High Chaparral

High Chaparral
Racing colours of Michael Tabor
Sire	Sadler's Wells
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Kasora
Damsire	Darshaan
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1 March 1999
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Sean & Anne Coughlan
Owner	Michael Tabor & Sue Magnier
Trainer	Aidan O'Brien
Record	13: 10-1-2
Earnings	$5,391,888
Major wins
Racing Post Trophy (2001) Ballysax Stakes (2002) Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (2002) Epsom Derby (2002) Irish Derby Stakes (2002) Breeders' Cup Turf (2002, 2003) Royal Whip Stakes (2003) Irish Champion Stakes (2003)
Awards
U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse (2002, 2003)
Last updated on October 1, 2006

High Chaparral (1 March 1999 – 21 December 2014) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from September 2001 to October 2003, he ran 13 times and won 10 races. His win in the Racing Post Trophy made him one of the highest-rated two-year-olds of 2001. In 2002, he defeated Hawk Wing in the Epsom Derby and won the Breeders' Cup Turf. At four, he defeated Falbrav and Alamshar in the Irish Champion Stakes and won a second Breeders' Cup Turf.

High Chaparral was a dark-coated bay horse with a white star. He stood just over 16 hands high and was bred in County Tipperary, Ireland, by Sean Coughlan. In September 2000, he was consigned by the Mountain View Stud to the Tattersalls sales, where he was bought for 270,000 guineas by Dermot "Demi" O'Byrne on behalf of Michael Tabor's Coolmore organisation. He was sent into training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle.

High Chaparral failed to make a winning debut, beaten by a short-head by Hot Trotter in a maiden at Punchestown on 30 September. A week later, he recorded his first victory when winning a maiden race at Tipperary by two and a half lengths. On his next start, High Chaparral was sent to England to run in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. He was considered the Ballydoyle second string, behind the odds-on favourite Castle Gandolfo. Ridden by the British veteran Kevin Darley, High Chaparral was held up in the early stages before producing a sustained run in the closing stages to beat his stable companion by three-quarters of a length.