- Challedon
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Challedon Sire Challenger II Grandsire Swynford Dam Laura Gal Damsire Sir Gallahad III Sex Stallion Foaled 1936 Country United States Colour Bay Breeder William L. Brann & Robert S. Castle Owner Branncastle Farm Trainer 1) Louis J. Schaefer
2) Don Cameron
3) L. T. (Whitey) WhitehillRecord 44: 20-7-6 Earnings $334,660 Major wins New England Futurity (1938)
American Classic Race wins:
Pimlico Futurity (1938)
Maryland Futurity (1938
Arlington Classic (1939)
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1939)
Havre de Grace Handicap (1939, 1940)
Narragansett Special (1939)
Pimlico Special (1939, 1940)
Hollywood Gold Cup (1940)
Whitney Stakes (1940)
Philadelphia Handicap (1942)
Preakness Stakes (1939)
Kentucky Derby 2nd (1939)Awards U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1939)
United States Horse of the Year (1939 & 1940)
U.S. Champion Male Handicap Horse (1940)Honours United States Racing Hall of Fame (1977)
#38 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Challedon Stakes at Laurel ParkHorse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on October 28, 2006 Challedon (1936–1958) was an American Hall of Fame Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred in Maryland by William L. Brann and Robert S. Castle, he raced under the colors of their Branncastle Farm.
Racing at age two, Challedon won four of his six but was outshone by another colt named El Chico, who was voted that year's U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt. At age three, under jockey George Seabo, Challedon finished second in the 1939 Kentucky Derby, eight lengths behind future Hall of Fame colt Johnstown. Then, in the Preakness Stakes, Challedon won by a length and a half with the heavily favored Johnstown finishing off the board. For trainer Louis J. Schaefer, Challedon's win meant he became the first person to have both ridden and trained a Preakness Stakes winner. His feat would only be matched 30 years later by Johnny Longden. Challedon wasn't eligible to compete in the final leg of the U.S. Triple Crown and as such Johnstown had an easy time in winning the Belmont Stakes. However, Challedon's wins in eight other important races that year, including a world record performance in the Tranter Purse raced at Keeneland Race Course, earned him the U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt honors and the most prestigious title of all: Horse of the Year.
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Four-year-old season
In 1940, the four-year-old Challedon continued his winning ways, claiming victory under jockey George Woolf in the Hollywood Gold Cup and the Whitney Stakes. Beginning in September 1940, Don Cameron trained Challedon for owner William L. Brann and won the Pimlico Special and Havre de Grace Handicap. Challedon still remains the only two-time winner of the prestigious grade one Pimlico Special Handicap. Cameron left Brann's employ in February 1941 and the horse's training was taken over by Whitey Whitehill.[1] Challedon was voted 1940 U.S. Champion Male Handicap Horse and for the second straight year earned U.S. Horse of the Year honors.
Five year-old season
As a five-year-old, Challedon suffered a tendon injury and was bothered by cracks on the inside of a forefoot that saw him win no purse money. His season ended after just three races. The following year, Challedon returned to the winner's circle twice, including in the Philadelphia Handicap, but had lost his drive and was retired to stand at stud at Gallaher Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.
While not a spectacular success as a sire, Challedon did produce thirteen stakes winners before passing away at the age of twenty-two after breaking a leg in his paddock. In 1977, he was inducted into the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
References
External links
- Challedon's pedigree and racing stats
- Challedon at the United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
- Challedon's offspring at the Triple Crown database by Kathleen Irwin and Joy Reeves
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