Chris Evert (horse)

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Chris Evert
U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly (1974)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1988)
Last updated on November 25, 2006

Chris Evert (February 14, 1971 – January 8, 2001) was an American

Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly
.

Background

Chris Evert was bred by Echo Valley Farm near Georgetown, Kentucky, owned by Donald & Shirley Sucher. The couple would later breed Winning Colors, another Hall of Fame filly and winner of the 1988 Kentucky Derby.[2] Carl Rosen (1918–1983), owner of clothing manufacturer Puritan Fashions Corp., purchased the unnamed filly at a Keeneland yearling sale. He named her for the tennis player Chris Evert, whom he had signed to endorse his company's line of sportswear.[3]

Racing career

Chris Evert began racing at age two. Of her five starts, she won four and finished second in the other. At age three she dominated her class, winning the

Eclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Filly
.

In 1974,

purse
significantly contributed to her becoming 1974's leading money earner in U.S. Thoroughbred racing.

At age four, Chris Evert won two more times but was retired early after competing in only four races. Rosen decided to use her as the foundation mare to establish his own horse breeding operation at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky.

Breeding record

As a broodmare, Chris Evert produced graded stakes race winners Wimbledon Star and the filly Six Crowns, who was sired by Secretariat. Six Crowns in turn produced Eclipse Award and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Chief's Crown. Pensioned in 1990, at age 30 Chris Evert was euthanized on January 8, 2001, due to the infirmities of old age.[4] She was buried at Three Chimneys Farm's broodmare cemetery.[5]

Honors

Chris Evert was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1988.[6]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Chris Evert, chestnut mare, foaled February 14, 1971[7]
Sire
Swoon's Son
bay 1953 		The Doge
br. 1942 		Bull Dog
dkb/br. 1927 		Teddy
Plucky Liege
My Auntie
b. 1933 		Busy American
Babe K.
Swoon
ch. 1942 		Sweep Like
b. 1931 		Sweep
Lady Braxted
Sadie Greenock
br. 1933 		Greenock
Silk Lady
Dam
Miss Carmie
bay 1966 		T.V. Lark
b. 1957 		Indian Hemp
ch. 1949 		Nasrullah
Sabzy
Miss Larksfly
br. 1948 		Heelfly
Larksnest
Twice Over
dkb/br. 1956 		Ponder
dkb/br. 1946 		Pensive
Miss Rushin
Twosy
b. 1942 		Bull Lea
Two Bob (Family 23-b)

References

  1. ^ "Chris Evert Horse Pedigree". www.pedigreequery.com.
  2. ^ "Sucher, Breeder of Two Hall of Famers, Dies". The Blood-Horse. 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ "Carl Rosen & Associates - NTRA". Archived from the original on 2006-11-25. Retrieved 2006-11-25. Carl Rosen & Associates at the NTRA
  4. ^ "Horse Racing; Champion Filly Is Euthanized". New York Times, Section D, page 6. 2001-01-11. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  5. Thoroughbred Heritage
    . 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  6. ^ "National Museum of Racing - Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2006-11-25. Chris Evert at the United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
  7. ^ "Chris Evert pedigree". www.equineline.com. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
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