Johren was not sufficiently developed to race at age two and started his three-year-old racing season with nine straight losses before getting his first win. In the pre-U.S. Triple Crown era, he was not entered in the 1918 Kentucky Derby. Entered in the Preakness Stakes, Johren ran fourth and then won the Belmont Stakes, defeating the British-bred Preakness winner War Cloud. By the summer of 1918, the colt had become one of the dominant horses in American racing, winning a number of other important races including the 1918 Latonia Derby in late June, in which he beat Kentucky Derby winner Exterminator by three lengths.[2] He was beaten by War Cloud in the Dwyer Stakes at Aqueduct in July.[1]
Stud career
Retired to stud duty, Johen had modest success as a sire. His most noteworthy progeny was Edisto, who raced for the Seagram Stables and won several races in Canada and the U.S. Johren died in 1932.[3]