Wintergreen (horse)

Wintergreen
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
	American Classics 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

Pedigree of Wintergreen
Sire Dick Welles 1900	King Eric 1887	King Ernest	King Tom
		King Ernest	Ernestine
		Cyclone	Parmesan
		Cyclone	Typhoon
	Tea's Over 1893	Hanover	Hindoo
		Hanover	Bourbon Belle
		Tea Rose	King Alfonso
		Tea Rose	Tuberose
Dam Winter 1896	Exile 1882	Mortemer	Compiegne
		Mortemer	Comtesse
		Second Hand	Stockwell
		Second Hand	Gaiety
	Wildflower 1889	Mr Pickwick	Hermit
		Mr Pickwick	Tomato
		Woodflower	The Ill-Used
		Woodflower	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.

[pedigreestats-1] "Wintergreen Pedigree and Racing Stats" (PDF). Retrieved 30 November 2010.

[rogers-2] Wertheim, Arthur Frank; Barbara Blair (2001). The Papers of Will Rogers By Will Rogers. ISBN 9780806133157.

[Higham-3] Higham, Charles, Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of an American Genius. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985 ISBN 0-312-31280-6

[death_notice-4] "Thoroughbreds cremated at Latonia". Daily Racing Form. April 11, 1914. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

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