True North I
# True North I

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

## 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. True North was trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Preston M. Burch.

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