The build-up and betting suggested that the race would effectively be a match between Commander in Chief (4/7 favourite) and the French-trained Hernando, the winner of the Prix du Jockey Club who started at 9/4. On 27 June Commander in Chief traveled to the Curragh for the Irish Derby. Tenby, who had been in second place at one point, weakened badly in the straight and finished tenth. He was never in any danger and won very easily by three and a half lengths from the 150/1 outsiders Blue Judge and Blues Traveller. He then made rapid progress to take the lead two furlongs out and quickly went clear. Commander in Chief who started 15/2 second favourite, was held up in the early stages and turned into the straight in sixth place. He was the preferred ride of Pat Eddery, leaving the ride on Commander in Chief to Mick Kinane. Owned like Commander in Chief by Khalid Abdullah and also unbeaten, Tenby's successes had come in more high-profile races such as the Grand Critérium and the Dante Stakes and he was made 4/5 favourite. In the build-up to the race he had been overshadowed by his stable companion Tenby. ![]() He was the youngest of the sixteen runners in a race which attracted a crowd of 106,000. Epsom Derby Ĭommander in Chief went into the 1993 Epsom Derby on 2 June as an unbeaten horse, but one who had never contested a Group Race. On the 13 May he completed his hat-trick in the Glasgow Stakes at York, but in this race he was less impressive: Eddery attempted to make all the running on the 2/9 favourite, and he had to be pushed out in the closing stages to win by a neck from Needle Gun. On this occasion he started 2/5 favourite and won by three and a half lengths from Oakmead and Blue Judge. Eighteen days late he returned to Newmarket for the twelve furlong Culford Stakes. Starting the even money favourite he took the lead a furlong from the finish and drew away from the rest of the field, winning by six lengths despite being eased down in the closing stages. Racing career Early races Ĭommander in Chief did not run as a two-year-old and made his debut in April 1993 in a ten furlong maiden race at the Newmarket Craven meeting. He was ridden in all of his races other than the Derby by the eleven times Champion Jockey Pat Eddery. Slightly Dangerous finished second in the 1982 Epsom Oaks and went on to be an outstanding broodmare, producing the Group One/Grade I winners Warning and Yashmak as well as the Epsom Derby runner-up Dushyantor.Ĭommander in Chief was trained for all his starts by Henry Cecil at his Warren Place stable at Newmarket, Suffolk. ![]() At stud, he was a modest success, siring the Group One winners White Muzzle, Wemyss Bight and Cherokee Rose before being sold and exported to Japan in 1991. Dancing Brave was the most highly rated British racehorse of the 1980s winning a series of major races culminating in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was sired by Dancing Brave out of Slightly Dangerous. Commander in Chief was voted the 1993 Cartier Champion Three-year-old Colt.Ĭommander in Chief was a dark bay colt (officially "bay or brown") with a white snip, bred by his owner's Juddmonte Farms breeding organisation. ![]() Furthermore, the Racing Post had not even included him in their list of horses for the 1993 Ten-to-Follow on the flat competition. He was the first Derby winner since Morston in 1973 not to have raced as a two-year-old. In a career that lasted just over three months in the spring and summer of 1993 he won five of his six races, most notably the Derby at Epsom and the Irish Derby at the Curragh. The second colours of Khalid Abdullah, carried by Commander in Chief in the 1993 DerbyĮuropean Three-Year-Old Champion Colt (1993)Ĭommander in Chief (1990–2007) was a British thoroughbred racehorse and sire. MHRA 'Commander in Chief', All Acronyms, 18 January 2024, Bluebook All Acronyms, Commander in Chief (Jan. Commander in Chief, All Acronyms, viewed January 18, 2024, MLA All Acronyms. Retrieved January 18, 2024, from Chicago All Acronyms. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Quote Copy APA All Acronyms.
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