Starting the Era

Well i would say that this wasn't harpg..... and it kinda isnt but god its amazing to draw a horse again!

i have missed it like mad so even though i have my exam tomorrow morning i failed at studying and lost myself in this fella!

ill just say Im in love with how he turned out! His colouring makes me want a Sooty Bay in my stable........ YUMMO!!

So anyho enough of my ramblings.. this here fella is for the contest at .

I looked through the lists of winners and searched in vain for an Australian winner... but it seems as if the Phar Lap curse has seriously put a dampener on the Aussies coming over to invade American racing...

So instead i looked at the earliest record i could find.... and the first race was the Breeders Cup Juvenile.... So this is the 1984 Winner!

I looked online and found a lot of images of other horses... only a few actually showed him. And i fell in love with his stunning colouring and that neck! His flashy white bandages are in all his racing photos so i included them here on this young stallion as he would have been seen in his heyday!

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Chief's Crown dkb/br Stallion
dob-1982
Danzig - Six Crowns (Secretariat)


One of Danzigs first crop of foals he demonstrated a skill on the track and went favoutie into all three races of the triple crown, winning none but placing in all.

He continues on to win the BC race and be awarded the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Male Horse.

Retiring at the end of his 3yo campaign he was sent to stud at Three Chimneys Farm where he sired a freat many successful racers. He even visited Australia for two seasons in the 1990's (YAY!!) where he sired 93 foals, including 11 stakeswinners with 20 stakeswins.

The descendants of Chief's Crown are characterized by versatility for surface, performing equally well on dirt and on grass, and generally over a distance of ground. As a sire or broodmare sire, in addition to the horses mentioned, he is the close up ancestor of graded stakes winners Best of Luck, Ampulla, Chief Honcho, Concerto, Coronation Cup, Crowned, Crowned Dancer, Dazzle Me, Eddington, Excellent Meeting, Mythical Gem, Provins, Regal Thunder, Scorpion, Shawnee Country, Sunshine Street, Take the Cake, and Three Fanfares.

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Weeee so hope you lot like him!!

I do... so YAY!!!

and GO ENTER THE COMPETITION YA GOOBERS!!!!!



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