| Wintergreen | |
|---|---|
 1909 Kentucky Derby winner Wintergreen | |
| Sire | Dick Welles |
| Grandsire | King Eric |
| Dam | Winter |
| Damsire | Exile |
| Sex | Stallion, eventually Gelding |
| Foaled | 1906 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Jerome Bristow Respess |
| Owner | 1) Jerome B. Respess 2) D. Fisk |
| Trainer | Charles Mack |
| Record | 61:16-14-8 |
| Earnings | $12,820 |
| Major wins | |
|
Triple Crown Race wins: Kentucky Derby (1909) | |
Wintergreen (1906–1914) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known for winning the 1909 Kentucky Derby and for being the first horse bred in Ohio to win the Derby. [1] Wintergreen was bred and trained by Jerome "Rome" Respess at his Ohio stud farm. Respess was a multimillionaire owner of a brewing company and also owned Wintergreen's sire, Dick Welles [2] — named after Richard H. Welles, later the father of Orson Welles. [3]: 36
Wintergreen raced from ages two to seven years old but did not win any stakes races before or after the Kentucky Derby but was a stakes performer for most of his career. [1]
Wintergreen was killed April 10, 1914, in a fire that consumed barn #18 at the Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. He had been gelded some years previously and was racing for D. Fisk. [4]
Pedigree
| Sire Dick Welles 1900 |
King Eric
1887 |
King Ernest | King Tom |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernestine | |||
| Cyclone | Parmesan | ||
| Typhoon | |||
| Tea's Over
1893 |
Hanover | Hindoo | |
| Bourbon Belle | |||
| Tea Rose | King Alfonso | ||
| Tuberose | |||
| Dam Winter 1896 |
Exile
1882 |
Mortemer | Compiegne |
| Comtesse | |||
| Second Hand | Stockwell | ||
| Gaiety | |||
| Wildflower
1889 |
Mr Pickwick | Hermit | |
| Tomato | |||
| Woodflower | The Ill-Used | ||
| Woodbine |
References
- ^ a b "Wintergreen Pedigree and Racing Stats" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ Wertheim, Arthur Frank; Barbara Blair (2001). The Papers of Will Rogers By Will Rogers. ISBN 9780806133157.
- ^ Higham, Charles, Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of an American Genius. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985 ISBN 0-312-31280-6
- ^ "Thoroughbreds cremated at Latonia". Daily Racing Form. April 11, 1914. Retrieved 30 November 2010.