Johar (foaled 1999 in

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, died November 10, 2014)http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/88680/stallion-johar-dies-at-age-15#ixzz3Irqla5SG was an American

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best known for winning the 2003

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in a dead heat with

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. Bred and raced by Prince Ahmed bin Salman's The Thoroughbred Corp., his sire Gone West, a son of the outstanding sire

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and the 1996

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and

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Damsire,

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, raced in England and France and notably won the Grade 1

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. Trained by

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, Johar was unraced at two but at age three made eleven starts from a base in

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. He won four times including the Grade 1

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and Grade 2 Oak Tree Derby. At four in 2003, the colt won the Grade 2

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in January at Santa 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 at Del Mar Racetrack. Johar then ran second to

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in the September 28 Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championshipbr>
before winning the most important race of his career, the October 25

, 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 finisher

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. As co-winner of the first dead-heat in Breeders' Cup history, Johar defeated other top runners such as The Tin Man (4th), and the

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favorite, Storming Home (7th). Johar was retired to stud for the 2005 season. As of September 25, 2009, he had sired twenty-three race winners.

References

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Johar's pedigree and partial racing stats

Johar's complete racing and breeding profile at the ''Bloodhorse.coms'' Stallion Register Online

October 25, 2003 ''Breederscup.com'' article titled ''Turf has first dead-heat''

Details and video of the 2003 Breeders' Cup Turf at the official website
1999 racehorse births 2014 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Breeders' Cup Turf winners Thoroughbred family 5-j