High Chaparral

High Chaparral

High Chaparral was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from September 2001 to October 2003, he ran 13 times and won 10 races. His win in the Racing Post Trophy made him one of the highest-rated two-year-olds of 2001. In 2002, he defeated Hawk Wing in the Derby and won the Breeders' Cup Turf. At four, he defeated Falbrav and Alamshar in the Irish Champion Stakes and won a second Breeders' Cup Turf.

Chaparral

Chaparral is a shrubland plant community found primarily in California, southern Oregon, and northern Baja California, part of the California floristic province. It is shaped by a Mediterranean climate and infrequent, high-intensity crown fires. Many chaparral shrubs have hard sclerophyllous evergreen leaves, in contrast to the soft-leaved, drought-deciduous, coastal sage scrub that is often found on drier, southern-facing slopes.

high

Adjective

1. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level.

Adverb

1. In or to an elevated position.
2. In or at a great value.

chaparral

Noun

1. A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.