# Fairy Chant

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**Fairy Chant** (foaled 1937 in [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky)) was an American Champion [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing). Her sire was the 1927 [Belmont Stakes](/source/Belmont_Stakes) winner [Chance Shot](/source/Chance_Shot_(horse)), a son of three-time [Leading sire in North America](/source/Leading_sire_in_North_America) [Fair Play](/source/Fair_Play_(horse)). Her dam was Star Fairy, a daughter of The Satrap, the 1926 English Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse who was a son of the great [The Tetrarch](/source/The_Tetrarch).

## Racing career

Fairy Chant was bred by [William du Pont, Jr.](/source/William_du_Pont,_Jr.), and raced under the banner of his [Foxcatcher Farm](/source/Foxcatcher_Farm) for trainer [Richard E. Handlen](/source/Richard_E._Handlen). She may be best remembered from her win in the $20,000 [Black-Eyed Susan Stakes](/source/Black-Eyed_Susan_Stakes) (then called the [Pimlico Oaks](/source/Black-Eyed_Susan_Stakes)) on Friday, May 10, 1940. In that race, she took on a field of nine fillies and beat two stakes winners in True Call and Discerning. She won in a final time of 1:49-4/5 for the mile and a sixteenth over dirt with jockey [Ralph Neves](/source/Ralph_Neves) in the irons. Her performances on the track earned her [Champion](/source/Eclipse_Award) honors in 1940 and 1941. She finished in the money 62% of the time, earning a win, place or show check in 26 of 42 career races.

As a broodmare, she is best known for producing [Chevation](/source/Chevation).

## References

- [Fairy Chant's pedigree and partial racing stats](http://www.pedigreequery.com/fairy+chant)

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