Highland Chief (IRE)
Bay Horse / April 16th, 2017 in IRE / by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Pink Symphony (GB)
$440,360
2022 earnings
107
speed figure
25%
2022 wins
racing Record
2022 Stats
Career Stats
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1
Firsts
3
0
Seconds
2
0
Thirds
2
3
Unplaced
7
4
Starts
14
$440,360
Earnings
$566,862
$110,090
Earnings / Start
$40,490
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Bio
Highland Chief started to find his best form as a 3-year-old. The Irish-bred son of Gleneagles was stakes-placed three times in England in 2020, including a second-place finish by three-quarters of a length in the Group 3 John Pearce Racing Gordon Stakes at Goodwood on July 30. He raced just once as a 4-year-old, finishing fifth in the Group 1 Coral Coronation Cup at Epsom on June 4.
Highland Chief started to find his best form as a 3-year-old. The Irish-bred son of Gleneagles was stakes-placed three times in England in 2020, including a second-place finish by three-quarters of a length in the Group 3 John Pearce Racing Gordon Stakes at Goodwood on July 30. He raced just once as a 4-year-old, finishing fifth in the Group 1 Coral Coronation Cup at Epsom on June 4.
For his 5-year-old season, Highland Chief was shipped to the United States and placed in the barn of trainer Graham Motion. He made his North American debut in a second-level allowance optional claiming race at Aqueduct on April 14, 2022, and was a non-threatening ninth.
Off that performance, Highland Chief was a 19.20-1 outsider in the Grade 1 Man o'War Stakes at Belmont Park on May 14. However, he pulled off a shocking upset over reigning Breeders' Cup Turf winner Yibir. That was the first Grade 1 win in the career of his jockey, Trevor McCarthy.
Highland Chief followed up his breakthrough win with a fourth-place finish in the Grade 1 Resorts World Casino Manhattan Stakes June 11 at Belmont. He is owned and bred by Fitriani Hay and is out of the Group 3-winning Montjeu mare Pink Symphony.
