True North | |
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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) |
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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.
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. True North was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Preston M. Burch.
True North's wins included the Fall Highweight Handicap in 1945 and the Interborough Handicap in 1946.