Wintergreen (horse)
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1909 Kentucky Derby winner Wintergreen
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| 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 | |
| American Classic Race wins: Kentucky Derby (1909) |
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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]
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