Scottish Chieftain (foaled February 24, 1894) was an American

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are ...

racehorse. He is the only horse bred in the state of

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

to ever win the Belmont Stakes, an American Classic Race. Owned and bred by

Marcus Daly Marcus Daly (December 5, 1841 – November 12, 1900) was an Irish-born American businessman known as one of the three " Copper Kings" of Butte, Montana, United States. Early life Daly emigrated from County Cavan, Ireland, to the United States ...

, one of the wealthy Montana

Copper Kings The Copper Kings were the three industrialists Marcus Daly, William A. Clark, and F. Augustus Heinze. They were known for the epic battles fought in Butte, Montana, and the surrounding region, during the Gilded Age, over control of the local copper ...

, Scottish Chieftain was trained by Matt Byrnes. When he won the 1897 Belmont Stakes he was ridden by 1896 National Champion jockey Joseph Scherrer. While information of his racing career is limited, it is reported that he also won the Spring Handicap and had a second-place finish in the

Tidal Stakes The Tidal Stakes is a discontinued Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run at the Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York from the 1880s through until the track closed in 1910. According to a 1901 report on the ra ...

at Sheepshead Bay Race Track.

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Scottish Chieftain's pedigree and partial racing stats
1894 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Montana Racehorses trained in the United States Belmont Stakes winners Thoroughbred family A34 {{Racehorse-stub