Fairy Chant (foaled 1937 in

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) was an American Champion

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. Her sire was the 1927

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winner Chance Shot, a son of three-time

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. Her dam was Star Fairy, a daughter of The Satrap, the 1926 English Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse who was a son of the great

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Racing career

Fairy Chant was bred by William du Pont, Jr., and raced under the banner of his

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for trainer Richard E. Handlen. She may be best remembered from her win in the $20,000

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(then called the

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) on Friday, May 10, 1940. In that race, she took on a field of nine fillies and beat two stakes winners in True Call and Discerning. She won in a final time of 1:49-4/5 for the mile and a sixteenth over dirt with jockey Ralph Neves in the irons. Her performances on the track earned her

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honors in 1940 and 1941. She finished in the money 62% of the time, earning a win, place or show check in 26 of 42 career races. As a broodmare, she is best known for producing Chevation.

References

Fairy Chant's pedigree and partial racing stats
1937 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 1-c Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States American Champion racehorses Du Pont racehorses Godolphin Arabian sire line {{racehorse-stub