Chamossaire (horse)

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Chamossaire
Chestnut
BreederNational Stud
OwnerStanhope Joel
TrainerRichard Perryman
Record11:4-3-0
Major wins
Cavenham Stakes (1945)
St Leger Stakes (1945)
Awards
Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland (1964)

Chamossaire (1942–1964) was a British

2000 Guineas
and the Derby before winning the St Leger. He was retired to stud where he proved to be a successful sire of winners. Chamossaire died in 1964.

Background

Chamossaire's sire

2000 Guineas winner Big Game. Snowberry went on to produce Ariana, the grand-dam of The Derby winner Snow Knight.[2] With a combination of stamina from his sire and speed from his dam, Chamossaire was regarded as having an excellent classic pedigree.[3]

As a yearling, the colt was sold for 2,700

guineas to Walter Earl, acting on behalf of Stanhope Joel, a member of the influential Joel family. Chamossaire, named after a mountain in Switzerland was sent into training with Richard "Dick" Perryman at his Beaufort House stable in Newmarket.[4]

Restrictions imposed during the

Second World War meant that many British racecourses, including Epsom, Doncaster and Ascot
were closed and many races were either abandoned or run away from their traditional venues.

Racing career

1944: two-year-old season

Racing exclusively at Newmarket Racecourse, Chamossaire won two of his three races. In the Free Handicap, a rating of the season's best two-year-olds, he was given a weight of 126 pounds, seven pounds below the top-rated Dante.[4]

1945: three-year-old season

On his first appearance as a three-year-old, Chamossaire finished third behind High Peak and Royal Charger in the Chatteris Stakes in May. He was nevertheless moved up in class to contest the 2000 Guineas, which was run that year over the July Course. In an exceptionally strong renewal of the race he finished fourth of the twenty runners behind Court Martial, Dante and Royal Charger. Chamossaire was closing on the leaders in the final strides, leading to his being strongly fancied for the Derby a month later.[3]

In June Chamossaire returned to the July Course for the "Derby Stakes", a substitute race for the Derby. In a field of twenty-seven runners he again finished fourth, beaten two lengths, a head and a neck by Dante, Midas and Court Martial.[5] He continued to campaign at Newmarket in the summer of 1945, finishing second to Stirling Castle when strongly fancied for the Princess of Wales's Stakes and then recording a narrow victory in the Cavenham Stakes over one and a half miles.[4]

Despite the end of the War, Doncaster racecourse was not ready to stage a classic in the autumn of 1945 and the St Leger was run over fourteen furlongs at

Jockey Club Cup.[8]

Chamossaire remained in training as a four-year-old with the Ascot Gold Cup as his main objective, but he never ran again.[4]

Assessment and honours

In their book, A Century of Champions, based on the Timeform rating system, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Chamoissaire an "average" winner of the St Leger.[9]

Stud record

For most of his stud career, Chamossaire was a useful, but inconsistent stallion, based at the Snailwell Stud near Newmarket. His best winners included Le Sage (Sussex Stakes), Chamier (Irish Derby), Cambremer (St Leger, Prix du Cadran) and Your Highness (Irish Derby). In 1961 he sired Santa Claus whose wins included the Irish 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derby and Irish Derby. The successes of Santa Claus earned Chamossaire the posthumous title of Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1964.[10]

Sire line tree

Pedigree

Pedigree of Chamossaire (GB), chestnut stallion, 1942[12]
Sire
Precipitation (GB)
1933 		Hurry On (GB)
1913 		Marcovil Marco
Lady Villikins
Toute Suite Sainfoin
Star
Double Life (GB)
1926 		Bachelor's Double Tredennis
Lady Bawn
Saint Joan Willbrook
Flo Desmond
Dam
Snowberry (GB)
1937 		Cameronian (GB)
1928 		Pharos Phalaris
Scapa Flow
Una Cameron Gainsborough
Cherimoya
Myrobella (IRE)
1930　 		Tetratema The Tetrarch
Scotch Gift
Dolabella White Eagle
Gondolette (Family: 6-e)[2]

References

  1. ^ "Godolphin Arabian Line". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  2. ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Fenella - Family 6-e". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  3. ^ a b "ENGLISH DERBY To-day's Big Race DANTE FAVOURITE". Kalgoorlie Miner. 9 June 1945. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  4. ^
    ISBN 0-354-08536-0
    .
  5. ^ "Dante's Triumph In Record Derby". The Mercury (Hobart). 11 June 1945. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  6. ^ "Chamossaire wins St Leger". Adelaide Advertiser. 7 September 1945. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  7. ^ "Great crowd sees Chamossaire's St Leger victory". Burnie Advocate. 7 September 1945. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  8. ^ "Amberflash wins Jockey Club Cup". Adelaide Advertiser. 3 November 1945. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  9. ISBN 978-1-901570-15-1
    .
  10. ^ "Leading Sires of Great Britain and Ireland". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
  11. ^ The Godolphin Arabian & his descendants
  12. ^ "Chamossaire pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
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