Chamrousse (horse)

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Chamrousse
Sire Peaks and Valleys
GrandsireMt. Livermore
DamLoose Park
Damsire Stop the Music
Sex Mare
Foaled1999
Country United States
Colour Bay
Breeder Arthur B. Hancock III & James H. Stone
Owner Arthur B. Hancock III
Trainer Niall O'Callaghan
Record8: 4-1-3
Earnings$359,585
Major wins
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (2002)
Last updated on June 18, 2011

Chamrousse (foaled in February 1999 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. She won four of her five starts and finished in the money in each of her eight outings. The daughter of Peaks and Valleys is best remembered for posting a two a half length score as the favorite in the mile and an eighth Grade II $200,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17, 2002. [1]

Kentucky State of the United States of America

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky split from it and became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

Thoroughbred Horse breed developed for racing

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are considered "hot-blooded" horses that are known for their agility, speed, and spirit.

Horse racing Equestrian sport

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance – has been unchanged since at least classical antiquity.

Racing career

Chamrousse had a very brief racing career, making it to the track only eight times over ten months before being retired. After breaking her maiden in November 2001, she won an allowance race at Fair Grounds Race Course in January 2002. In early February 2002, she raced in the grade three Silverbulletday Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course at a mile and one sixteenth and finished third to Take Charge Lady. In March, Chamrousse finished third again to Take Charge Lady in the grade two Fair Grounds Oaks at Fair Grounds, again at a mile and one sixteenth. In April, she finished third in her third straight graded stakes race in the grade two Fantasy Stakes at Oaklawn Park to See How She Runs at a mile and one sixteenth.

Fair Grounds Race Course

Fair Grounds Race Course, often known as New Orleans Fair Grounds, is a thoroughbred racetrack and racino in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is operated by Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company, LLC.

The Silverbulletday Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually each January at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana. A race for three-year-old fillies, it is contested on dirt over a distance of 1 mile and 70 yards.

The Fair Grounds Oaks is a race for Grade II Thoroughbred horses run at the end of March at Fair Grounds Race Course each year. The Oaks is open to fillies, age three, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt, and currently offers a purse of $400,000. The race is considered a prep race to the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, including the Kentucky Oaks, the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes and Mother Goose Stakes.

Trainer Niall O'Callaghan and owner Arthur B. Hancock III opted to give her a small break and skipped the Kentucky Oaks. But on the third Saturday of May, her connections sent her to the de facto second leg of the Filly Triple Crown, the Grade II $200,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. When the gates opened, a 24-1 longshot Shop Till You Drop was sent to the lead by jockey Harry Vega and posted initial fractions of 23.5, 47.5, and 1:12.4. Chamrousse went off as the 3-5 post time favorite and stalked her. With a patient rating trip under jockey Jerry Bailey, she made her move at the top of the stretch, dueled briefly with the pacesetter at the three sixteenth pole, and drew off to win by two and a half widening lengths, stopping the clock in 1:51.61 for the one mile and one eighth mile feature. Autumn Creek, at 8-1, finished eleven lengths back in third. Winning jockey Jerry Bailey said, "I've never ridden her before, but I ride them better that way."

Arthur Boyd Hancock III is an American owner of Thoroughbred racehorses, the owner of Stone Farm, a 2,000 acre (8 km²) horse breeding operation in Paris, Kentucky, and a composer of Bluegrass music.

A graded stakes race is a thoroughbred horse race in the United States that meets the criteria of the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA). A specific grade level is then assigned to the race, based on statistical analysis of the quality of the field in previous years, provided the race meets the minimum purse criteria for the grade in question. In Canada, a similar grading system is maintained by the Jockey Club of Canada. Graded stakes races are similar to Group races in Europe but the grading is more dynamic in North America.

Black-Eyed Susan Stakes American Thoroughbred stakes horse race

The Black-Eyed Susan Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies run over a distance of ​1 1⁄8 miles on the dirt annually at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. The event currently offers a purse of $250,000

In the last week of June, Chamrousse finished second in the grade one Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park at 1 mile and 1/8.

The Mother Goose Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Raced on dirt in late June or early July, the race currently offers a purse of $300,000. Inaugurated in 1957 at a mile and a sixteenth, it was lengthened to a mile and an eighth in 1959. Originally part of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, the Mother Goose was removed from the series in 2010 and its distance reverted to a mile and a sixteenth.

Belmont Park horse racing venue in New York

Belmont Park is a major Thoroughbred horse racing facility in the northeastern United States, located in Elmont, New York, just east of the New York City limits. Opened 114 years ago on May 4, 1905, it is operated by the non-profit New York Racing Association, as are Aqueduct and Saratoga Race Course. The group was formed in 1955 as the Greater New York Association to assume the assets of the individual associations that ran Belmont, Aqueduct, Saratoga, and the now-defunct Jamaica Race Course.

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References

  1. ↑ Pedigree On-line Thoroughbred Database
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