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| Johar | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Gone West |
| Grandsire | Mr. Prospector |
| Dam | Windsharp |
| Damsire | Lear Fan |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1999 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| Owner | The Thoroughbred Corp. |
| Trainer | Richard E. Mandella |
| Record | 16: 6-4-2 |
| Earnings | US$1,494,496 |
| Major wins | |
| Hollywood Derby (2002) Oak Tree Derby (2002) San Marcos Handicap (2003) Breeders' Cup wins: | |
Johar (foaled 1999 inKentucky, died November 10, 2014)[1] was an AmericanThoroughbredracehorse best known for winning the 2003Breeders' Cup Turf in adead heat withHigh Chaparral.
Bred and raced byPrince Ahmed bin Salman'sThe Thoroughbred Corp., his sireGone West, a son of the outstanding sireMr. Prospector, was a millionaire multiple stakes winner and a successful sire and a sire of sires who sold for US$6.1 million. His dam was Windsharp, a multipleGrade 1 winner in theUnited States and the 1996Canadian Champion Older Female Horse andCanadian Champion Female Turf Horse[2] Damsire,Lear Fan, raced in England and France and notably won the Grade 1Prix Jacques Le Marois.
Trained byRichard Mandella, Johar was unraced at two but at age three made eleven starts from a base inCalifornia. He won four times including the Grade 1Hollywood Derby and Grade 2Oak Tree Derby. At four in 2003, the colt won the Grade 2San Marcos Handicap in January atSanta Anita Park but a shoulder fracture kept him out of racing until late summer. In his August 22 comeback he finished third to winner Irish Warrior in the Harry F. Brubaker Handicap atDel Mar Racetrack. Johar then ran second toStorming Home in the September 28Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship[3] before winning the most important race of his career, the October 25Breeders' Cup Turf, held that year at Santa Anita Park. Johar, last until the field moved through the backstretch, made a powerful late run down the middle of the homestretch to finish first in a dead-heat with High Chaparral and barely a nose ahead of third-place finisherFalbrav. As co-winner of the first dead-heat in Breeders' Cup history, Johar defeated other top runners such asThe Tin Man (4th), and thebetting favorite, Storming Home (7th).
Johar was retired tostud for the 2005 season. As of September 25, 2009, he had sired twenty-three race winners.
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