- Horse Chestnut (horse)
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Horse Chestnut
caption =
sire = Fort Wood
grandsire = Sadler's Wells
dam = London Wall
damsire = Col Pickering
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1995
country =South Africa flagicon|South Africa
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Harry F. Oppenheimer
owner = Harry and Bridget Oppenheimer
trainer =Michael de Kock
record = 10: 9-0-1
earnings = $474,036
race =J&B Metropolitan Stakes (1999)South African Derby (1999)South African Classic (1999)
awards=South African Horse of the Year (1999)
honours =
updated = April 11, 2007Horse Chestnut (foaled August 19, 1995) is a champion
thoroughbred racehorse bred inSouth Africa by Harry F. Oppenheimer at his Mauritzfontein Stud in Kimberley. Sired by Fort Wood who, as of 2007, has sired tenGroup One winners, including Dynasty, the 2003South African Horse of the Year . Fort Wood is a son of the British champion sire, Sadler's Wells.Horse Chestnut was raced by Oppenheimer and his wife, Bridget. The colt won the
South African Triple Crown and was awarded both the Equus Award for Horse of the Year and Champion 3-year-old Colt at three. He ran 10 races, winning 9 and being placed 3rd once. Some notable wins include theGroup One J&B Metropolitan Stakes over 2000m by 8¼ lengths, the Group ISouth African Derby over 2450m by 10 lengths and the Group ISouth African Classic over 1800m by 4 lengths.Sent to race in the
United States , he won the Grade IIISkip Away Handicap atGulfstream Park inHallandale Beach, Florida over 1700m by 5-and-a-half lengths. During his preparation for the Group IDonn Handicap , Horse Chestnut fractured a piece of his splint bone on his near-foreleg, resulting in his early retirement from racing. The Oppenheimer's subsequently sold the majority of shares in Horse Chestnut to Seth Hancock'sClaiborne Farm inKentucky where he went to stud.At stud, some of Horse Chestnut's most notable offspring include Lucifer's Stone, Spanish Chestnut, Smart Enough and Fete.
References
* "Horse Chestnut: The Story of a Legend" by
Mike de Kock (paperback)
* http://www.stallionregister.com/sr_sire_page.asp?refno=4469455
* http://www.claibornefarm.com/stallions/horse-chestnut.shtml
* http://www.aro.co.za/aroHorseProfiles/HORSE%20CHESTNUTSAF1995.htm
* http://www.aro.co.za/Source/demo/Pedigrees/HorseChestnut.htm
* http://www.aro.co.za/Source/demo/Race/HorseChestnut.htm
* http://www.aro.co.za/hchestnutequibaseart.htm
* http://www.mikedekockracing.com/Default.aspx?tabid=35
* http://www.racingsouthafrica.com/SASuccess.htm
* http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/stallion-directory/stallion.aspx?stallion_no=4469455
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/horse+chestnut Horse Chestnut's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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