Chester (horse)
| Chester | |
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| Sire | Yattendon |
| Grandsire | Sir Hercules |
| Dam | Lady Chester (GB) |
| Damsire | |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1874 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Hon. Edward King Cox |
| Owner | Hon. James White |
| Trainer | Etienne de Mestre |
| Record | 29: 19-6-1 |
| Earnings | $53,000 |
| Major wins | |
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Champagne Stakes (1877) Melbourne Cup (1877) LKS Mackinnon Stakes (1878, 1880) Victoria Derby (1878) Craven Plate (1878) AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1878, 1879) |
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| Awards | |
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Leading sire in Australia (1888, 1890, 1892, 1893) |
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| Last updated on 18 May 2009 | |
Chester (1874–1888) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire. He defeated some of the best horses in training over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles. He was the Leading sire in Australia on four occasions.
Chester, on the side of his sire, was a third generation colonial-bred Australian stallion. Chester's sire was the influential stallion Yattendon, who was serving mares while still racing. His dam Lady Chester (GB) was by from Austrey by Harkaway. Stockwell was out of the breed-shaping broodmare, Pocahontas.
Chester's illustrious racing career began on New Year's Day 1877 in the Sydney Tattersall's Two Year Old Stakes, in which he came a close second to Viscount. After that, Chester won three consecutive races, all in the same week, and was spelled to await his three-year-old season. He was ridden in these three wins by jockey, G.Donnelly. Chester was then sold to James White.
As a flying three-year-old, Chester won seven of his ten starts, setting three race records. He placed short-head second in the AJC Derby. Two starts after the AJC Derby, he started in the VRC Derby, he won, and claimed a track record – 2:43 – a record that held itself until 1897 by Amberite. His next race, just three days after his Derby triumph, was the gruelling two-mile (3,200m) Melbourne Cup over a slippery, muddy track. Chester held on to beat the lightly weighted Savanaka by a half-head in the record time of 3:33½.
He took a long and deserving spell after his spring campaign, and didn't return to racing until the April 1878. During his return, he won the AJC Autumn Stakes and two days later took second to Savanaka in the two-mile Sydney Cup, giving Savanaka twelve pounds. He won the AJC Cumberland Stakes over two miles, the next day winning the three-mile AJC Plate.
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