Chief Bearhart

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Chief Bearhart
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Sire:	Chief's Crown
Grandsire:	Danzig
Dam:	Amelia Bearhart
Damsire:	Bold Hour
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1993
Country:	Canada
Colour:	Chestnut
Breeder:	Richard D. Maynard
Owner:	Sam-Son Farm
Trainer:	Mark Frostad
Record:	26: 12-5-3
Earnings:	$3,381,557
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Breeders' Stakes (1996) King Edward Breeders' Cup Stakes (1997) Canadian International Stakes (1997) Breeders' Cup Turf (1997) Sky Classic Stakes (1997 & 1998) Manhattan Handicap (1998)
Racing Awards
U.S. Champion Male Turf Horse (1997) Canadian Male Turf Champion (1996, 1997, 1998) Canadian Older Male Champion (1997) Canadian Horse of the Year (1997 & 1998)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2002)
Infobox last updated on: September 16, 2006.

Chief Bearhart (b. 1993) is a Canadian thoroughbred racehorse bred in Ontario by Richard D. Maynard and sired by Chief's Crown out of the mare Amelia Bearhart. His grandsire was Danzig. He was owned by Sam-Son Farm of Milton, Ontario and was trained by Mark Frostad.

In 1995, at age two, injuries kept Chief Bearhart out of all but one race. At age 3, he had only modest success until his trainer switched him from racing on dirt tracks to racing on turf. He then won the 1996 Breeders' Stakes, the final and only leg on grass of the Canadian Triple Crown.

Popular with racing fans because he most always came from well back in the field, in 1997 Chief Bearhart blossomed into a star. Ridden by José Santos he won five of seven races with two second-place finishes. Among his wins were the prestigious Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack and at Hollywood Park in the United States he won the Breeders' Cup Turf by a half length. For his 1997 performances, Chief Bearhart earned more than $2 million in purses and was voted the Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year and the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse.

Racing at age five, in 1998 Chief Bearhart won his second Canadian "Horse of the Year" title after winning the Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap, the Sky Classic Handicap and setting a course record in winning the Grade I Manhattan Handicap. He was retired after the 1998 racing season and in 2002 was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Chief Bearhart currently stands at stud at the Iburi Stallion Station in Japan.