Ort Wells

Ort wells
Sire	King Eric
Grandsire	King Ernest
Dam	Tea's Over
Damsire	Hanover
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1901
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	not found
Owner	John A. Drake
Trainer	Enoch Wishard
Record	26: 13-3-1
Earnings	US$75,450
Major wins
Brighton Derby (1904) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1904) Commonwealth Handicap (1904) Tidal Stakes (1904) Brighton Mile (1905)
Awards
American Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (1904) American Champion Older Male Horse (1905)
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Last updated on June 5, 2010

Ort Wells (foaled 1901) was an American Thoroughbred two-time Champion racehorse. Sired by Withers Stakes winner, King Eric, he was out of the mare Tea's Over, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Hanover. Trained by Enoch Wishard for owner John Drake, Ort Wells was selected the retrospective American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse of 1904 and the American Champion Older Male Horse of 1905. [1]

At stud, Ort Wells met with modest success due in part to the upheaval in the American racing/breeding industry caused by the New York State Legislature's passage of the Hart-Agnew anti-betting laws that resulted in the closure of horse racing tracks in the state. American Thoroughbred owners soon began racing in Europe and then sending and/or selling their horses to European breeding farms. After standing in Kentucky, in December of 1912 Ort wells was one of a large number of horses sent overseas where he stood at stud in Germany. [2]

References

• Ort Wells' pedigree and partial racing stats
• July 24, 1904 New York Times article on Ort wells winning the 1904 Brighton Derby
• July 6, 1908 New York Times article on the effects of New York State's new Hart-Agnew new anti-betting law
• December 7, 1912 New York Times article on the shipping of Ort Wells to breeders in Germany