True North I

True North (foaled 1940) was a successful American Thoroughbred racehorse for which the True North Handicap at Belmont Park is named.^[1]

True North
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)
Honours
True North Handicap at Belmont Park

Background

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.^[2] True North was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Preston M. Burch.^[3]

Racing career

True North's wins included the Fall Highweight Handicap in 1945 and the Interborough Handicap in 1946.

Pedigree

Pedigree of True North

Sire Only One	Lucullite	Trap Rock	Rock Sand
			Topiary
		Lucky Lass	Ormondale
			Lux Casta
	Orissa	Purchase	Ormondale
			Cherryola
		Durbar	Chicle
			Pageant
Dam North Riding	High Time	Ultimus	Commando
			Running Stream
		Noonday	Domino
			Sundown
	Scarborough	Bridge of Earn	Cyllene
			Santa Brigida
		Scaramuccia	Spearmint
			Spring Chicken