title: True North I
text: # 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 |
  