale of Jean Bereaud
  4. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F03E6DC1738E433A25756C1A9639C94699ED7CF May 15, 1898 New York Times article on Jean Bereaud's win in the National Stallion Stakes