Horse Chestnut (horse)

Horse Chestnut

Sire	Fort Wood
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	London Wall
Damsire	Col Pickering
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1995
Country	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
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
J&B Metropolitan Stakes (1999) South African Derby (1999) South African Classic (1999)
Racing Awards
South African Horse of the Year (1999)
Infobox last updated on: April 11, 2007. Sadler's Wells was a racehorse born in 1981 and sired by Northern Dancer. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Chestnut is a hair coat color of Horses consisting of a reddish-to-brown coat with a mane and tail the same or lighter in color than the coat Harry Frederick Oppenheimer (28 October 1908 &ndash 19 August 2000 was a prominent South African businessman and one of the world's richest men

Horse Chestnut (foaled August 19, 1995) is a champion thoroughbred racehorse bred in South Africa by Harry F. Oppenheimer at his Mauritzfontein Stud in Kimberley. The Thoroughbred is a horse breed The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Harry Frederick Oppenheimer (28 October 1908 &ndash 19 August 2000 was a prominent South African businessman and one of the world's richest men Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. Sired by Fort Wood who, as of 2007, has sired ten Group One winners, including Dynasty, the 2003 South African Horse of the Year. Group One or Group 1 is the term for Conditions races used in most of the world for the highest level of Thoroughbred racing and Harness racing Fort Wood is a son of the British champion sire, Sadler's Wells. The list below shows the leading sire of racehorses in Great Britain and Ireland for each year since 1751 Sadler's Wells was a racehorse born in 1981 and sired by Northern Dancer.

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 the Group One J&B Metropolitan Stakes over 2000m by 8¼ lengths, the Group I South African Derby over 2450m by 10 lengths and the Group I South African Classic over 1800m by 4 lengths. Group One or Group 1 is the term for Conditions races used in most of the world for the highest level of Thoroughbred racing and Harness racing

Sent to race in the United States, he won the Grade III Skip Away Handicap at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida over 1700m by 5-and-a-half lengths. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A graded stakes race is a term applied by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to a Thoroughbred horse race in Track attributes The current dirt course is one and one-eighth miles in circumference with a one-mile backstretch chute Hallandale Beach is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. During his preparation for the Group I Donn Handicap, Horse Chestnut fractured a piece of his splint bone on his near-foreleg, resulting in his early retirement from racing. The Donn Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late January/early February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach Florida. The Oppenheimer's subsequently sold the majority of shares in Horse Chestnut to Seth Hancock's Claiborne Farm in Kentucky where he went to stud. Claiborne Farm is located just outside Paris Kentucky, USA, and is one of the most famous Thoroughbred horse farms in the United states The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America.

At stud, some of Horse Chestnut's most notable offspring include Lucifer's Stone, Spanish Chestnut, Smart Enough and Fete. Horse breeding refers to reproduction in Horses and particularly the human-directed process of Selective breeding of animals particularly Purebred

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