Johren

Johren
Sire Spearmint
Grandsire Carbine
Dam Mineola
Damsire Meddler
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1915
Country Great Britain
Colour Bay
Breeder Harry Payne Whitney
Owner Harry Payne Whitney
Trainer James G. Rowe, Sr. & Albert Simons
Record 22: 9-5-3
Earnings $49,156
Major wins

Latonia Derby (1918)
Suburban Handicap (1918)
Saratoga Cup (1918)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1918)

American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1918)
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Last updated on August 29, 2007

Johren (1915–1932) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United States. His most important win came in the 1918 Belmont Stakes.

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Background

Owned and bred by Harry Payne Whitney, he was sired by Spearmint, the 1906 Grand Prix de Paris winner and a son of Australian Racing Hall of Fame and New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame inaugural inductee Carbine. As well as being the sire of the Belmont Stakes-winning filly Tanya, Johren's damsire Meddler was the damsire of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Grey Lag.

Harry Whitney had racing operations at Newmarket in England and in his native United States. He brought Johren as a yearling to his Brookdale Farm in Lincroft, New Jersey, where his race training was overseen by head trainer James G. Rowe, Sr.

Racing career

Johren was not sufficiently developed to race at age two and started his three-year-old racing season with nine straight losses before finally getting a win. In the pre-U.S. Triple Crown era, he was not entered in the 1918 Kentucky Derby. Instead, his handlers chose to run stablemate Vindex. Entered in the Preakness Stakes, Johren ran fourth but then won the Belmont Stakes, defeating Preakness winner War Cloud. By the summer of 1918, the colt had become one of the dominant horses in American racing, winning a number of other important races including the 1918 Latonia Derby, in which he beat Kentucky Derby winner Exterminator.

Stud career

Retired to stud duty, Johen had only modest success as a sire. His most noteworthy progeny was Edisto, who raced for the Seagram Stables and won several races in Canada and the U.S. Johren died in 1932.[1]

References

  1. ^ The American Stud Book, Volume XVI. New York: The Jockey Club. 1936. pp. 1062.