Chess Chief

Chess Chief (VA)

Into Mischief – Un Blessed, by Mineshaft | 2016 Bay | Fee: $5,000 S&N

Graded Stakes-Winning Son of INTO MISCHIEF.
Virginia Horse of the Year.
Virginia-Bred Older Horse Champion 2021

• GSW and MGSP son of INTO MISCHIEF – 4x champion general sire – standing for $250,000 at Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky.
• Chess Chief WON the Tenacious Stakes and the $400,000 G2 New Orleans Classic and had earnings of nearly $1 million. He placed in four graded stakes events including the G3 West Virginia Derby, G3 Oklahoma Derby, G3 Mineshaft Stakes, and G2 Alysheba Stakes.
• He beat G1Ws MUCHO GUSTO ($3,953,800), Long Range Toddy ($1,264,420), and twice he beat ROADSTER ($901,500) – all in graded events.  
• Chess Chief is out of the Mineshaft mare Un Blessed who is 1/2 to stakes producer Bonnie Byerly, dam of Diabolical, a $300k 2YO at OBS and a MGSW of $1,467,401. On the board in 22 of 32 races, he won the G2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, G3 Emirates Airline Maryland Sprint Handicap, and was MG1P.  Chess Chief’s second dam, Plenty of Grace, was a MGSW of $744,499, including the G1 Yellow Ribbon Invitational Stakes, G2 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup and was 1/2 to SOARING SOFTLY ($1,270,433) – MGSW and Eclipse Award 1999 Champion Grass Mare who won both the G1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf and G1 Flower Bowl Invitational Handicap.

Pedigree

Race Record

Starts	Firsts	Seconds	Thirds	Earnings	Earnings Per Start
39	5	4	5	$931,319	$23,879