The O'Brien pair finished 12 lengths clear of Moon Ballad in third. High Chaparral was never headed and won by two lengths. He was soon challenged by Hawk Wing and from that point on the stablemates had the race between them. Murtagh held the colt up in the early stages, before moving up to take the lead early in the straight. Among the other contenders was Bandari, who had won the Lingfield Derby Trial by over ten lengths. Hawk Wing was selected by Mick Kinane, leaving the ride on High Chaparral to Johnny Murtagh. The strong favourite was his stable companion Hawk Wing, second in the 2,000 Guineas. Īfter winning both trials, High Chaparral was strongly fancied for the 2002 Epsom Derby and was made 7/2 second favourite. A month later, he started at odds of 1/5 in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial and won by a length from In Time's Eye. On his three-year-old debut, High Chaparral recorded a seven-length win in the Ballysax Stakes at Leopardstown on 14 April. 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. He was considered the Ballydoyle second string, behind the odds-on favourite Castle Gandolfo. On his next start, High Chaparral was sent to England to run in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster. A week later, he recorded his first victory when winning a maiden race at Tipperary by two and a half lengths. High Chaparral failed to make a winning debut, beaten by a short-head by Hot Trotter in a maiden at Punchestown on 30 September. He was sent into training with Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle. 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 stood just over 16 hands high and was bred in County Tipperary, Ireland, by Sean Coughlan. High Chaparral was a dark-coated bay horse with a white star. At four, he defeated Falbrav and Alamshar in the Irish Champion Stakes and won a second Breeders' Cup Turf. In 2002, he defeated Hawk Wing in the Derby and won the Breeders' Cup Turf. His win in the Racing Post Trophy made him one of the highest-rated two-year-olds of 2001. In a career that lasted from September 2001 to October 2003, he ran 13 times and won 10 races. High Chaparral (1 March 1999 – 21 December 2014) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
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