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High Chaparral (IRE)
3-y-o [1 March 1999] bc
Sadler’s Well (USA)- Kasora (IRE) (Darshaan)
(270,000 gns): second foal: half brother to Irish 1m winner
Oriental Ben (by Ridgewood Ben): dam: unraced, out of high
class French 1m to 12f performer Kozana.
Current Owner: M Tabor & Mrs. John Magnier
Current Trainer: A P O’Brien
Breeder: S Coughlan
Most recent win: The Breeders Cup Turf (26 October 2002)
After winning the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster in 2001, Kevin Darley, rider of High Chaparral said: “I think he’ll improve and he has a very, very bright future.” Darley could not have been more right. High Chaparral has shown on the 26 October 2002 at Arlington Park in the United States that he is an outstanding horse. The O’Brien-trained horse has proven that he has the stamina and class to compete at the highest level and do so in the most dazzling fashion. His trainer did not spare the flattering words he well deserved: “He came out with an awful lot of class and he will be back next year…He has the qualities of a superstar.” High Chaparral was only the 15th horse to complete the Epsom- Curragh Derby double earlier this year. Jockey M. Kinane who has been associated with the 3 year old for his last two wins, also commented highly of the Breeder’s Cup Turf winner: “He is a very high class colt.” High Chaparral defeated stablemate Hawk Wing in Epsom earlier this year to give Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien a one-two and his second consecutive win in the Vodafone Derby. The 3 year old went on to take third place in the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, on the 6th October.
(Yahia Nazroo)