TRIBUTE TO A GREAT SPEEDHORSE
Hempens Devil Q-19544
Hemp Jet (AJC name)
Hemp Jet at 28yr Linton Victoria
“The Fastest Horse I ever trained” Terry Chinner
A
champion of the short distance
racetracks in this country, Hemp Jet
was put down 14th July 2015 at Terry
Chinners farm at Linton in Victoria due
to complications from old age. He was 28
years old.
Hemp Jet entered the world in the
backyard of Doug Muirheads father's
place at Springsure in Queensland
on the 1st November 1987. His sire,
the imported Quarter Horse Stallion
Hempens Rambler’, was by Hempen TB
and from Easy Rose by Easy Jet.
Hemp Jet was out of She Devil by Three
Devils (Three Ohs x Femme Fatale).
Black Betsy, the dam of She Devil, was
by Eddie Barnes (imp), the first AAA
horse to come to this country.
Black Betsy produced six foals of
which five raced and all were winners.
1982 Black Gelding Bar Nick by Mr Bar
Charge
1983 Brown Mare Bar Sorceress by Mr
Bar Charge
1984 Brown Mare Dark Lady Devil by
Mr Bar Charge
1986 Bay Mare Sarita Devil by
Hempens Rambler (Unraced)
1987 Brown Gelding Hempens Devil by
Hempens Rambler
1989 Brown Gelding Watchim by
Watchim Makeit
Hemp Jet had several trainers during
his racing career. When he won at his
first start, as a 2 year old with Mike
Craven in Toowoomba, Mike quickly had
the Toowoomba Sires Produce and The
All Australian Futurity on the gelding’s
agenda.
Hemp Jet injured his knee at his next
start, but still ran second. He took time
off for surgery before resuming his two
year old career
In November 1990 he was transferred
to the Terry Chinner stable and had his
first start for his new trainer on Boxing
Day over 320m, with Kevin Birse in the
saddle. Hemp Jet broke the track record
with his win that day.
Stepping out five days later at Gympie
on New Year’s Day and, ridden by
Cathy Whiting, Hemp Jet won by eight
lengths, breaking the 400m track record
by three tenths of a second. The second
placed horse was Grandstand Bunny
Blue (Azuroutine x Tondara Sherrie),
a talented sprinter who later became
the dam of Destiny’s Fulfilled (by
Model Bird), a brilliant filly trained by
Adrian Ireland to win numerous races in
Victoria. Bunny Blue was also the dam
of Ala Gator, a gelding by Ala Dozen and
winner of 13 races in North Queensland.
Terry Chinner had Hemp Jet to the
races six times for five wins and a
second when beaten a half head by
Ramblers Jet, a Hempens Rambler
gelding from Jet Angel (Thundering
Jet x Miss Ettaleo).
Following the demise of sprint racing in
Queensland, Hemp Jet returned to Doug
Muirhead until Terry Chinner again
entered the gelding's life and he ended
up in Victoria as a paddock mate for
Glenwood Henry.
Around this time Sprint Racin