Chaldee (ARG)
1978 – c. 2000
Banner Sport (USA) x Gevar (ARG), by Right of Way (GB)
Family 2-u
1978 – c. 2000
Banner Sport (USA) x Gevar (ARG), by Right of Way (GB)
Family 2-u
Chaldee was a minor stakes winner on the race course, but she was destined to reach greatness as a broodmare. The dam of six stakes winners, she enjoyed a particularly fruitful union with 1985/1986 Argentine Horse of the Year Potrillazo. The pairing produced four Group 1 winners, including two champion fillies, and Chaldee’s family has produced graded/Group winners in Argentina, Australia, Japan, and the United States.
Race record
5 starts, 4 wins, 0 seconds, 1 third
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Chaldee produced 14 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Chaldee was bred by Haras Ojo de Agua. As a broodmare, she was owned by Haras La Madrugada. Potro Rex was her last registered foal.
Pedigree notes
Sired by the winning Raise a Native horse Banner Sport, Chaldee is inbred 5x5 to 1923 Derby Stakes winner Papyrus. She is a full sister to Argentine stakes winner Kabalaj and a half sister to La Habrea (by Good Manners), second dam of 2005/2006 Argentine champion older female Magnetic Eyes, 2013 Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas, ARG-G1) winner Querida Rebeca, Argentine Group 2 winner My Golan, and Argentine Group 3 winner Maaleh and third dam of Argentine Group 2 winner Missile Top. Chaldee is also a half sister to Crown Golda (by Crown Thy Good), dam of multiple Argentine Group 1 winner Tough Golda (by Tough Critic), second dam of 2009/2010 Chilean champion sprinter Blue Shell and 2016 Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena (ARG-G1) winner Conviction, and third dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Tan Creido.
Chaldee and her siblings are out of Gevar, whose sire Right of Way was a stakes winner by two-time English champion sprinter Honeyway. Produced from stakes-placed Zaris (by the stakes-winning Djebel horse Cardanil II), Gevar is a full sister to Thesbite, dam of multiple Argentine Group 3 winner Joel (by Good Manners).
Zaris, in turn, is out of the Aristophanes mare Cabala, a full sister to 1964 Gran Premio de Honor winner Booz and to Premio Maipú winner Ruth, dam of 1975 Gran Premio Selección (ARG-G1) winner Ezequiel II (by Pardallo). The next dam in Chaldee’s tail-female line is Betsabe (by Congreve), whose half brother Filisteo (by Adam’s Apple) set a world record of 3:30-4/5 for the distance of 2 miles and 70 yards while winning the 1941 Exterminator Handicap.
Fun facts
Last updated: July 7, 2021
Race record
5 starts, 4 wins, 0 seconds, 1 third
- Won Especial Dia del Ejercito Argentina (ARG)
- 3rd Premio Venezuela (ARG-G3)
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Chaldee produced 14 named foals. Her important foals are as follow:
- Sun Banner (1985, by Sundae) won the 1990 Premio America Latina (ARG-G3) and Premio Antonio Cane (ARG-G3) and was Group 1-placed. He was of no importance as a sire.
- Potrichal (1988, by Potrillazo) won the 1991 Copa de Plata (ARG-G1) and Premio Ramón Biaus (ARG-G2). She Is the dam of multiple Grade 2 winner T. H. Approval (by With Approval), who has had some success in Brazil as a sire.
- Potridee (1989, by Potrillazo) was the Argentine champion 2-year-old filly of 1991/1992 and also won the 1994 Vanity Invitational Handicap (USA-G1). She is the second dam of 2015/2016 Argentine champion 2-year-old male Touareg, two-time Mexican champion Vistoso, and Grade 3 winners Endorsement and Kitty in a Tizzy.
- Potrinner (1993, by Potrillazo) won the 1996 Gran Premio Mil Guineas (ARG-G1) and Premio Francisco J. Beazley (ARG-G2) and was runner-up in the 1996 Gran Premio Selección (Argentine Oaks, ARG-G1). She is the dam of 2005 Sands Point Stakes (USA-G3) winner Melhor Ainda (by Pulpit), Japanese listed stakes winner Danon Go Go (by Aldebaran), and the stakes-winning hurdler Seer (by Pulpit). Melhor Ainda, in turn, is the second dam of 2021 Treasury Brisbane J J Atkins Plate (AUS-G1) winner Converge.
- Potrizaris (1995, by Potrillazo) was named the 1998/1999 Argentine champion 3-year-old filly and Mare of the Year after winning the 1998 Gran Premio Selección and Gran Premio Nacional (Argentine Derby, ARG-G1). She is the dam of Group 1-placed Japanese Group 3 winner Dia de la Novia (by Sunday Silence), through her, and is the second dam of Japanese Group 2 winners Dia de la Madre and Dreadnoughtus.
- Potro Rex (2000, by Potrillon) won the 2005 Gran Premio General San Martín (ARG-G1). Originally at stud in Argentina, he was exported to Uruguay in 2009.
Connections
Chaldee was bred by Haras Ojo de Agua. As a broodmare, she was owned by Haras La Madrugada. Potro Rex was her last registered foal.
Pedigree notes
Sired by the winning Raise a Native horse Banner Sport, Chaldee is inbred 5x5 to 1923 Derby Stakes winner Papyrus. She is a full sister to Argentine stakes winner Kabalaj and a half sister to La Habrea (by Good Manners), second dam of 2005/2006 Argentine champion older female Magnetic Eyes, 2013 Gran Premio Polla de Potrancas (Argentine One Thousand Guineas, ARG-G1) winner Querida Rebeca, Argentine Group 2 winner My Golan, and Argentine Group 3 winner Maaleh and third dam of Argentine Group 2 winner Missile Top. Chaldee is also a half sister to Crown Golda (by Crown Thy Good), dam of multiple Argentine Group 1 winner Tough Golda (by Tough Critic), second dam of 2009/2010 Chilean champion sprinter Blue Shell and 2016 Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena (ARG-G1) winner Conviction, and third dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Tan Creido.
Chaldee and her siblings are out of Gevar, whose sire Right of Way was a stakes winner by two-time English champion sprinter Honeyway. Produced from stakes-placed Zaris (by the stakes-winning Djebel horse Cardanil II), Gevar is a full sister to Thesbite, dam of multiple Argentine Group 3 winner Joel (by Good Manners).
Zaris, in turn, is out of the Aristophanes mare Cabala, a full sister to 1964 Gran Premio de Honor winner Booz and to Premio Maipú winner Ruth, dam of 1975 Gran Premio Selección (ARG-G1) winner Ezequiel II (by Pardallo). The next dam in Chaldee’s tail-female line is Betsabe (by Congreve), whose half brother Filisteo (by Adam’s Apple) set a world record of 3:30-4/5 for the distance of 2 miles and 70 yards while winning the 1941 Exterminator Handicap.
Fun facts
- The Chaldeans or Chaldees were an ancient people of the Middle East who existed independently for over 300 years before being absorbed into the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the mid-6th century B.C.E. They spoke a Semitic language, Chaldee.
- Chaldee is one of just three broodmares to produce as many as five Grade/Group 1 winners. The others are New Zealand-based Eight Carat, a three-time Broodmare of the Year in that country, and Juddmonte foundation mare Hasili, the 2006 English Broodmare of the Year.
Last updated: July 7, 2021