Chief Singer | |
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Sire | Ballad Rock |
Grandsire | Bold Lad (IRE) |
Dam | Principia |
Damsire | Le Fabuleux |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 19 March 1981 |
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Brown |
Owner | Jeff Smith |
Trainer | Ron Sheather |
Record | 9: 4–2–1 |
Major wins | |
Coventry Stakes (1983) St. James's Palace Stakes (1984) July Cup (1984) Sussex Stakes (1984) | |
Awards | |
Gilbey champion racehorse of Europe (1984) Timeform top-rated sprinter (1984) Top-rated British three-year-old (1984) Timeform rating: 131 | |
Last updated on 1 August 2024 |
Chief Singer (19 March 1981 – 2000) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from June 1983 until September 1984 he ran nine times and won four races. The colt won the Group Three Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot on his racecourse debut but ran disappointingly in his only other race as a two-year-old. As a three-year-old he finished second to El Gran Senor in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse and then completed a rare hat-trick of wins by taking the St. James's Palace Stakes at Ascot, the July Cup at Newmarket and the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. At the end of that season he retired to stud where he had limited success as a sire of winners.