Master Charlie
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Master Charlie was a championship thoroughbred American race horse born in Great Britain in 1922, from the proud winning line of the famed New Zealand horse Carbine (horse)
. Colts and fillies of distinguished ancestry bring high prices for their hopeful heredity. Master Charlie was purchased for $1,000 in 1923, by turfman William Daniel of Chicago.
-BARONESS LA FLECHE , who was sired by Carbine (horse)
, the famed New Zealand
Thoroughbred racehorse.
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His winnings totaled $95,525 and his career included 12 Starts and 7 Wins.
Awards of Distinction: Turf Hallmarks include the 1924 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt championship award.
Sired by Lord Archer, Spearmint, and the famous New Zealand Thouroughbred Carbine (horse)
. Master Charlie was owned by William Daniel of the Union Stockyards, Chicago, Illinois. In 1924 Master Charlie travelled from New Orleans to the Jamaica track on Long Island. His next race took him to Havre de Grace, where trainer Andrew Blakely started him for the $10,000 Chesapeake Stakes. Blakely was convinced that he had one of the greatest horses in the world primed for the Preakness Stakes of the Kentucky Derby.
, April 21, 1925
Master Charlie Arrives: Reaches Jamaica Track in Fine Fettle and Bodily Health.In April of 1926, Master Charlie was the present favorite for the Kentucky Derby. The horse traveled from New Orleans to Jamaica with trainer Andy Blakely and Jockey George Cooper. Standing almost sixteen hands, well proportioned and weighing in excellent condition. Early in the season Master Charlie was afflicted with splints, but he went on to debut in the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace, the ideal trial for Preakness and Kentucky Derby candidates.
May, 1926, Popular Science Monthly
It's a Game of Glorious Uncertainties: How the Science of Making Race Horses Often Is Upset in the Stern Test of the Track"
After being purchased by $1,000 in 1923, Master Charlie, the following year, won stakes and purses aggregating $95,525 and was acclaimed by some the best horse of any age in the country. But before the first spring stakes of 1925 he developed unsound legs and was withdrawn from racing.
Master Charlie Prize Painting, by listed American Artist Edward Burn, signed and dated 1925, with a list of Master Charlie's race victories and total prize earnings. Mailed to horse owner William Daniel, c/o Exchange Building, Union Stockyards, Chicago.
Carbine (horse)
Carbine , was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. During his racing career he won 30 stakes or principal races...
. Colts and fillies of distinguished ancestry bring high prices for their hopeful heredity. Master Charlie was purchased for $1,000 in 1923, by turfman William Daniel of Chicago.
Pedigree
Master Charlie was sired by Lord Archer-Bachelor's Choice, who was sired by Spearmint (horse)Spearmint (horse)
Spearmint was a classic winning English Thoroughbred racehorse and a good sire. He sired classic winners in three countries: Great Britain, Ireland and the United States. His daughters produced the winners of eight classic races...
-BARONESS LA FLECHE , who was sired by Carbine (horse)
Carbine (horse)
Carbine , was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. During his racing career he won 30 stakes or principal races...
, the famed New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Thoroughbred racehorse.
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Racing Career
1924 Races won by Master Charlie- Tijuana Futurity
- The Remsen StakesRemsen StakesThe Remsen Stakes is an American Grade II race for Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York...
, Jamaica RacetrackJamaica RacetrackJamaica Race Course was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility operated by the Metropolitan Jockey Club in Jamaica, New York. The track opened on April 27, 1903, a day which featured the inaugural running of the Excelsior Handicap. Eugene D. Wood, one of the founders and largest...
run by the Metropolitan Jockey Club Jamaica New York. The Remsen stakes is influential as one of the last graded stakes raceGraded stakes raceA graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
for two-year-olds on the New York racing circuit and its winner is generally among the winterbook favorites for the following year's Kentucky Derby. - The Hopeful Stakes, Saratoga Race CourseSaratoga Race CourseSaratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It opened on August 3, 1863, and is the oldest organized sporting venue of any kind in the United States. It is typically open for racing from late July through early September.-History:John...
, Saratoga N.Y. The Saratoga Race Course opened in 1863 and is the oldest organized sporting venue of any kind in the United States. Master Charlie won in 1924, with Jockey George Babin, posting a time of 1:13:00 The "oral" bookmakers had him at 50 to 1 in the 1924 Hopeful - Kentucky Jockey Club StakesKentucky Jockey Club StakesThe Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the last week of November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky...
in Louisville Kentucky. Run annually during the last week of November at Churchill DownsChurchill DownsChurchill Downs, located in Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby annually. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky Oaks in the same year. Churchill Downs...
in Louisville, KentuckyLouisville, KentuckyLouisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
. A Grade II event, the race is open to two-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt.
His winnings totaled $95,525 and his career included 12 Starts and 7 Wins.
Awards of Distinction: Turf Hallmarks include the 1924 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt championship award.
Sired by Lord Archer, Spearmint, and the famous New Zealand Thouroughbred Carbine (horse)
Carbine (horse)
Carbine , was an outstanding New Zealand bred Thoroughbred racehorse, who competed in New Zealand and later Australia. During his racing career he won 30 stakes or principal races...
. Master Charlie was owned by William Daniel of the Union Stockyards, Chicago, Illinois. In 1924 Master Charlie travelled from New Orleans to the Jamaica track on Long Island. His next race took him to Havre de Grace, where trainer Andrew Blakely started him for the $10,000 Chesapeake Stakes. Blakely was convinced that he had one of the greatest horses in the world primed for the Preakness Stakes of the Kentucky Derby.
Master Charlie in the Press
Daily Racing FormDaily Racing Form
The Daily Racing Form is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of race horses as a statistical service for bettors on horse racing in the United States....
, April 21, 1925
Master Charlie Arrives: Reaches Jamaica Track in Fine Fettle and Bodily Health.In April of 1926, Master Charlie was the present favorite for the Kentucky Derby. The horse traveled from New Orleans to Jamaica with trainer Andy Blakely and Jockey George Cooper. Standing almost sixteen hands, well proportioned and weighing in excellent condition. Early in the season Master Charlie was afflicted with splints, but he went on to debut in the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace, the ideal trial for Preakness and Kentucky Derby candidates.
May, 1926, Popular Science Monthly
It's a Game of Glorious Uncertainties: How the Science of Making Race Horses Often Is Upset in the Stern Test of the Track"
After being purchased by $1,000 in 1923, Master Charlie, the following year, won stakes and purses aggregating $95,525 and was acclaimed by some the best horse of any age in the country. But before the first spring stakes of 1925 he developed unsound legs and was withdrawn from racing.
Master Charlie Prize Painting, by listed American Artist Edward Burn, signed and dated 1925, with a list of Master Charlie's race victories and total prize earnings. Mailed to horse owner William Daniel, c/o Exchange Building, Union Stockyards, Chicago.