GC22WMG Traditional Cache Off to the Races: PeaceChance
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: isisfan @ | Hide Date: 01/10/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 34.369 W105° 18.947 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
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Peace Chance (foaled 1931) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1934 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series.

Peace Chance was bred and raced by Joseph E. Widener and trained by Pete Coyne who had won the 1927 Belmont Stakes with his sire, Chance Shot. At age two, the colt's best result was a second in the Remsen Stakes. At age three, he was ridden by 17-year-old jockey Wayne Wright to a new record for the mile in the 1934 Derby Trial Stakes. Wright was aboard the colt in the Kentucky Derby but Peace Chance was kicked by another horse at the start and finished far back in fifth place.

Peace Chance did not run in the Preakness Stakes, but defeated Preakness winner High Quest by six lengths in the Belmont Stakes. Following his win in the Belmont, Peace Chance was being prepared for the Arlington Classic when he suffered a career-ending injury.

Retired to stud, Peace Chance had limited success but did sire Arbitrator, whose offspring produced the very important Champion sire, Halo, as well as the 20th Century's greatest sire, Northern Dancer.
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7 Logs: Found it 5  Didn't find it 2  

Found it 04/21/2019 By pattymack
Quick n easy one - TFTC!

Found it 11/16/2018 By GeoDog74
Tftc

Found it 06/15/2018 By KA&JWest
It was supposed to be hot again in Denver, so I planned to go walk around Flying J to find a few caches. When I got here the clouds were threatening rain, so I decided to do some car caching in the neighborhood to the North.

These were all quick, easy finds.

Signed the log KAJW. Took nothing. Left nothing. Thanks for the cache!
Logged from my Galaxy S8 using the Geocaching App.

Found it 06/12/2018 By Kroozer
Interesting history with this name! Signed log. Thanks for the cache!

Found it 05/26/2018 By Knyte7
Re-activating this geocache with new cache and log. Also has a buffalo and a lucky stone for protection. Good to go. Hopefully, it will last this time. K7

Didn't find it 02/03/2018 By EJBHGV
Nothing here.

Didn't find it 07/28/2017 By jeepaxle
Nope!