His sire was His Highness [3] who in 1891 became the first horse in American Thoroughbred racing history to win more than $100,000 in a single season.

[5] For his new owner, the colt notably won the Great Trial Stakes and the second part of the Double Event at Sheepshead Bay Race Track.

While Jean Bereaud's dominating performances diminished somewhat during the second half of 1898, he was still regarded as American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.

[4] As a three-year-old, Jean Bereaud rebounded from his slow second half of 1898 and in May 1899 won the 26th running of the Withers Stakes at Morris Park Racecourse.

Triple Crown era, he set a new Morris Park track record of 2:23.00 for 1+3⁄8 miles (2.2 km) in winning the 1899 Belmont Stakes.