Chief Bearhart (February 1, 1993 – September 18, 2012) was a CanadianThoroughbredracehorse andsire. A turf specialist, he won sixSovereign Awards and was votedAmerican Champion Male Turf Horse for 1997.

Chief Bearheart was bred by Richard D. Maynard and sired byChief's Crown out of the mare Amelia Bearhart by Bold Hour. His grandsire wasDanzig. He was owned bySam-Son Farm ofMilton, Ontario and was trained byMark 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 onturf. He then won the 1996Breeders' Stakes, the final and only leg on grass of theCanadian Triple Crown. On July 25, 1996, Chief Bearhart won an allowance race of about a mile and three-eighths on turf atWoodbine Racetrack in atrack record time of 2:16 flat.

Popular with racing fans because he almost always came from well back in the field, in 1997 Chief Bearhart blossomed into a star. Ridden byJosé A. Santos he won five of seven races with two second-place finishes. Among his wins were the prestigiousCanadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack and atHollywood Park Racetrack in theUnited States he won theBreeders' Cup Turf by a half length. For his 1997 performances, Chief Bearhart earned more than $2 million in purses and was voted theSovereign Award for Horse of the Year and theEclipse 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 theNiagara Breeders' Cup Handicap, the Sky Classic Handicap and setting a course record in winning theGrade IManhattan Handicap. He was retired after the 1998 racing season^[1] and in 2002 was inducted into theCanadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Chief Bearhart stood atstud at theShizunai Stallion Station inJapan. He sired six stakes winners for 10 stakes wins.^[2] He died of heart failure on September 18, 2012.^[3]

• Chief Bearheart - 1997 Breeders Cup Turf (Partial) via YouTube

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