Chance Shot

Chance Shot (1924–1952) was an American-bred thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Bred by August Belmont, Jr. at his nursery stud in Lexington, Kentucky, he was sired by the great Fair Play, which made him a half brother to Man o' War, out of the mare Quelle Chance who was bred at Belmont's Haras de Villers stud farm in Normandy, France. He was a full brother to stakes winner and 2-time leading sire Chance Play.

Chance Shot
SireFair Play
GrandsireHastings
DamQuelle Chance
DamsireEthelbert
SexStallion
Foaled1924
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederAugust Belmont, Jr.
OwnerJoseph E. Widener
TrainerPete Coyne
Record22:8-7-0
Earnings$142,277
Major wins
National Stallion Stakes (1926)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1926)
Withers Stakes (1927)
Saratoga Handicap (1928)
Merchants and Citizens Handicap (1928)

American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1927)

Last updated on 2019-07-07

Trained by Pete Coyne and ridden by Earl Sande, Chance Shot was a stakes winner at 2, 3, and 4. As a two-year-old in 1926 he won the Saratoga Special Stakes and the National Stallion Stakes. At age three Chance Shot followed up an impressive win in the 1927 Withers Stakes with a victory in the Belmont Stakes.

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