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Los Alamitos under the lights
in :21.21 to that point in time. His record setting wins came in the Remington Park Derby-G1 in a track record time of :21.79 for 440 yards; Mexico National Championship-G3, equaling the track record for 350 yards in a time of :17.32; California Derby in a track record time for the 400 yards of :19.35; and Special Effort Stakes, running the 350 yards in :17.53. He won the Champion Prep Stakes in :21.21. This is the race that he went
the fastest time for 440 yards at Los Alamitos at night. He also won the QHBC Sophomore Classic-G2 as his fifth stakes
win at three. He won the 1991 Mystery Futurity and the El Reno Futurity. His record shows 17 wins in 27 starts, with seven stakes wins and $278,191.
Triple Chick became the broodmare sire of 773 starters, 402 ROM, 24 stakes winners and 35 stakes placed runners. These foals earned $2,999,357. His leading
money earner is Triple Champion, who had six wins in 24 starts and $273,131. He was first, second or third in six stakes races and won the 1983 Laddie Handicap. Some of Triple Chick’s other stakes winners as a broodmare sire include: Island Ruler, who has earned $123,666 and won four stakes races, including the 1980 Pap Handicap and the 1980 War Chic Handicap; and Andy Go, earner of $111,054 with two stakes victories, including the 1973 Horseman’s QHRA Championship.
Three Chicks was foaled
in 1959 and raced for Vessels Stallion Farm through their Western States Stable. His race record at two is an interesting one. Three Chicks won $14,464 as a freshman with one third place finish in three starts. His first
race was an unplaced finish in an allowance to Pokey Bar on Aug. 5. His next start was in a trial for the All American Futurity on Aug. 26, where he garnered third place behind Bunny’s Bar Maid and Leona Dee and qualified for the
All American Futurity. The 1961 All American
Futurity consisted of a showcase field of horses that included Pokey Bar, Bunny’s Bar Maid, Golden Note, Mr Three Bars, Savanah Gates, Magnolia Bar, Leona Dee, Art Bar and David Cox. Pokey Bar came in first, with Bunny’s Bar Maid second and Golden Note third. Three Chicks finished fifth behind Mr Three Bars. The first three finishers earned year end awards, with Pokey Bar being named the Champion 2-Year- Old Colt and Bunny’s Bar Maid and Golden Note sharing the Champion 2-Year-Old Filly title for 1961.
Three Chicks made only two starts in 1962, winning both races. He broke his maiden in a 350-yard race at the Fairplex at Pomona. He then won the Josie Bar Handicap over the 1961 Champion 3-Year-Old Colt Rebel Cause, who was later named the 1962 Champion Aged Stallion.
In 1963, Three Chicks made
As a broodmare sire, Triple Chick’s top earner is Triple Champion, shown below after his victory in the 1983 Laddie Handicap at Los Alamitos.
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