Man o' War Stakes
After winning an overnight handicap at Saratoga Race Course in August, he returned to Belmont in the fall, running third in the Grade II Lawrence Realization Stakes against three-year-olds, then trying older horses in graded stakes for the first time, in the Grade I Man o' War Stakes, where again he ran third. With the confidence that he could hold his own against older horses on turf, Johnny D. was shipped up to Canada to run in the Canadian International Stakes, a prestigious Grade I race run at Woodbine Racecourse in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. There, he ran third to future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Exceller.