Chess Chief

Chess Chief (VA)

Into Mischief / Un Blessed, by Mineshaft
2016 Bay | Entered Stud: 2024 | 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 – 6X leading sire. Earning nearly $1 million, Chess Chief won the Tenacious Stakes and G2 New Orleans Classic. He placed in four graded stakes events including the G3 West Virginia Derby, G3 Oklahoma Derby, G3 Mineshaft Stakes, and G2 Alysheba Stakes. 
• Chess Chief is out of the unraced Mineshaft mare Un Blessed who is 1/2 to stakes producer Bonnie Byerly, dam of Diabolical, MGSW of nearly $1.5 million, including the G2 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, G3 Green Desert Mahab Al Shimaal, and G3 Emirates Airline Maryland Sprint Handicap. Chess Chief’s 2nd dam, Plenty of Grace, earned nearly $800,000 and won the G1 Yellow Ribbon Invitational Stakes, G2 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup, and G3 Boiling Springs Handicap. She is 1/2 to millionaire SOARING SOFTLY – MGSW and Eclipse Award 1999 Champion Grass Mare in U.S. She won the G1 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf and G1 Flower Bowl Invitational Handicap, G2 Sheepshead Bay Handicap and G2 Vineland Handicap. His 3rd dam, WINGS OF GRACE, won the G3 Boiling Springs Handicap. CHESS CHIEF’s female line has consistently produced graded stakes winners. 

Pedigree

Race Record

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