Wintergreen (1906–1914) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that is best known for winning the 1909 Kentucky Derby and for being the first horse bred in Ohio to win the Derby.
[1] Wintergreen was bred and trained by Jerome "Rome" Respess at his Ohio stud farm.
[3]: 36 Wintergreen raced from ages two to seven years old but did not win any stakes races before or after the Kentucky Derby but was a stakes performer for most of his career.
[1] Wintergreen was killed April 10, 1914, in a fire that consumed barn #18 at the Latonia Race Track in Covington, Kentucky, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
Legend – ₩ = Triple Crown winners, ♥ = Filly