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05-18-2010, 04:25 PM
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Snow Chief is gone.
long live the chief.
USA: Snow Chief, winner of the Preakness Stakes in 1986 and USchampion three-year-old male that year, has died at the age of 27. According to the Blood-Horse, Snow Chief died of an apparent heart attack. A Grade 1 winner in each of his three seasons on the track, the son of Reflected Glory was trained in California by Mel Stute, for whom he won both the Norfolk Stakes and Hollywood Futurity as a juvenile. His regular rider was Alex Solis. He won the Florida Derby and Santa Anita Derby at three before his Preakness Stakes and then took the Strub Stakes, a Grade 1 at the time, and the Oaklawn Handicap as a four-year-old. The biggest disappointment of Snow Chief's career came when he could finish only 11th as 2-1 favourite behind Ferdinand in the 1986 Kentucky Derby. According to the Blood-Horse, his career record stood at 13 victories from 24 races for $3.38m in prize-money earnings. "Snow Chief was the most durable horseI have ever trained," Stute said. "He could run in the mud, he could run on the dirt - he was something special."
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05-18-2010, 04:38 PM
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it wasn't that long ago when they would bring him to the track and let walk in front of the crowd before the snow chief stakes.
bless him, he lived a long life.
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05-18-2010, 05:10 PM
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It was a little before my time as a serious fan of the sport, but given his multiple-acceleration, utterly dominant performance in the Santa Anita Derby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn397BQbfLU) I certainly understand why he was the favorite in Louisville.
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05-18-2010, 05:23 PM
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Snow Chief was a very good horse but everytime I hear his name i think of Melair
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05-18-2010, 10:43 PM
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05-18-2010, 10:49 PM
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That was some great racing put on by Snow Chief, Ferdinand, and Broad Brush in the winter of 1987 at Santa Anita.
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05-18-2010, 11:20 PM
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His story with his "Sunshine Boys" owners was a compelling one in the Spring of 1986. I'll freely admit that one of my favorite Kentucky Derby's ever was his....though my love after the fact was for Ferdinand, Shoemaker and Whittingham. At one point of the race I believe the call was, "And here comes Snow Chief gaining on the outside!"
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05-19-2010, 12:36 AM
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Both two of my all time favorites. I almost missed my high school graduation so that I could bet Snow Chief in his debut.
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05-19-2010, 12:15 PM
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For some reason, the '86 Malibu was one of my favorite races. They both seemed to really want that. Snow Chief was always that way, but Ferdinand brought it that day, too. Ferdinand hadn't run since his 3rd in the Belmont. Snow Chief was coming off knee surgery, and hadn't raced since July. Both trainers were ready though.
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05-19-2010, 12:34 PM
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I had a son of Snow Chief, he died from colic about 20 years ago, he was beautiful but so slow my Morgan mare beat him in a match race.
 I loved the horse though as I loved Snow Chief.I was at Hollywood Park when Melair smoked Snow Chief, I was so disappointed, but Melair was something special.
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05-19-2010, 12:58 PM
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That's the only time I ever saw a standing ovation given to the winner of a race that wasn't the odds on favorite (she wasn't even favored, of course). When she went from 3/4s in 108 to 7/8ths in 119.4, I thought to myself that I'll probably never see a performance like this ever again.
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