| Chop Chop | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Flares |
| Grandsire | Gallant Fox |
| Dam | Sceptical |
| Damsire | Buchan |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1940 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Bay |
| Owner | 1) Josephine Douglas 2) E. P. Taylor (1952) |
| Trainer | Harris B. Brown |
| Record | 11: 4-4-2 |
| Earnings | US$36,600 |
| Major wins | |
| Endurance Handicap (1942) Empire City Handicap (1943) | |
| Awards | |
| Leading sire in Canada (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963) | |
| Honours | |
| Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1977) | |
| Last updated on February 7, 2010 | |
Chop Chop (1940-1963) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. He was sired by Flares, a son of U.S. Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox and a full brother to U.S. Triple Crown winner Omaha. Flares raced in England with considerable success for owner William Woodward Sr., counting the Ascot Gold Cup, Champion Stakes and Princess of Wales's Stakes among his wins.
Purchased as a yearling for $4,100 by Josephine Douglas of Oyster Bay, New York, Chop Chop saw his racing career cut short due to an injury. From eleven starts, he won four times and finished out of the money once. His most important wins came in the 1942 Endurance Handicap at Bowie Race Track in Bowie, Maryland and the 1943 Empire City Handicap at New York's Jamaica Race Course, in which he beat Princequillo in track record time.[1][2]