Chief Bearhart
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Sire:	Chief's Crown
Grandsire:	Danzig
Dam:	Amelia Bearhart
Damsire:	Bold Hour
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1993
Country:	Canada
Colour:	Chestnut
Breeder:	Richard D. Maynard
Owner:	Sam-Son Farm
Trainer:	Mark Frostad
Record:	26: 12-5-3
Earnings:	$3,381,557
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Breeders' Stakes (1996) King Edward Breeders' Cup Stakes (1997) Canadian International Stakes (1997) Breeders' Cup Turf (1997) Sky Classic Stakes (1997 & 1998) Manhattan Handicap (1998)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse (1997) Canadian Male Turf Champion (1996, 1997, 1998) Canadian Older Male Champion (1997) Canadian Horse of the Year (1997 & 1998)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2002)
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Chief Bearhart (b. 1993) is a Canadian thoroughbred racehorse bred in Ontario by Richard D. Maynard and sired by Chief's Crown out of the mare Amelia Bearhart. His grandsire was Danzig. He was owned by Sam-Son Farm of Milton, Ontario and was trained by Mark Frostad. Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076... Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable in Milton, Ontario, Canada. ... Map of Halton Region with Milton highlighted Milton (2006 census population 53,939) is a town in southern Ontario, Canada, about 40 km west of Toronto on Highway 401, and is the western terminus for GO Transits Milton Line commuter train and bus corridor. ...

In 1995, at age two, injuries kept Chief Bearhart out of all but one race. At age 3, he had only modest success until his trainer switched him from racing on dirt tracks to racing on turf. He then won the 1996 Breeders' Stakes, the final and only leg on grass of the Canadian Triple Crown. Natural vegetaton dominated by grasses Grass is a common word that generally describes a monocotyledonous green plant in the family Poaceae. ... The Breeders Stakes is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses first run in 1889. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...

Popular with racing fans because he most always came from well back in the field, in 1997 Chief Bearhart blossomed into a star. Ridden by José Santos he won five of seven races with two second-place finishes. Among his wins were the prestigious Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack and at Hollywood Park in the United States he won the Breeders' Cup Turf by a half length. For his 1997 performances, Chief Bearhart earned more than $2 million in purses and was voted the Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year and the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse. José Santos (born April 26, 1961 in Concepcion, Chile) is an United States thoroughbred horse racing jockey. ... The Canadian International Stakes is a $2 million Grade I Canadian stakes race on Turf for thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and up held annually in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. ... Woodbine Racetrack in southwest Toronto, Ontario is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day. ... Hollywood Park is a thoroughbred racecourse located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and next door to The Forum. ... The Breeders Cup Turf is a Thoroughbred horse race on turf for 3 years old and up. ... The Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually since 1951 by the Jockey Club of Canada. ... Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse is a American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. ...

Racing at age five, in 1998 Chief Bearhart won his second Canadian "Horse of the Year" title after winning the Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap, the Sky Classic Handicap and setting a course record in winning the Grade I Manhattan Handicap. He was retired after the 1998 racing season and in 2002 was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ... The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1978 located at the Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness and thoroughbred horse racing in Canada. ...

Chief Bearhart currently stands at stud at the Iburi Stallion Station in Japan. Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ...

References

• Chief Bearhart's pedigree and racing stats