Racing Hall of Fame inductee Native Dancer out of Sagamore Farm's two-time national champion mare, Next Move.
Racing at age two, he won three of five starts, including the Washington Stallion Stakes at Longacres Racetrack in track record time.
[1] Near the end of 1982, he won the Meteor Handicap at Hollywood Park Racetrack in a time of 0:56 for five furlongs on turf which equalled the American record, and capped his three-year-old season with a track record-tying victory in the Palos Verdes Handicap, then the Santa Anita opening day feature, on a hand ride by jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. to finish in 1:07 3/5.
"[2] Ron Charles, former president of Santa Anita Park, stated upon the occasion of the horse's 31st birthday that “Chinook Pass is, by far, the fastest sprinter I have ever seen, (and) on our 75th Anniversary, it is still my belief that he was the fastest sprinter ever to race at Santa Anita.” [3] In 2000, Chinook Pass was named Washington's Horse of the Century.
In 2008, the 29-year-old Chinook Pass made his final visit to the racetrack, being honored at Emerald Downs on the 25th anniversary of his win in the 1983 Longacres Mile.