John B. LeBlanc

Who is John B. LeBlanc?

Jean B. LeBlanc is a retired Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He competed at many of the top racetracks in the United States but for most of his career was based in Ontario where he was commonly known as John, the English language translation for his name.

LeBlanc is best known for riding Jean-Louis Lévesque's La Prevoyante through an undefeated 1972 campaign in North America. An inductee in both the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame, the filly won all twelve of her starts under LeBlanc en route to be voted the 1972 Eclipse Award as American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, the National Turf Writers Association's U.S. Horse of the Year and the Sovereign Award as the Canadian Horse of the Year.