Chant (foaled 1891 in

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racehorse that won the 1894 Kentucky Derby, Phoenix Stakes, and Clark Handicap. He was related through his damsire, King Alfonso, to Kentucky Derby winners Fonso (1880) and Joe Cotton (1885) and through his sire, Falsetto, to

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(1901) and Sir Huon (1906). Chant was sold in September 1894 to Charles Head Smith for $5,100 at auction when Leigh & Rose dissolved their partnership. Chant injured his leg in February 1895 but was entered in several races at a track in

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in July 1895, finishing second in one of them to a horse named Sir Excess and winning $375 in a small stakes race in August 1895. A 1910 '' Daily Racing Form'' article reports that Chant was sold to a western Thoroughbred breeder and produced a few stakes winners in

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. He was still reported as being alive in 1910. ''Daily Racing Form.'' "Careers of Kentucky Derby winners." May 19, 1910.
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Pedigree

References

{{Kentucky Derby Winners 1891 racehorse births Racehorses trained in the United States Racehorses bred in Kentucky Kentucky Derby winners Thoroughbred family A3