Chapeau d'Espagne [SEP] father
exact details of the ownership of the Danebury horses was somewhat obscure. Chapeau d'Espagne was sired by Doctor Syntax a horse who won thirty-two races most of them over long distances in the north of England. At stud, Doctor Syntax was best known as the sire of the outstanding racemare Beeswing.
According to the "New Sporting Magazine" Chapeau d'Espagne's name was pronounced Chapeau Despag-ny, by the "jockey boys".
Racing career.
Racing career 1836: two-year-old season.
Chapeau d'Espagne
Chapeau d'Espagne (1834 – circa 1858) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic 1000 Guineas at Newmarket Racecourse in 1837. Chapeau d'Espagne was one of the best two-year-old fillies of 1836, when she won the Criterion Stakes and was placed in both the Molecomb Stakes and the Clearwell Stakes. In the following year she won the 1000 Guineas and finished second in the Oaks Stakes. After failing to win again in 1837 she returned as a four-year-old to win